The composition of this image is deceptively simple, consisting of four elements: lighthouse, fence, sky and sea. But for me, it is all about the light. As I was making this photograph, the late September sun was rising to my left, bathing the scene with a warm amber glow. The resulting shadows in the window and cement add texture and depth to the lighthouse. The color palette, which is limited to shades of white, gray, blue and yellow, is reproduced in the sky, where the clouds form a mesmerizing back-and-forth pattern that grabs the viewer's eye pulling it into the picture and gently sweeping it out toward the horizon. Canon 20D f/16 1/15 sec. ISO 100 28-200mm lens @ 40mm RobertBurnsPhotography.com
I love how you can see things that explain to me why the photo feels so very appealing and why I could stare at it forever.
ReplyDeleteWonderful job creating your blog! I know so many people will enjoy seeing your photos and knowing what you saw behind the lens.
Oh, and I've created a nice little linky to your site on my sidebar as I threatened I'd do, and have a nice post prepared tomorrow to welcome you to Blogger! (HA! There's a good exclamation point!) Or three. Ahem.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to Blogger. I found your blog via Jayne's post. She is right that many of your photos need exclamation points to convey the feeling of joy that these images produce. You transport a person to the destination and time with your photography. I enjoy the explanations too.
ReplyDeleteThanks to Jayne I have come to visit your blog.
ReplyDeleteI am such an amateur, I ahve never taken any classes . But, just reading your thoughts behind this picture helps me to understand a bit more of what goes into each photo before you snap.
I am also not always so observant, - even as you described the colors from the light house, being in the sky and sea, I was like - oh yeaH .. how neat.
I look forward to visiting you again and again - and trying to learn how to be better by observing your thought processes.
Thanks so much!
I am also visiting due to Jayne and so glad I did. Your work is exceptionnal and I appreciate your description of what you captured in the shot ... and how.
ReplyDeleteThis is LOVELY! I'm visiting thanks to Jayne's link on her blog....so glad you have started one!
ReplyDeleteAt Marnies suggestion and well worth it. Wonderful studies in light. Well done!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to blogland.With pictures as lovely as these you will certainly have a bunch of followers real soon.I will be one of them,as my husband Jake and I do a lot of photography.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,Ruth
Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome, encouragement and support.
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