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No Man's Land - Signs of Rebirth

ICE_1964_No Man's Land - Signs of Rebirth

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NIKON D810

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Aperture 28/10 ISO 100 Shutter 1/3200 Focal Length 320/10

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Jun, 2021

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Contest Finalist in Remote And Isolated Photo Contest

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Handheld.

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Behind The Lens

Location

To challenge all those tripod lugging so called 'landscape photographers' that litter every helf-desent view on this planet these days, then amazing from .... a car while travelling at about 50mph or so, being driven by my wife across a vast volcanic wasteland in Iceland!!! Hence a shutter speed of 1/3200 and pure happenstance!! We hadn't seen another vehicle on this 'road' for quite a while, so much as I'd have like to, it wasn't a place to risk a broken axel or bursting a tyre by pulling over to stop in order to take in the view at one's leisure .... besides we were running late to get to the place we intended to stay that night.

Time

Late afternoon as the storm low overhead started to lift enough to provide a glimmer of light from the mountains in the distance.

Lighting

The little tufts of green grass that with new life, had just begun to spring up all along the edges of the road were beautifully back-lit and provided a semblance of foreground interest that contrasted with the deep black of the volcanic rock leading all the way up into the snowcapped mountains in the far distance.

Equipment

A Nikon D810 with its wonderful 24-70mm f2.8 ED set at f2.8 where its still sharp enough to kill particularly at the sweet spot between 32-55mm

Inspiration

Instinct - the light on the mountains, the contrast, the little tufts of grass ..... but more than that .... it was a photo that deliberately sets out to fly in the face of conventional, over-contrived landscapes and all the photographers who spend hours and days taking them. Yet it tells a story. A story of desolation, of nature and the sheer spirit of survival, struggle and rebirth (of nature). That blows me away. This is real.

Editing

No. Straight out of the camera. I never set out to be a Landscape Photographer. If I had, then I'd have taken it on RAW instead of only recording on JPG ... I just happened to be passing by and happen to have had a camera by my feet.

In my camera bag

My kit includes D800e, D810, D850 and a Z7 with 18-35mm, 50mm 1.4, 24-70mm 2.8, an 85mm 1.4 and a 70-200mm 2.8 VR II and an array of speedlights and triggers and studio lights for every occasion. A long time ago, I learnt to dispense with filters, as they add an extra layer of glass, a modicum of distortion and inevitably absorb some of the light. Light and ISO ability are king. Furthermore, experiencing a crash in a hot air balloon that caused the glass from a broken filter to irreparably scar the surface of a wonderful Pentax 24-48mm that otherwise would have stayed good. In addition, I have dispensed with a bag. For lightness, I choose just one camera and one lens for the entire day .... and carry a thin, lightweight SeatoSummit Dry Sac incase it pours with rain. Unless I'm doing a fashion shoot then I have no need for more.

Feedback

Whatever the lighting conditions, whatever is happening, whatever the circumstance, just bloody well have a go .... then pause for a moment and think again ...change something .... and have another go. My version of Bailey's Law .... "I used 3 times as many films as anyone else, and made 3 times as many mistakes. However it was my mistakes that made me famous"

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No Man's Land - Signs of Rebirth

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