Are we going to have a lot of lonely trees in green grass against blue sky or bands of fields in a colorful pattern? Or big fork on Lake Geneva? (these were my thoughts when I found out what the topic was :)
I think Bear had posted something about this in the past...that landscape is a general term, and should not be restricted to our initial construct of what constitutes a landscape. This interpretation would include mountains, bodies of water, cities, etc. For me, it's essentially a canvas that includes multiple defining features of a scene, with little, or, preferably, no human element.
I think Bear had posted something about this in the past...that landscape is a general term, and should not be restricted to our initial construct of what constitutes a landscape. This interpretation would include mountains, bodies of water, cities, etc. For me, it's essentially a canvas that includes multiple defining features of a scene, with little, or, preferably, no human element.
Water, definitely. For DPC purposes, "landscape" should be a broad term that includes subsets like "seascape" within it. It would be ridiculous, IMO, to DNMC shots with lots of water. And I say that even knowing that my current entry is an inland shot.
The "human element", likewise, is often present in our landscape, and I see no reason to freak out if it is included in the images. In particular, I think of shots with a foreground of neatly tended rows of crops; that's the hand of man, right? But surely it's a landscape, right? I see a single barn as a focal point in a broad, austere great plains shot. Certainly meets the challenge in my mind. I see urban landscapes, even, I'm OK with that, IF you can make them "minimal" enough, which might be easier said than done.
One thing about this challenge I like, is that, in theory at least, it should level the playing field for those who complain they don't live in "pretty" enough places to compete in landscape challenges; when you go minimalist with a landscape, you're thinking brow of hill, sweep of horizon, expanse of plains, stand of trees, lonely barn, clump of reeds, you get the idea. The *suggestion* of grandeur can, itself, be a grand thing.
I think Bear had posted something about this in the past...that landscape is a general term, and should not be restricted to our initial construct of what constitutes a landscape. This interpretation would include mountains, bodies of water, cities, etc. For me, it's essentially a canvas that includes multiple defining features of a scene, with little, or, preferably, no human element.
The "human element", likewise, is often present in our landscape, and I see no reason to freak out if it is included in the images. In particular, I think of shots with a foreground of neatly tended rows of crops; that's the hand of man, right? But surely it's a landscape, right? I see a single barn as a focal point in a broad, austere great plains shot. Certainly meets the challenge in my mind. I see urban landscapes, even, I'm OK with that, IF you can make them "minimal" enough, which might be easier said than done.
To clarify "human element", I meant actual human beings...i.e., it shouldn't be about the people.
The "human element", likewise, is often present in our landscape, and I see no reason to freak out if it is included in the images. In particular, I think of shots with a foreground of neatly tended rows of crops; that's the hand of man, right? But surely it's a landscape, right? I see a single barn as a focal point in a broad, austere great plains shot. Certainly meets the challenge in my mind. I see urban landscapes, even, I'm OK with that, IF you can make them "minimal" enough, which might be easier said than done.
DPC members should be tolerant and flexible of all kinds of landscape images. I hope they will be.
If the challenge was "minimal seascape" or "minimal cityscape", then landscapes w/o oceans and w/o buildings would be marked down for being DNMC. That's not what I would do, but that's how it would go.
I'm all in favor of being inclusive of many things. It would be good to place the emphasis on "minimal" and not worry too much about the proportion of land to water nor the anthropological and architectural elements.
This challenge is truly difficult for me, but I'll give it a try. I think the key for me will be getting to a place where I can crop out all the "clutter". LOL!!!!
I think the best known practitioner of minimalist landscape is Michael Kenna
Thanks for the link Lev! I don't know if I can make time to shoot for this challenge, but I enjoyed watching Kenna's video and listening to Snow Patrol as many fine images appeared before my eyes. Very inspirational stuff :)
So I would need to do this at late sunset or early sunrise so that I don't over expose it? Or at night?
I have just bought a ND8 filter in the hope that this would help with long exposure but I guess it still needs a bit more knowledge as the experimental shots I took at the weekend were still over exposed...unless I just need a higher strength filter?
I will have to go surfing on the net to find out how it is done, unless someone would kindly tell us on here??? :D
So I would need to do this at late sunset or early sunrise so that I don't over expose it? Or at night?
I have just bought a ND8 filter in the hope that this would help with long exposure but I guess it still needs a bit more knowledge as the experimental shots I took at the weekend were still over exposed...unless I just need a higher strength filter?
I will have to go surfing on the net to find out how it is done, unless someone would kindly tell us on here??? :D
I just started learning this. NDx8 extends time 8x. It might be enough on a cloudy day. I got recently ND400 which extends time 400 times, for example f11 1/100 becomes f11 4s shot. You can also go onto max f stop, in my case I use f22. If it is really bright you can stack nd8 and nd400 and get 3200 times longer exposure! So 4s becomes 32s. Tripod is a must.
Soooo ND filters are a must... Even if I wanted to do this shot just after the sun goes down or before it comes up? I have one ND filter but it is very weak and I only use it during photo shoots when the light is really harsh or when I want to do something with just a tad more exposure time.
