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Location
This picture was taken in Uganda, in Lake Mburo National Park. After 2 weeks spent with a team of voluntaries at a ugandan school, we had one day to enjoy the wild side of the african country.Time
I remember we had to leave at 5 AM to make sure we would not miss the best time of the day. Unfortunately, we did not make it, and I was a bit disappointed, thinking I was to late to catch the morning light. To my surprise, the combination of fog, sun light and amazing landscape was amazing even at 7:50 AM, when I took this picture.Lighting
It is everything! You can see it here! The whole landscape looked like it had been already post-processed. The color, the mysterious way the light was coming thought the fog…It seemed unreal.Equipment
I used a Canon 60D, with a 18-135. It is probably my least favorite lens, but, hey, look at what it can do.Inspiration
It happens often to experience a great moment, take pictures of it, and then, when you show them to someone else, they are far to be as excited as you are. And the explanation usually is "you can't really see it in the picture, but trust me, it was way awesome". Well, here, the landscape was surreal, and I wanted to be able to show the same atmosphere I was experiencing. The empty road, the trees, the fog, the light, the silence…it is all here.Editing
The raw file was imported into Lightroom and all editing was done there. Compared to other landscape pictures, this required very little post-processing.In my camera bag
Even when I don't have my camera bag with me, I always take at least 2 of these lenses: Canon 50 mm 1.4, Canon 18-135 mm or (my favorite) Canon 10-22 mm. Other than that, I may also cary a tripod (the GorillaPod, which I recently got and I love it), cleaning kit, monopod or filters.Feedback
I don't think I am in the place to give advices. I don't have a strategy myself. I am just constantly learning. I go to different places, take the camera, and I shoot. At sundown, sunrise, in the middle of the day, in the evening, when it is sunny, when it snows…This is how I figured out things for myself. Sometimes I go back home with zero pictures worthy of any attention, sometimes I find many shots I love (like here, because I happened to be there right at the best time). I started by noticing that shooting water (like a lake) is best in the morning, but maybe that is how I like it. I noticed that there is a very small window of time in the evening when the pictures turn out the best (again, my opinion). These are just some examples that are, maybe, basic knowledge for others. But, as I got to learn these things only by experiencing, I became more and more excited about photography. I guess that is the most important thing I can say. Give it time. Pay attention. Find the best moment.
