Another Belalp series, with 645D

[tcom]

Hi

Here is another series of photos of Belalp, taken yesterday, with Pentax 645D:

1
FA645 35/3.5, f/9, 1/400s, 100iso


2
FA645 120/4, f/13, 1/320s, 100iso


3
FA645 120/4, f/13, 1/500s, 100iso


4
FA645 35/3.5, f/13, 1/400s, 100iso


5
FA645 35/3.5, f/10, 1/800s, 100iso


6
FA645 35/3.5, f/11, 1/400s, 100iso


These and more are under http://www.pbase.com/tcom/belalp&page=all

[Ron Kruger]

I really like the shot of the village: rule of threes.

[lensoreat]

i guess you have some bit of blue in the snow here,    what color would the snow be in your eye ?   looking at it without a camera lens ,   would it be white in the blue sky or some blue as the camera captures it,    i have to remember to notice that when the sun comes out again here.   right now,  plenty of snow to look at though .....   

and i also like the village shot,   you have a 'Z'  running through the composition which is nice

[tcom]

My guess is that snow under sunlight should show a slight hint of blue. On all my snow landscape photos, I also have to fight quite a bit to get the color balance descent when post processing.

[lensoreat]

i bet they made screw-on filters for tackling snow,  on film cameras ?   ,    maybe a circular polarizer type thing ?    there's so much to know.     

[tcom]

The only filter which might be worth trying in such conditions would be a polarizer filter to bring out the deep blue sky, but to me, it looks already blue enough.

Snow under a bright sunlight has a very slight tint of blue, and the blue comes out better in the shadows which is exactly what shows here.

This photo shows it pretty well, the starting number is perfectly white so the white balance is spot on, but the snow still shows hints of blue:

[lensoreat]

you are exactly right,   dominique,   i'm looking at the snow out my window right now,  a lot of sun and no clouds at all,  long shadows--- and it has just a lot of blue and gray in it in the shadows,  and even on the snow in general,    almost exactly as in this image of the skier-    amazing how i never really thought about it all this time.     the blue in my dog photo the other day was too blue,  but at least not as far off.   

[Pacerr]

A 'skylight' filter used to be a common lazy-man's answer to too-blue-sky snow on film. If you've got one lying around it might be interesting to note the slight effect on digital images (which you can duplicate in PP today once you see the effect).

But takin' the blue out of 'clear sky' snow's like takin' it out of the ocean. It's actually supposed to be there. Unfortunately, our eyes tend to do a great job of "auto white balance" and we don't recognize it so much with snow since snow's PRE-SUPPOSED to be white.

[tcom]

I have gotten somewhat lazy with filters on digital. Back in film days, I liked using a polarizer filter and I also had a UV filter on all my lenses to protect the front lens.

I removed the UV filter after an eye opening experience. With digital photography, one can review the result immediately and on some night shots, even I was using high quality B+W UV filters, it happened that I had some kind of reflections on the photos I had no clue where it was coming from. After a while of thinking, I gave a try and removed the UV filter, the reflection was gone as well.

So, if nowadays I am using a filter, it is either a pol. filter (but none has been used here) or a strong neutral density filter for long time exposures.



Apart from that, in case interested to know a little more about my time on Belalp, I just published an article under http://ipaimpress.com/bel...rlands-secret-alpine-gem/.

[pentaxthai]

Compliments.
The first is 3D!
the second you see the real strength of the format "645".
all very well done!