Artistic Shots- Well thought out, framed (positioned), artistic shots only please.

[Every Miles A Memory]

Thanks Brad, cant wait to see what we can get from this!

 

[cruisertoy]

Nice spark photos. Can I ask camera settings? How late at night? Lens....

 

[Tucson T4R]

Nice spark photos. Can I ask camera settings? How late at night? Lens....

Here's the info from my image.

Camera Canon EOS 7D
ISO 800
Focal Length 17mm (17-55 lens)
Aperture f/5.6
Exposure Time 20s (20/1)
Name Lake Powell-352.jpg
Size 5184 x 3456
Date Taken 2013-09-18 21:07:46

 

[4low]

DSC_4996.jpg by Colter Larsen, on Flickr

 

[graynomad]

What a great mood you've got in that shot Colter.

 

[4low]

What a great mood you've got in that shot Colter.

Hey thanks!

 

[DJGoo]

I really try the 'artistic, planned, framed' thing will every shot I take.

try.....
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how's this?

 

[taco2go]

Thought I could contribute to the spirit of experimentation in this thread. by offering something a little different..
So early this summer, I pulled out one of my older tripods, and screwed a pochade box on to it. Given how much I enjoy capturing making pictures of the Michigan landscape with a camera, I have also been wanting to explore outdoor or "plein air" oil sketching for a couple of years now. So I finally decided to make a concerted effort. And I'm loving it. I finally feel like I can really study light, shadow, hue, warmth and coolness while allowing my feelings about the scene to be expressed in the moment. I find I am very much of the impressionistic mindset (versus the often laborious representational or tonal painting style)
I enjoy the goal of being able to finish a sketch in about an hour or two. Using a limited palette- 2 of each of the primary colors plus white, to make up all the tones. Just getting started..

It's like writing a poem vs writing a thoroughly accurate textbook. Yet being truthful about what I am seeing and feeling. Quite different from the accuracy in the world of the Digital SLR, yet there is beauty in both.

So I hope to be doing both for a good while. Paint when I can in brighter, subtler light; and then run around like a banshee with the camera when the dramatic golden hour rushes by. Its all good. And I think this 'artistic' thread is as good as any to share some sketches and studies of the Michigan landscape.
Its all about being able to get out. :smiley_drive: and for me, this forum and its members have always been a huge inspiration.

Fenville, MI 8X10

Fayette, UP MI 9X12

Copper Harbor, UP MI 8X10

High Rock Bay, UP MI 9X12

Copper Harbor, UP MI 8X10

Zeeland, MI 8X10

Fayette, UP MI 12X12

Munising, UP MI 8X10

Hudsonville, MI 10X12

 

[graynomad]

Its all about being able to get out.

One thing I like about photography, it forces me to get away from the computer.

Good-looking paintings, I wish I could do something similar, partly because it would reduce my dependence on high-tech.

I gather you paint in-situ, not from a photo?

 

[photo_i]

Its all about being able to get out. :smiley_drive:

Aaaamen!

I like your view of Michigan.

 

[taco2go]

Thanks!

I gather you paint in-situ, not from a photo?

Yes, so I'm limited with size. And clouds and shadows move, so you have to commit to a bit of memory
The second one, it got dark, so I finished later and did use a photo of the sky to help me remember. Definitely low tech and nothing beats the unique rush of photography.

 

[Viggen]

Just a few bikes and a micro

 

[GREENI]

I see a 911 !!! 964?

 

[graynomad]

Nice use of selective focus.

What's the object on the Guzzi head, something to rest you knee on that's not too hot?

 

[Viggen]

Nice use of selective focus.

What's the object on the Guzzi head, something to rest you knee on that's not too hot?

Thanks. I love to run my 28mm wide open. It is indeed a rest. Its like a knee pad.

It was a 911. Just a regular, non turbo but was clean so it was out.

Here are a couple more: