wandering
Apr, 2014Views
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Behind The Lens
Location
This photo was taken at a park near my home (in Germany). The park covers a large area with lots of natural greenery and small trails where people walk or jog. One round of the park covers everything, from peaceful silent spots along a small canal to the sound of ducks in a pond and a playful corner with kids on swings.Time
The image was taken late afternoon during one of my walks in the park.Lighting
The weather that day was not particularly nice. However the clouds just got away for short time reducing the grey shades and exposing the sun. That's when the green trees brightened up! The whole park just transformed within minutes with the natural sunlight. The tall trees made perfect shadow zones all over. There is nothing better than naturally illuminated image in my opinion.Equipment
As the weather was not so much in favor of photo session outdoors I had to simply deploy my mobile phone camera (the only thing I was carrying that day) as an emergency substitute. There was no tripod or external lens. Just a simple hand held mobile camera shot.Inspiration
The sheer beauty of very tall standing trees inspired me to take this photo. Every time I walk through that trail I wonder how tall these trees are and how much further will they grow! There were also some colored flowers in the left side which I avoided on purpose to simply keep 'green' as my subject.Editing
The post-processing was bare minimum to adjusting some shadows and controlling the brightness. As the image was from mobile camera I went up to using one app on my smartphone for these two minor tweaks.In my camera bag
I normally carry my Canon Rebel t3i along with 3 lenses: 2 standard kit lenses, 18-55mm, 55-250mm and a Canon 50mm 1:1.8 lens which I like a lot (except for its crop factor). I also carry UV filter (regularly in use) & circular polarizer (that was never used to be honest). A good macro lens is on my wish list.Feedback
People usually do not like to click pictures in portrait mode and I am no exception to this. However I would advise everyone to give this a try sometimes. It does more justice to some subjects rather than sticking with landscape orientation. Also if you are not sure just click both the images. After all its matter of seconds to tilt your camera and shoot one more image!
