Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III__EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM__1/8 sec at f / 16__ISO 400
Last Friday, I drove my daughter to school in a spring snowstorm. On my way home, I stopped at a favorite pond. The flakes fell furiously, with that silent energy of falling snow. The meadow and oaks were white, the landscape simplified like a black and white etching. I used my 24-105mm to capture a wide view of the scene, trying to break my habit of isolating intimate details of nature. Well, it didn’t work out in that regard. After struggling with a wide composition, I zoomed in on the falling flakes and tree reflections. In order to show the snow and preserve the ripple shapes, I boosted my ISO to 4oo for a faster shutter speed along with the small aperture.
I am not sure others will enjoy the subtle quietude of this photograph, but this type of experience is what inspires me most deeply, a new Landscapes of the Spirit image for that ongoing portfolio.
Namaste, Bill
April 23, 2011 at 1:14 PM
I have seen a lot of your work Bill, and I can honestly say this is one of my favorites from you! It would be good enough without the falling snow, but that just adds another layer of interest.
April 14, 2011 at 10:17 AM
Thanks Davids! David Hyde, I’d love to see that image. Do you have a link to it that you can post here?
Bill
April 13, 2011 at 11:18 PM
Beautiful, Bill. I like it very much. But, then, you can count me in as someone who seems to have the 70-200 on the camera much more often than the 24-105. I did find a use for the 17-40, once, on the east side in autumn.
April 13, 2011 at 10:44 PM
That is a beautiful black and white and slightly reminiscent of Dad’s “Alders, Reflected,” his upside-down monochrome abstract of alder tree reflections.