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Jan, 2014Views
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Behind The Lens
Location
I took this photograph in Swakopmund, which is in the Namib Desert on the Atlantic coast of Nambia, while on a road trip from Cape Town South Africa. This specific area is known as Dune 7, the highest sand dune in the area of Swakopmund and also known as “Big Daddyâ€. I have always had a passion for the art of photography, am self taught but always engage my peers should I need advice. When I see an image such as this one, I attempt to capture it so the viewer of my photo hopefully sees what I saw in that instant. This photograph was taken at 10:42amTime
This photograph was taken at 10:42am and it was a rather misty morning.Lighting
The natural lighting was very grey, mixed with a lot of orange yellow sand with black trails running through it. I have always preferred shooting using natural light as opposed to Flash which was the case in this photograph.Equipment
In this instant I used my Sony a230 with a DT 55-200mm lens, F4.0 – 5.6 SAM and 1/250 sec. F7.1 +0.0 and an EV ISO of 100Inspiration
What inspired me to shoot this particular shot was just the sheer size of the dune which in the light of the morning appeared to me like a huge tidal wave about to crash on the shore and the contrasting colours of the trees below and sand aboveEditing
I did very little post-processing because as I mentioned before I prefer to show as much of the natural image I shoot. This photo was taken in Jpeg and then used Adobe Elements 11 in order to correct the balance and sharpness of the sceneIn my camera bag
My camera bag is never far from my reach which contains, a side from my Sony a230 which was used in this instance, the Canon EOS 650D, Tamron 18-270mmand Canon EFS-1855mm lenses as well a Canon Speedlite 430EX11 Flash because I am constantly on the lookout for “the shot†My GIOTO tripod is never far either, just in-case.Feedback
I believe that when it comes to landscape photography you either see miles and miles of “nothingness†or your eye just naturally focuses on a moment or instant in the view in front of you and you shoot it. Colours and hews always play a large part and you need to see the end result in your mind’s eye. My favourite time in the day is dusk, as the sun begins to set especially over the sea, and at sunrise.
