A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great…

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A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great…
A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great…

- Joshua Reynolds.

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In the recent months, I have noticed that I am starting to enjoy writing again. Writing detailed descriptions to my images was a habit I maintained out of principle than anything else but as some you have noticed, the quality of descriptions had gotten way better than what it was used to be. This is something that I have forced myself to be better at and the main reason was to document the events that led up to each of my images.

I have also added a blog section to my website and will use it as a platform for more detailed travel and technical articles. You can find my most recent post about my journey to get a perfect milky way shot here. There are some details about how I figured out the right technique and all the other thought process behind planning a successful astro-nightscape.

Now that the shameless plug is over let go back to discussing todays image. I have always had an admiration for photographers who do abstract and minimal images using landscape components. I consider the ultimate mental test, to truly sacrifice a great landscape shot to concentrate on the finer details or texture of a scene. After trying many times, I came across such a scene during a sunset along the California coast.

Well after the sun went past the horizon, the sky turned a brilliant shade of orange with the water and the wet sand reflecting the brilliant colors of the sky. Initially I was very happy with the image but upon reviewing, I noticed that I focused on the horizon and not at the surf that was closer to me. That’s a major misstep as your eye usually travels to the brightest or the most interesting part of a composition and if it’s out of focus a viewer will quickly lose interest. So naturally I didn’t post the image. But as I was re-organizing my images recently, I came across the image and decided to post it. At least I can gauge my ability to compose an abstract scene.

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Taken on: January 5, 2014
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Camera: Nikon D800, f/5.6, 1/200 sec, 145mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: TAMRON SP 70-300mm F4-5.6 Di VC USD A005N
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length: 145mm
ISO: 100
Exposure Bias: -2/3 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode: Auto
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Auto
Scene Capture Type: Portrait
Sharpness: Hard
Color Space: sRGB
Software: Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 (Windows)
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