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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp  Surely he does a bit of photoshopping with those images. I can't believe they are all entirely natural. |
Lol, there's a bit of a debate about that on the forum I found the link on. Personally I don't think there is any jiggery-pokery going on, Let's look at the evidence:
He's using Velvia slide film which is 50asa (fine grain but slow) and if well known for bringing out deep, rich colours. It's also very unforgiving, with not much leeway for under or over exposure.
He's using an aperature of around f22 for most of the shots - that's the smallest aperature, probably using hyperfocus technique. This gives the sharpest possible focus on a scene.
He's using a polarizing filter (which enhances colours and cuts down reflections).
He's using a neutral density grad to cut down the light coming from the sky in order to expose the landscape without burning out the sky.
No two ways about it, the guy knows how the light can work to make a snapshot into a photograph. He must have had to wait around for some of those shots, and lots of early mornings.
My thoery is that there are a lot of people around with fancy digi cameras who don't know how to use them properly, don't know the theories of photography or just don't know how to see properly and can't believe that someone using 'old technology' can make brilliant images.
Not having a dig or anything, I'm just passionate about film photography and respectful of photographers who really know what they are doing.
