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Sunset over Lake Geneva, Montreau
Sunset over Lake Geneva, Montreau
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Nov, 2014Views
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Behind The Lens
Location
This was taken from the banks of Lake Geneva at Montreux in Switzerland. We were driving from Halle in Germany to Nice in the south of France and there were so many fantastic photo opportunities, I almost didn't know where to point the camera.Time
It was late in the afternoon, just as the sun was settling on the horizon and everything was bathed in a beautiful golden light.Lighting
There was no need for any further lighting other than the natural sunlight.Equipment
This was taken handheld with a Sony A350(brand new at the time)with the 18-70mm kit lens. Details: f6.3, 1/160sec, ISO-100, @70mmInspiration
As I said before, inspiration was the least of my worries on this trip. The hardest thing was deciding what NOT to shoot. Coming from the wet tropics area of Far North Australia, the mountains and valleys of Germany and Switzerland were a novice photographer's dream.Editing
When I originally took this, I was a very raw beginner having just purchased my first DSLR and had no experience whatsoever with post processing. Consequently, it sat in my working folder as a "nice" shot for several years until I discovered the power of Photoshop. I started with a slight crop to get the "frame" of the tree, boosted the orange luminance and deepened the blacks. I finished by sharpening slightly to get the fronds of the tree nice and crisp.In my camera bag
I'm still using the trusty A350 and getting some great results. I have upgraded all my lens however. The ones that stay in the bag are a Tamron 18-270(great for traveling - not the sharpest but you can do a bit of everything with it), a Sony 50mm 1.8, and a Tamron 24-70 2.8 which rarely comes off the camera because of the fantastic results it's given me. A Promaster FL1 flash and Velbon carbon fibre tripod complete the kitFeedback
Don't travel with the camera in the bag. Sometimes, the opportunity to get a shot like this doesn't last too long. Unless you're staying in one place for a couple of days and get a chance to recce the area, you really have to be ready to shoot at any time. And don't get tied into the "rule of thirds". Sure, it's a good starting point for most landscape work, but sometimes you're going to turn a "ho hum" shot into a "wow" shot simply by emphasizing a particular area.
