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St. George

St. George, in evening fog. Island in Boka kotorska Bay near Perast, Montenegro

St. George, in evening fog. Island in Boka kotorska Bay near Perast, Montenegro
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Nov, 2014

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Location

I made this photo in Perast town, Boka Kotorska Bay, Montenegro. St. George is an island right across Perast town, and it's not accessible for visitors. This is the closest that you can get for making a long exposure shot, boat is not an option for long exposures of course.

Time

this shooting took place between 1 and 4 AM. The fog was moving rapidly and changing shapes, and not all shapes were interesting... I took many shots to achieve this particular one.

Lighting

Well, this was lighting that was out of my control. All I could do is wait and catch. Since it was close to dawn, I hoped to get a little dawn light to compensate the strong halogen that is shining on the church, but in the end I just pulled the highlights a little down.

Equipment

This one was made with a Canon 1Ds Mark II and a Canon 70-200mm f4L lens. I don't have an intervalometer, so I was stuck with 30 sec. maximum exposure time, f5.0 was the smallest aperture that I could get, because pumping up the ISO isn't an option for me when doing this kind of shots. I wanted to go f8, but the 70-200 f4L is really tack-sharp on f5.0 anyway, so finally I got 16.7 megapixels of awesomeness :) And of course, a Manfrotto tripod with an RC 808 head.

Inspiration

Perast, islands around it, and the entire Boka Bay is an never ending source of inspiration. My girlfriend Ana and I often take a ride around the bay, or stay there for a few days. Each time we visit it, we find something different about it. It's inspiring to shoot there in any occasion, rain, fog, sun, thunderstorm... anything.

Editing

I very rarely do any editing on my images beside basic sliders in Lightroom/Camera Raw. This image has a +0,33 (one third) of a stop exposure correction, and highlights pulled down to -30. Contrast is up +10. That is it. I had a few dust spots on the sensor in the upper right corner that I removed, but no big deal.

In my camera bag

A set of primes, 50mm f1.4, 85mm f1.4, 135mm f2.0 and a 70-200mm f4 when I'm really lazy. I mount all that on a Canon 5D mk1 most of the time, and on an old EOS 500 film camera. I don't cary any flashes for a long time already, that makes more room to fit my Kiev 60 6x6cm film camera, with the super-awesome Carl Zeiss 180mm f2.8. I also always carry my Canon A-1 or Fuji X-Pro1, because I can fit those in the rain-cover pocket practically. I don't use filters in general, but I tend to carry a CPL around in the bag.

Feedback

Are you passionate about landscapes? Fine. Take all wide-angle lenses that you have and put them on sale. They are ridiculously expensive and overrated. Try to look for landscape shots away from you. It's not about getting closer to the shot, It's about finding a line of sight to pull the landscape to come closer to you. With wide angle lenses, you're just making a "portrait" of the grass patch that is right in front of you, and pushing the actual landscape away. For landscape shots, I always tend to go 85mm and longer, with my LR statistics it appears that approx. 180mm is my average lens lengh for landscape shots, and I plan to purchase a Canon 300mm f4 as soon as I can afford it, for beautiful mountainscapes. Always use a fixed lens for landscapes if possible. Throw away your comfort, take the quality. And of course, the larger the sensor/film size, that better.

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St. George

St. George, in evening fog. Island in Boka kotorska Bay near Perast, Montenegro

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