Saturday 27 March 2010

Light Illuminates Texture and Color, Shadows Define Form

"Light illuminates texture and color, shadows define form" is phrase attributed to an american illustrator and writer Howard Pyle. It's a term often used by photographers as "Light illuminates and shadows define" and is a great way to describe dynamic range and contrast. This post though is about a different type of range.
Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 14mm f5.6, 1/200 sec
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On a photo project this weekend I travelled to Wentworth Falls, its a town in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales about 100 Kms west of Sydney on the Great Western Highway at an elevation of 867 metres.
Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 14mm f2.8, 1/100 sec
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Choosing carefully I took a walk of medium difficulty down a track that includes steps. A 1.5 km walk to Weeping Rock and Fletchers Lookout with a climb of about 90 metres. Unfortunately I took a wrong turn from the top of Wentworth falls and started down the very steep National Pass Walk a described as difficult with many steps and ladders I was about 300 metres down when I decided to go back.
Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 16mm f2.8, 1/160 sec
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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 800, 14mm f22, 1/6 sec
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Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 @ ISO 200, 155mm f8, 1/40 sec
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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 11mm f8, HDR
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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 16mm f22, 1/4 sec
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Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 200, 16mm f22, HDR
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Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 @ ISO 200, 70mm f2.8, 1/160 sec
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