A cold morning in Tekapo, NZ
Aug, 2012Views
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DearTam
August 19, 2012
Oh Wow! I love the energy of this shot! Great cold weather capture! Peer Award.
GBloniarz
August 19, 2012
Your usage of light is very effectively apparent through-out your gallery, and this one is with no exception! Very pro!
kellybean96
August 23, 2012
wonderful shot, i love the way you use lighting in your work. this is my favorite of yours.
kellybean96
September 02, 2012
oh look, its me coming back! great shot (again); i have good taste. hahaha congrats!
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cherrib
September 02, 2012
HELLO GREAT NEW DAY ~ I eally, really like this shot and the emotions it evokes, I'm LAFFIN and gigglin, thanks so much ~
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GBloniarz
September 03, 2012
It simply needed due time to receive this recognition! Congratulations! Jerry
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Augle2112
September 29, 2012
Great Image, Wonderful Mood, VOTED! and Fave! I hope you stop by and take a look at my Work plz Vote if you like them. Truly Your's Steve Augle,
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Joey_Howard
December 15, 2013
Nice great composition love the lighting and shadows just an all around great photo well done
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Location
I took this photo in Tekapo, New Zealand. Depicted is the church of the good shepherd, a beautiful small church with a stunning view over a lake (lake Tekapo) and mountains. There are heaps of photo opportunities in the area, but the church is by far the most popular by photographers, and thus I wanted to create a picture that would tell a story about the area, but also would reflect the fact we were having a good time traveling New Zealand in the winter.Time
We were traveling in the winter and I knew that early mornings would give us good picture opportunities. When we got to the church, the ground was still frozen and the sun was still quit low at the horizon.Lighting
Natural light is all I used in this picture. I wanted to create silhouettes against a stunning background. But also use the casted shadows in my shot to give it some depth. To get the silhouettes, you need to shoot against the sunlight and use a short shutter speed. It actually would have been cool if I could have back flashed the people to actually see their faces, but at the time I did not own flash.Equipment
Key to this picture is getting low to the ground. However I did use a tripod (I am the guy on the right) so I could setup the shot the way I wanted to and then get in the picture myself, and trigger the camera with a wireless remote. The camera I used was a Canon 550D with a Tamron 18-300 mm zoom lens.Inspiration
The light, the church, but mostly the frozen ground. We were shooting some silhouette poses, and the we thought these poses would create something magical. Something about worshipping Nature, the beauty of it. Embarking the sun on a cold morning in Tekapo, New Zealand.Editing
Yes, but minimal, in order to make this picture more dramatic, I applied some more contrast, and worked on the white balance a bit. But the hard work is in framing the picture. This just takes a bit of practice and time on the location to get the shot you want.In my camera bag
I am still shooting with my canon 550D. When traveling I like to use my zoom lens, however, recently, we got an 8 mm fisheye lens, which is so much fun (you can get whole building, entire landscapes and funny people all in one picture!) Also the tripod goes everywhere, even when we go up the mountains, the tripod is a key feature in my photography. My tripod is nice and compact, light and thus easy to take with me ( I reckon this is something you should be looking for if you don't have one). And then I always bring my remote trigger, this allows me to be in the picture myself and thus create more meaningful pictures when you get back from a field trip or holiday. Nowadays, I also own a canon speed light 430EXII flash.Feedback
Yes, totally get out there and try some early morning photography. Especially in winter, with the fog, dew, frost and things like that. Walk around for a bit before you start photographing around, you really want to get an idea about the environment and the conditions, before you start clicking away. In case of silhouette photography, depending on how many people and the mood in the picture, is would say the sky is the limit...
