Watching The Light Shine On The City

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It is interesting to me how until you take up photography that you don't take a whole lot of notice of the light around us all. I find when I'm out and about I always tend to notice the light now with a thought in my head how can I capture what I see.

I don't mean to say that I don't notice a beautiful sunset or sunrise if we are out and about because that's a given. What I mean is like my photograph below. I was driving through South Perth and came to the foreshore on the Narrows Bridge side.
I liked the look of the way the late afternoon light was covering the city as the shadows were just starting to form.
There were no clouds to complete the picture the way I wanted but none the less I took out my tripod, mounted the camera and selected my focal range. I wanted to smooth out the water so I attached a 10 stop ND filter to make the shutter speed longer.

The Light And Shadow

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Vedran

Capturing Late Afternoon Light

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Today I have two photographs of a Landscape variety. One was made when I saw some fabulous afternoon soft light on some hay bale rolls in a hay field while driving around and the other while walking around Fremantle Fishing Boat Harbour.

I was out to do some bird photography one day and saw a field of hay bales. I remember I had tried to photograph them before but they were gone when I came back.
This time I took no chances. I stopped my car and set up my tripod and put my camera on it after finding the composition I was after. On the lens i put on a polarising filter and dialled in to get rid of some glare and saturate the colours.

The Hay Bales In The Field

The second photograph when walking around with camera in hand and i noticed the shadows and light on the cray fishing boat. I didn't have any filters but in hindsight was not needed anyway because the sun was behind me.

The Light Was Fabulous

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Vedran

Capturing Moving Subjects 1

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One of the things I like to practise with my camera is a technique called panning.
The idea of panning is moving at the same speed as the subject to give the impression the subject is moving fast or to convey movement.

In this photograph below I practised on a few cyclists that were zipping by. I tried to keep the background with some sort of foliage or objects as a plain horizon would have been difficult.
Its not easy and I had a few or more than a few that didn't work as you need to keep the subject sharp also.

On top of that I needed to make the wheels look like they were moving also.

Cyclist Moving Quickly

This was the best out of the many I took that morning. I cant say its perfect but am sharing as I hope to continue the series over time so I can gauge my improvement.

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Vedran

Sunset At Supetar Marina

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Today I share a photograph from where I saw a nice sunset.

I didn't have my landscape kit with me which included my tripod and filters
as I was mainly walking around and making photographs of various subjects or people that caught my eye.
In the section of the marina I tried to position myself in a way so the boats were at an angle to lead the eye through the frame.
The sunset was a nice fiery orange which made for a nice contrast.
Initially the boats were more in darkness which I bought out and lightened in post so I could get what I accurately what I saw.

The Fiery Sunset At The Marina

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Vedran

Lovely Sunset Light On Boat

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Today I noticed some lovely soft light which was shining beautifuly in the later hours f the afternoon.
There were a few boats in Split Harbour but this Sailing Ketch really caught my attention.
The light was soft and it gave a subtle orange glow on the masts and the body of the boat.

The Subtle Orange Glow

I dont know too much about boats but i just liked what I saw.

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Vedran

When A Candid Photo Will Do

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One of my favourite pastimes is walking around with camera and lens in hand and observing situations around me.
I often like making candid photographs of people when they are posing for family or friends.
It can be a little daunting but i just like the practise of practising my photography and camera holding technique.

In these 2 photographs coming up I used my Nikon d500 and my Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 lens.

Nikon d500 and Sigma 70-200mm f2.8

I liked the sharpness on the subject and the bokeh (out of focus background) was quite nice in the above image. She was posing for her friend and just happened to turn her head at the right time.

Nikon d500 and Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 lens

This Second image was made later in the evening after the sun sent down. I had to raise the ISO which is the cameras sensitivity in order to let more light onto the sensor. This lady was also posing for a friend and she looked away and i managed to time the shot right.

In case anyone wonders about candid photography, this is my take. I generally try to be candid but if I see a negative reaction from the subject I will go up to them and say yes I took your photo. I show the photo and tell them that I don't use in any bad way etc. If they are happy after my explanation then I keep photo. If not happy and they want deleted then I do so in front of them so they can see I'm not lying.
This is all if I get noticed, If not then I carry on as per usual with making photographs around in my wanderings.

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Vedran

Perth At Night

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After a long time I have decided to restart My Photographic Observations.
I will share my photographs and on the odd ocasion even a slide show.

I was at Kings Park in Perth, Western Australia one morning pre dawn and thought I would try a long exposure with light trails. The city was my subject with Kwinana and Mitch Freeway in the foreground.

I used my Nikon D610 with the Nikor 28-300mm Lens at about 70mm. I also used a Lee 3 Stop Graduated Filter to bring down the highlights in the sky.

Perth Sunrise

In the end I thought it turned out ok.
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