Olympos Rays
Mt Olympos bathed in Sun rays.
Mt Olympos bathed in Sun rays.
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rikfreeman
May 25, 2013
I am particularly proud of this shot. It should never have worked. It is a 3 shot bracketed image for HDR work, which ultimatley I composed it in, however at the time of shoot I only had the camera hand held, with the 300mm lens. I took the 3 shots but not having any equipment other than the screen on the cam was unable to tell if the shot had actually worked. I was convinced it had not. Only when I got back to the UK and viewed the images did I see this. To say I was startled is an understatement, but I love it all the same and from the excellent responses I have had it seems a lot you do as well. Many thanks to all that have commented, liked etc.
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janevargas
December 14, 2013
Perfect everything as always...magnificent shot...great work of art !!!!
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kathleenweetman
November 26, 2014
those light rays/that glow.....subtle but lovely...voted image comp
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rikfreeman
November 26, 2014
Thanks Kathleen, as in the comment I made it really should never have happened, I really did not think I had got anything of interest until I got back to the UK, put it on the PC and WOW! then it all came alive for me.
lindaannfreestone
March 15, 2017
Aaghhh, I find this again !!! such light and beauty, takes your breath away. I rate this photographer as exceptional
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Location
This shot was captured on the seafront at Thessaloniki, Greece.Time
It was around mid day, and being so early in the year (March) the sun was still at a low angle.Lighting
Seeing the cloud breaking above Mt Olympus I could see light rays breaking through and so made the scene look amazing, with the detail of the mountain top covered in snow I knew it would made a good picture.Equipment
I was using my old Canon 60D with a Tamron 70 - 300mm lens. The lens was at full stretch and the camera handheld as I had just left a cafe with a friend.Inspiration
Seeing the clouds breaking was the main reason for taking the shot. I was not sure if I was going to get the image in good detail as the lens was not one of the best to use so I reverted to taking 3 bracketed shots, in the hope that at least one would prove to be usefull. Only when I got back to the UK and loaded the images onto the computer did I notice I had in fact got highly detailed images in all 3 shots, which, even today still surprises me.Editing
I used Photomatix pro to compile the 3 images from the original RAW files, once that was done the rendered image was then finished in Photoshop.In my camera bag
Now I use a Canon 5d mk3 and still have my old 60D as a back or to use for video. I also have the following lenses: Canon 24-105mm f4, Canon 100-400m f4.5 zoom lens, Sigma 50mm f1.4 Art, and a Samyang 14mm f2.8 Wide angle. I use a Canon ex580 flash when required and also use a Manfrotto 190 tripod, along with 3 sets of AA batteries for the flash, a few Nisi filters and holder.Feedback
This was simply a case of taking a shot on the fly, seeing the scene and trying to get from it as much as possible. I am sure that given the same circumstances I would not be able to get this in a single shot let alone 3 that I did at the time, but, if you do not try, you do not get and for this I had to give it a try. The boat in the foreground also helped as it gives the image a good sense of scale and the seagull, well I had not even noticed that at the time I took the shots so was an added bonus. Luckily I was taking some street shots as well and so was geared up for it already although I still had my camera bag to hand had I felt I needed to make a lens change.
