Working the Light: A Landscape Diary

[paulpogi]

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COMPOSITION


Labour Love

Some landscapes can be great, some can be boring. In this photo, i include human element because it invokes a message to the audience that a young age, kids live in poverty and need to work in order to live. So in shooting landscapes, sometimes we need to put story behind every image. With the mixture of personal aesthetics, skills and scene (light), makes some landscape images great but not boring.

Shot with Hoya CPL, ND8 on D300.

[Motownkid]

Superb bai!.. compo is great! keep posting..

Nice to know you're a Nikon & Hoya user.. killer combo..hehe

[paulpogi]

BLACK & WHITE


The Guardian

In making B&W images, you always need to consider details, contrast and drama. In landscape black and white, it may just be a beautiful scene or a minimalist approach on water. If light is flat, i always convert my landscapes into B&Ws, mixing it with long exposure and good foreground.

BasDaku, Moalboal
CPL+ND400+ND grad
F/11, 76 secs, ISO100

[zubanu]

haaaaayyy.. its all i can say... wish i can do that with my nikon...

[szichri]

sorry to those pipol nga maigo, this was supposed to be a landscape diary of a photographer (or whoever is with him during the shoot)... your are hijacking this thread... if you want to show off your own landscape diary i think its better creating your own thread(it's free )... or post it at this threads together with the rest...

https://www.istorya.net/forums/photography/229820-philippine-landscapes-seascapes-coastalscapes.html

https://www.istorya.net/forums/photography/237721-landscapes-waterscapes-outside-the-philippines.html

you should have ask permission from the TS to post your photos here... just a reality check...

[Jack Ryan]

@paul: i collect paintings (not the expensive ones and my wife doesn't argue with that ) and i rarely appreciate landscapes, but your shots are like spells that captures the thoughts of novel readers.

the captions are fascinating.

[paulpogi]

Thank you guys for the encouraging comments and visiting this thread.

@schizri: thanks

[paulpogi]

INFRARED

One of the aspects of landscape photography is Infrared. Seeing the unseen in every place. I have been working on different kinds of lens to see compatibility in IR. To give you a short background on IR. ..Infrared: infrared photography, the film or image sensor used is sensitive to infrared light. The part of the spectrum used is referred to as near-infrared to distinguish it from far-infrared, which is the domain of thermal imaging. Wavelengths used for photography range from about 700 nm to about 900 nm. Usually an "infrared filter" is used; this lets infrared (IR) light pass through to the camera, but blocks all or most of the visible light spectrum (the filter thus looks black or deep red).

In every landscape scene i shot with, i always have it an IR look, a change in angle or composition is the key. One important factor in IR is still light itself. You need to shoot around 9-3pm for IR, (that's why last summer i always have sunburn), killing time midday doing IR.


Unseen Danao (IR)

An infrared shot of danao coastline.

[paulpogi]

Whirling Dervish (IR)

A solitary tree near the bagacay point lighthouse. SHot taken w/ R72 IR filter on D300. To see more or learn more about IR, here are links:
LifePixel Digital Infrared Photography IR Conversion, Modification & Scratched Sensor Repair

[paulpogi]

PERSEVERANCE


Temple of the Gods

We risked our way to taoist temple today knowing tripod is not possible. We asked permission but the BOD pres was hesitant. However we still manage to have a few clicks while the guard was guiding us out. In photography, sometimes we break the rules just to get the shot we want. We make our way to small pathways and holes just to get the job done. In this shot, the guard was mad angry why we brought our tripod inside the temple. Hesitant as we was, i still managed to take one shot of the place.

Taoist Temple, Cebu City
November 29, 2009

Nikon D300, 18-55, IR72
f/8, 30sec, ISO100