The Last Walk
I created this image in honour of those who have walked on ahead, the ones whose lives touched mine & went on, and the ones I was too late for.
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I created this image in honour of those who have walked on ahead, the ones whose lives touched mine & went on, and the ones I was too late for.
Walk Well Brothers & Sisters, I'll see ya down the trail a ways ...
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Pjerry
January 04, 2021
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Location
This is one of my most treasured spots to create images. It's a 145-year old homestead in a farming community, complete with the original barn, built around 1875. The brother & sister who own the place are 5th generation, still on the same property. They don't farm it anymore, now it has become a sanctuary for rescued horses & antique tractors!Time
I had a specific mission that day, so I arrived before dawn, coffee firmly grasped in one hand, camera in the other! This was shot during the morning golden hour, just before sunrise.Lighting
This area in the fall is known for thick fog that seems to defy normal rules; it's one of the few places I've been where the fog actually rolls uphill! I had anticipated this that day and wanted to get some silhouette shots, and was pleased with the mist. I got very lucky with this day, I wanted the fog & sunrise, but the lighting was utterly surreal!Equipment
For shoots that exposure gear to questionable elements, I tend to use my D700, I call it my "John Deere". It's heavy, noisy & has developed a bit of an attitude over the years, but it's consistent & doesn't seem to mind what sort of conditions I throw at it. The glass was a 70-200 2.8 VR, set at 110mm. The image was taken at ISO 200, 1/1000's at 2.8Inspiration
I keep my own horses at this farm, one day the owner told me one of the other boarders had been diagnosed with terminal cancer quite some time ago, but not told anyone. She waited until she could not bear it any longer, then went into palliative care. The barn owner visited her the day before, where she asked if the was anything she could bring. The woman said that she would give anything for one more day with her beloved horse; so the barn owner & I talked about it that night, and I came up with the idea of getting to the farm before dawn & take pictures for the entire day; just random shots that one might see on a normal day at the farm. That night I sat up all night preparing the shots I liked, put them all onto a digital picture frame, set to loop randomly through all the images. We took that to her room but she was sleeping when we arrived, so I set it up next to her bed, facing her so she could see it when she woke up. We stopped by later that day & were told the woman had passed peacefully in her sleep. We never did find out if she ever saw it or not, but I like to think she did.Editing
I wanted a normal feel for all of the images I created that day, so very little was done any of them aside form levels & cropping. I adjusted some highlights & shadows on this one, cropped it & that was all .In my camera bag
I travel quite a bit, aside from specific shoots I seldom know what I'm going to run into, so I tend to pack everything but the kitchen sink. I have a small array of glass covering 14mm on up to 1200mm, consisting of 4 lenses & a teleconverter. I usually pack 2 bodies, a D700 & a D850 and a flash or strobe, although I seldom use artificial light at all.Feedback
Knowing the conditions of the area helped in this case; I knew the fog would be present, where the sun would rise and was familiar with the lay of the land, so I already had a good idea of where I needed to be & when. Apart from that, I think I took about a dozen shots in this particular scene, most of which were under-exposed by at least 1 stop, to enrich the colours
