Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III__EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM__0.7 sec at f / 6.7__ISO 100
This past week, I made around 700 exposures at a favorite location where the plains of the Central Valley meet the Sierra foothills near Fresno. The conditions were spectacular as the recent winter storms came and went, billowing clouds and beams of sunlight.
Here is one of my new Impressions of Light images. I am still editing in Lightroom, and hope to post more soon. To learn more about how I create these photographs and why, read my essay on Luminous Landscape. One key ingredient to making this image, and many of my other Impressions images, is Singh Ray’s Vari_ND filter, which allows me great flexibility in my choice of shutter speeds. Here is another example of how I’ve used this filter: The Intimate Landscapes of William Neill.
Enjoy! Bill
August 22, 2011 at 4:01 PM
Great information. I’m sharing this page on my Facebook page. I shrunk the URL and shared it on my Twitter account.
April 14, 2011 at 11:28 PM
Useful info. Fortunate me I found your website accidentally, and I’m surprised why this coincidence did not took place earlier! I bookmarked it.
February 23, 2011 at 9:33 AM
Thanks for all the feedback! It takes many, many frames of “painting” or ‘blurring” to get a few good ones. No one frame is the same, and I enjoy the element of chance!
February 22, 2011 at 11:22 PM
This is a great location for photography of any kind, but your image above is magnificent, perhaps one of my favorites of your “Impressions of Light” type. Like one commenter above, I have experimented with this kind of photography with less than satisfactory results. Reading your description of the process and the excerpts of your book at the links above gives me a better idea how to work in this line. I am not sure I will go heavily in this direction, but it is fun to experiment with. Thank you for the good sharing of your technique.
February 19, 2011 at 9:50 PM
The light along the horizon is very interesting. It gives a nice atmospheric feel. The beauty of these shots is that they have limitless enlargement potential.
February 19, 2011 at 12:52 AM
I really like your “impressions of light”. Last year I started to create also these kind of images but not with this beautyful succes like yours. But I keep up the work and in the meantime I´m watching your great work
Greetings from Austria
Jürgen
February 18, 2011 at 5:28 PM
I own and love your ebook and am looking forward to seeing your new images!
February 18, 2011 at 4:34 PM
Thanks for a beautiful and helpful post