Monday 5 February 2018

The bridge across Lid’ (with soft “d”) river in Grishkino village.

Sad, but true – all old shots from this place were mere jpegs, no one nef, so I have nothing to show. Accidentally, a couple of tolerable examples turned up, all the rest may go well somewhere in Facebook personal albums, nowhere else, since they are incorrigible.

Technical data:
1. f13,1/40, CPL+gradient grey.
2. f13,1/40, CPL+gradient orange.
3. f13,1/30, CPL+gradient blue.
4. jpeg only.
5. f14, 1/50, CPL+gradient grey.

6. f11, 1/50, CPL+ND2. 
7. Old, jpeg only.





Upstream view:


Downstream view:


Shallow waters:

The Theotokos of Tikhvin church in Potok village.

More correctly, between Potok and Grishkino. Technical data:
1. Aperture f14, shutter speed 1/20 s, CPL+gradient grey filters, nef.

2. f18, 1/100 s – quaint settings – either the aperture priority or what? – I don’t remember. No nef, just jpeg, no tripod. It seems to have been taken from an open door. Consequently, the result is shitty. This April I’ll make a new try at the same time. 



Sunday 4 February 2018

Balamutovo village.

The railway embankment proved right what I need. That few is everything I could select from a pile of images taken in various conditions.

Looks like a combination of CPL and skylight, unsure though:



Not too successful example of the ND4 application in counterlight conditions:


An old photo, no filters at all, no .raw, just jpeg:


The valley view. In my opinion, it looks oversaturated, nonetheless, may it exist:


Came too late, from another spot – see here – the lighting was mediocre: 


Just jpeg, almost no way to edit:


...to continue.

Saturday 3 February 2018

One spot series once more.

It’s one of the very few places hereabouts suitable for the panoramic photography. Traditionally, represented as a series containing various conditions like seasons, time, weather. Unfortunately, thanks to a time gap between taking then and publication, I have totally forgot, what filters were used here. CPL is unchangeably used as a sine qua non everywhere, but the second one is alternate – as general, either gradient grey or skylight, more rarely gradient blue or orange. It’s typically possible to recognize a filter’s type, unless the image is not overprocessed. 

Winter morning, right before the moment of sunrise:


The first rays have arisen:


Filters, as far as I can guess, CPL+gradient grey, skylight also could be applied, less probable though. 

Belated spring (taken in April), colours of sunrise:


Cold summer (taken in June), the last sunrays:


The same with CPL+gradient blue filters: 


The first moment of night: 


Summer (don't be hoodwinked by yellowish shades  the images were taken in June) shouldn't look like this:


The same picture a bit later:


Colours of eary autumn:


It would be logical to continue with some gloomy samples of autumnal landscape, but I have none to offer, except low quality ones, very difficult to process.