Tag Archive for 'Landscapes'

Noirmoutiers – Les Marais Salants

Published on January 2, 2012 in Sketches. Closed Tags: .
This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Sketches

This sketch was done using HB and 2B pencils from a watercolour painting. You have to look a lot closer when drawing than when taking photographs – you are obliged to notice differences in tone.

“To learn how to take great pictures, take art, painting and composition classes. Avoid “photography” classes, as they usually only consider technique, and rarely the fundamental artistic aspects of how to design an image and ultimately what we’re trying to create.”
source: Ken Rockwell

View over part of the Alhambra from the Palacio de Generalife

Published on December 24, 2011 in Experimental and Spain. Closed Tags: .
This entry is part 33 of 33 in the series Favourite shots

View over the al-Hamra from the Jannat al-Arif

I took 3 shots at different exposures with my Canon G9 – combined them and got the above result. This is actually closer to what your eyes see than any single shot can be. The dynamic range of a digital camera is 5 stops – the dynamic range of the image is about 7 stops (the human eye is about 9).

Read article : “HDR is the best way to reproduce the original high contrast scene”

The Alhambra seen from the Palacio de Generalife

Published on December 20, 2011 in Experimental and Spain. Closed Tags: .
This entry is part 32 of 33 in the series Favourite shots

Another place at another time but reminiscent of “Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry” particularly of the Chateau of Saumur scene.

The Alhambra (from al-Hamra – “the red one”) seen from the Palacio de Generalife.

The Palacio de Generalife seen from the Alhambra

Published on December 20, 2011 in Experimental and Spain. Closed Tags: .

Autumn colours at the Jannat al-‘Arif

Granada seen from the al-Hamra

Published on December 19, 2011 in Experimental and Spain. Closed Tags: .