Here is another example of very long exposure of 241 seconds in my Isle of Eigg fine art collection. Lets discuss why I decided to use it in this shot.
The giant mushroom is a most famous and recognisable rock on Isle of Eigg rocky beach and obviously this is the first subject you see and want to practice your compositional skill with. But it is not easy to create strong composition with this mushroom for number of reasons:
Mushroom is very big and the place on the cliff with clear view is to close to it - you need to use very wide angle and still it is difficult to balance such massive foreground object with background.
Mushroom "grow" on the edge of tide and most of the time only left part of it touches the water - it will be much better if it was entire in the water or entire out of the water.
The waves comes in dance around the mushroom and I tried to capture these swirls with moderate exposure - but all results had too busy foreground and I discard all these frames.
After numerous attempts to fight a mushroom I came with the following composition, which I believe is strong and engaging.
- I put mushroom slightly of centre to the right, to balance it with enveloping white curve of waves on the left
- This curve lead the eye diagonally through the frame to the distant rocks on the right and to the Isle of Rum in background
- The blurred streaks of clouds mimic waves curve and add more motion to this shot
Very long exposure helped a lot to make this composition stronger - it created 2 main compositional elements (waves curve and cloud streaks) and it made foreground less busy.
Technical details:
| Camera | Nikon d810 |
| Lens | Nikkor 16-35 f/4 |
| Settings | ISO 64, 17 mm, f/11, 241 seconds |
| Other | Single shot, ND 10-stop filter |
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Wird photo. My eyes tell me the water are clouds and so it looks more like a extremely big mountain than a mushroom.
Wow Fantastic @ansharphoto
Really Awesome Photography
spectacular effect on the photo of long exposure.good job.
Nice bro @ansharphoto
Great mood!
Wow i really dont know that mushroom can grow this big :) nice shot by the way keep up the good work lookimg forward for your next post. :)
good job. I like the way you played with the light. And the sky is just amazing
Really reflecting as imaginative world and i want to give this picture a name as "The Trivia Of Rocks". Thanks for sharing.
Have a great day and stay blessed.
If I think it's just something that happens by nature
Very special. Thank you for explanation. We are learning all the time :)
@crazy-andy Welcome!
good post.@ansharphoto
that's an awesome photo.
i like your all photography.
Great job again! Looks fantastic!
Great shot! How much meters is the mushrooms wide?
@chorock It is slightly taller that human - like 3 meters tall or such...
WOW... The nature is full of wonders.
Thank you so mutch for the Information.
And very good picture !
Very big mushroom. I dont know that mashroom can grow like that..
That is a really beautiful photo :) Would love to go to Scotland some time :)
Cool! That photo is describing your hard work for sure! I wonder how it look like when the water and waves touch the cliff. Nice shot!
Another lovely shot. got to love those long exposures.... ND filters FTW.
impressive! nice shot...
you have of course the talent to have this beautiful photo...
Amazing bro @ansharphoto
Another quality photo! i think you deserve way more attention than this!
Lovely
Great intensity @ansharphoto
woooooooow , that's one of the nature art
those are in my country 'ALGERIA" , statues that nature made
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Wonderful..how you take this picture?
@novianti.idr Well, all post explaining in detailes how I came with this composition and why. What exactly you question about?
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Great capture dear
Beautiful landscape.i like it..done upvote bro
You nailed it! Thanks a lot for explanation, I have learned something new today.
I know you can underestimate this reply, but I just wanted to say sorry for not following you back, as I didn't know how to check up my followers. I had steemfollowers before but then it went off (I made this post and all, is in Portuguese, sorry https://steemit.com/pt/@nolasco/pt-ja-nao-ha-steemfollowers-e-agora) and only this morning I found out it´s on again. I'm still a bit ignorant about Steemit, but I'm learning! Thanks!
PS: Awesome photo!
great photos you take and editing! Love em :)
Awesome shots! Love the style of your photography!
Great post ...
look at this wonder too