O wow!!!!

Jan 17, 2020,05:34 AM
 


I can’t explain what it is or why it is but somehow I can look at your pictures for a long time.

I download them, view them on the big retina 27 inch Apple screen and can just state at it

And the longer I look at them, the more I see. Converging diverging lines, colors that are just tad of what I’m used to as being natural.

I just love them and find them very inspirational. Even so much that I’m now using my camera much more often AD caught myself few times trying to look for those “extra” things.

So big thank you for sharing these every time.

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白金青い池 (Shirogane Blue Pond)

 
 By: cshimokita : January 17th, 2020-00:34
Is located south of 旭川 北海道 (Asahikawa, Hokkaido)... near the city of 美瑛 (Biei). It was a beautiful day, but turned freezing cold after the sun went down. The next adventure on this year's tour of the great North includes 旭岳 (Asahidake) the highest mountai...  

Nice!

 
 By: fernando : January 17th, 2020-01:43
What's the story here? Is it a frozen pond, why is it blue?

Blue Pond

 
 By: cshimokita : January 17th, 2020-03:21
is a man-made pond that is the result of work on the 美瑛川 (Biei River), carried out after the 1988 eruption of Mount Tokachi, to protect the town of Biei from volcanic mud flows. The color is thought to result from the presence of colloidal aluminium hydro... 

Thanks Casey. [nt]

 
 By: fernando : January 17th, 2020-19:15

Simply beautiful !....

 
 By: Cpt Scarlet : January 17th, 2020-02:14
Great shot Casey 👌

Thank you Cpt...

 
 By: cshimokita : January 17th, 2020-03:26
Not to repeat myself, but it was very cold after the sun went down ; ) Casey

Hi Casey...

 
 By: Cpt Scarlet : January 17th, 2020-04:00
I have experienced a similar situation on occasions. Beautiful light possibilities but then the temperature plummets 🥶.... but you got the shot 👌

This trip I have been shooting only ISO 100 b&w film...

 
 By: cshimokita : January 17th, 2020-04:20
So without a tripod I switch to digital after dark and pump up the ISO to 3200... at even at that ISO the posted photo was 1/6 second at f/2... hand held. It was one of the last photos from the series I took at the pond... when I looked around I was all a... 

Thanks Casey...

 
 By: Cpt Scarlet : January 17th, 2020-09:14
I’m always interested in the story and the technical info behind the photo . Have a great weekend.

O wow!!!!

 
 By: Jurry : January 17th, 2020-05:34
I can’t explain what it is or why it is but somehow I can look at your pictures for a long time. I download them, view them on the big retina 27 inch Apple screen and can just state at it And the longer I look at them, the more I see. Converging diverging... 

I took 23 photos at the pond over a period of about 30 minutes...

 
 By: cshimokita : January 17th, 2020-13:34
mainly because of the changing light and only choose one for the forum... with film I shoot much less but still look for interesting angles. I also tend to move around when working a location. Most of my posted photos are processed, the main adjustment is... 

Some of my experiments

 
 By: Jurry : January 18th, 2020-06:50
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Classic beach scene... love it...

 
 By: cshimokita : January 18th, 2020-14:47
nice clean separation between the couple... I think I would be tempted to clone out the kite sail (bird ?)... the jetty adds the middle ground and creates a sense of distance, the horizon is level... the question of how to manage that 'triangle' lower lef... 

Período Azul (Spanish - The Blue Period)

 
 By: cshimokita : January 18th, 2020-03:36
defines the works produced by Picasso between 1901-04 when he painted essentially monochromatic paintings in shades of blue and blue-green. This is my second "blue" photo from Hokkaido... maybe I am entering a Período Fotografía Azul... ; ) Casey

Dear Casey, a marvellous shot capturing the frozen pond perfectly at the right time! And definitely a new angle of looking at the pond :)

 
 By: S F : January 17th, 2020-23:42
Was there in Jun last year on a gloomy day but nonetheless enjoyable. Best, SF ...  

YES, that's it...

 
 By: cshimokita : January 18th, 2020-03:39
Lovely photo SF and yes it was overcast during your visit... but tonight in Asahikawa it's -17°C... that's a different shade of blue... Casey

Stay warm! [nt]

 
 By: S F : January 18th, 2020-04:08

You have a steady hand, Casey.

 
 By: TheMadDruid : January 18th, 2020-06:49
The perspective you chose suggests movement-similar to a street shot at night with cars racing by. Nice work.

With a rangefinder camera, hand held at 1/6 is often doable...

 
 By: cshimokita : January 18th, 2020-14:54
with the x100t (mirror-less) it requires a bit of luck... at that moment I think I was already frozen stiff ; ) Casey

Hah! [nt]

 
 By: TheMadDruid : January 18th, 2020-19:33

Beautifully capture Casey

 
 By: Quan : January 19th, 2020-23:03
Thanks

Thank you John...

 
 By: cshimokita : January 20th, 2020-03:26
Just arrived back to Tokyo (Monday 20-Jan) local PM... great time in Hokkaido, good to be home. Casey