Sunset at Lake Geneva
Well... I guess it's obvious that i love the second biggest lake in central Europe... :D
This time: again another view at lake Geneva, directly from...
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Well... I guess it's obvious that i love the second biggest lake in central Europe... :D
This time: again another view at lake Geneva, directly from the UNESCO World Heritage Site Lavaux.
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This time: again another view at lake Geneva, directly from the UNESCO World Heritage Site Lavaux.
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Location
I took that photo in the UNESCO World Heritage Site Lavaux at Lake Geneva, after i visited the spot several times before and wasn't able to take this photo (due to the higher water level, etc.)Time
It was a mostly clear evening, almost an hour before sunset, when i arrived. This time it was easy for me to find a more or less good composition - i already had this one in my mind. So it was just a "getting there, placing the camera and waiting for sunset". And that's exactly what i did... Until the light was perfect somewhere around 15min after sunset.Lighting
I wanted a place where i had a big part of the western sky in the image, but without direct sunlight. And that's exactly what i got there. The rocks - especially the rocks to the right - blocked direct sunlight, so i was able to get primarily the much softer indirect light. That's exactly what i wanted: soft light without sharp shadows and contrasts, just so support the soft water.Equipment
I shot this with a Canon EOS 5D Mk III and a mounted Canon EF 17 - 40mm f/4.0L. I needed a longer exposure, so i used a Haida 100mm ND 1.8 Filter to stretchInspiration
The place itself. This wasn't my first visit there, and i saw this particular rock formation directly during my first visit. But i wasn't able to get it like i wanted, so i had to wait.Editing
I was using two images for the Foreground (the rocks were just too dark, so i took another image just to raise the brightness in these areas) and a third one for the sky, which was obviously much brighter than the rest... And masked them together to get more or less what i saw on place.. With a longer shutter speed.In my camera bag
There are several things i'm always carriyng with me. Of course the Camera with a Canon EF 24 - 105mm f/4.0L attached, and at least one wide angle lens like a Canon EF 17 - 40mm f/4.0L, Canon EF 16 - 35mm f/2.8L II or a prime lens like a Samyang 14 f/2.8 or an Irix 15mm f/2.5 Blackstone. And - beside cameras and lenses - are the most important things my (one with, one without wire) remote triggers and ND Filters from Haida; an ND 3.0, ND 1.8 and a polarizer.Feedback
If you want really calm water without bright spots in it, you have to keep the sun out of the reflections in the water. Because direct sun reflections cause really strange, bright spots due to the brightness of the light and the movement of the water. That's something that kinda breaks the calm and soft water. The best thing is of course to wait until the sun went down and the sky is the only light source. The light's much softer after sunset, and that's something that works very well with the already soft and calm water from a long exposure shot.
