This is my probably-not-gonna-score-well entry for the Lumix versus Leica Free Study challenge. My Lumix teammates like it but figure another shot I have would score better... But this one just kinda sings to me, so in it goes. It does show that you can do some interesting (depending on your point of view) things with a "point and shoot" camera. Longish exposure with camera movement (vertical) on this one. Processing is a very harsh B&W Lightroom preset (Moriyama 1), very slight crop keeping the 16:9 aspect ratio, save for web.
Light was almost gone (and there's not much of it this time of year to begin with), but there's this little clump of trees I pass when leaving Ramstein and heading back to where I live and I've always wanted to shoot them for some reason. And on this day, it was snowing. So I stopped.
Thanks for looking. And the Lumix is a sweet camera - highly recommend it to anyone looking for a very versatile point and shoot camera.
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terrific work Deb! Don't know what it sings to you, to me it sings "Giacometti", not sure why.
...or perhaps "Giacomelli" (I mean his dancing monks)? or both?...
I love this. Very out of da box. I have been looking for scenes like this in my corner of the world.
Thanks for the inspiration, and congrats on the way cool image
This is so cool!! I love it! All the way home from minnesota, I kept seeing batches of trees in the snow. They were so lovely, I really wanted to photograph them. However, it was snowing, we were on icy freeways, and I figured it wouldn't be a good idea to try to pull off on a shoulder with snowplows going by :D
However, I wouldn't have thought about trying a longer exposure. I love the shot and the effect. Thanks once again for helping me see past the ordinary!
Reading your pre-challenge notes, I have to say this just another example of how it is impossible to predict broad appeal. A very high placement for something that you thought would do poorly. Don't you love surprises? (Got an 8 from me, btw)
OK, I'm going through the Free Study submissions, purposefully finding those images I think are shot with a less conventional eye - this is one of those images! Thanks for offering something that isn't just DPC friendly eye-candy (though of course there's nothing wrong with eye-candy). I'll be picking one of these images for the Mu (most underrated) award:
Positives: Such a dynamic image - I think you must have moved the camera vertically on a tripod in the snow. It works tremendously well. The monochrome, high contrast treatment is perfect for the subject matter.
Critical stuff: Nothing at all.
Overall: A very effective image - a brilliant fusion of subject, technique and edit.
Something fun about this image but also something manufactured. It is as if a brush was taken to make all the trees and stuff. Easily this can be a piece of traditional artwork and not a photograph. Maybe, maybe not. But the question is there.
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