The weather didn't cooperate this week for taking a nice, normal landscape for the wide angle challenge. I was taking my kayak out on a local rain-swollen river to try to get some nice wide angles shots with the bow of the boat in it, but the scenery was not that interesting and the lighting was a little harsh. So I decided to try something different. I taped my tripod into my kayak while it was on the roof of my car. Then I used my remote shutter release to snap some long exposures while I drove through the woods by the river.
This shot was taken at 12mm.
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Nice speed effect, but I don't get the connection between the boat (is it a boat?) and it rushing into the woods. The colours are catching, but the sky is blown out missing the nice blue so much needed to balance the sharp yellows.
I just love this one, it's palpably exhilirating. I'm assuming you were sitting in a kayak on top of a car? Or the camera was mounted there anyway... The pure symmetry of the tiedowns is a grace note that strikes me. And of course the image is TOTALLY centered, symmetrical, which is a no-no in DPC terms so yoi get poitns for me just 'cuz you made it work.
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