Friday, August 13, 2010
Thank you blogger
This is the last update on Blow-up blog. I rebuild my web page on www.jurokovacik.com and part of it will be my blog. So I'm going to leave blogger. Thanks for fish and - So long.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Making pictures of a rainbow
It is nearly impossible to make plans about shooting rainbows. OK, of course you can make plan "It would be nice to have a picture of this mountain with a rainbow above. Why not to try it this evening?" You can, but the probability of your success is very, very limited. Rainbow usually just occurs. Rainbow in photography is a gift. And I have to add the first warning here - not usually, every-time it is just short term gift. You have few minutes to do something with it. If you are talking about moments when slow, thoroughful, meditative landscape work abruptly change in kind of an adrenalin rush, shooting rainbow is example par excellence.
This was my first evening on Atlantic coast, beautiful old port Saint Malo. Original plan was to stay in camp for one night, but it was closed with official opening two weeks later. I had to find hotel, a bit disturbing after full day driving. Fortunately I succeed in the first attempt. I just booked in and went out. Ocean, coast, port, smell, tide, waves, storm, shower, dark clouds, sunset. Great, unforgettable first experience.
Rainbow began with finishing rain. I had 50 mm on camera at that moment, the lens I had made few rainy pictures with. The first rainbow picture was made 8.55 p.m. /it is funny how late is the Sun setting down in this part of the world - it was the beginning of May/ After few pictures rain had stopped and I changed to 20 mm Nikkor - my widest lens. Its 94 degree angle of view is enough for the covering whole rainbow half ring. I made the first wide picture 8:56 and after that I decided to try to move to the better spot.
It was the place on this picture. Yellow, orange, red color of houses and clouds and walls with lightest part in the center, reflection on wet pavement, bit of sea on the left and the relative symmetry of the scenery covered under rainbows umbrella. I made first picture here at 8:57 and after that another few with small variations, this picture was third in the row. /I was looking for that white sea wave curve on left down/ Rainbow had started to diminish at 8:59 and the Sun finally set down around 9:05.
So, next time you will see somebody running frenetically* in that funny awkward style, in one hand tripod with camera, second hand on the bag with lenses, a bit crazy look in eyes, jumping here and there, abruptly stop for a moment and than continue in her or his wandering, please, don't laugh too loud. You are witness of very rare and in city environment unique appearance - landscape photographer at his/her best moments.
*web dictionary definition: as if possessed by an evil spirit
Juro Kovacik Landscape pictures
Promote your Page too
This was my first evening on Atlantic coast, beautiful old port Saint Malo. Original plan was to stay in camp for one night, but it was closed with official opening two weeks later. I had to find hotel, a bit disturbing after full day driving. Fortunately I succeed in the first attempt. I just booked in and went out. Ocean, coast, port, smell, tide, waves, storm, shower, dark clouds, sunset. Great, unforgettable first experience.
Rainbow began with finishing rain. I had 50 mm on camera at that moment, the lens I had made few rainy pictures with. The first rainbow picture was made 8.55 p.m. /it is funny how late is the Sun setting down in this part of the world - it was the beginning of May/ After few pictures rain had stopped and I changed to 20 mm Nikkor - my widest lens. Its 94 degree angle of view is enough for the covering whole rainbow half ring. I made the first wide picture 8:56 and after that I decided to try to move to the better spot.
It was the place on this picture. Yellow, orange, red color of houses and clouds and walls with lightest part in the center, reflection on wet pavement, bit of sea on the left and the relative symmetry of the scenery covered under rainbows umbrella. I made first picture here at 8:57 and after that another few with small variations, this picture was third in the row. /I was looking for that white sea wave curve on left down/ Rainbow had started to diminish at 8:59 and the Sun finally set down around 9:05.
So, next time you will see somebody running frenetically* in that funny awkward style, in one hand tripod with camera, second hand on the bag with lenses, a bit crazy look in eyes, jumping here and there, abruptly stop for a moment and than continue in her or his wandering, please, don't laugh too loud. You are witness of very rare and in city environment unique appearance - landscape photographer at his/her best moments.
*web dictionary definition: as if possessed by an evil spirit
Juro Kovacik Landscape pictures
Promote your Page too
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Brettagne
The first picture from "the big" photo journey to Bretagne I'm going to publish on my blog. France is beautiful country, but Ocean, Ocean is overwhelming. I can't describe that experience, I may try to show it.
Long time exposure was a part of the plan I was traveling with in my bag. I bought a gray 2 stop filter for this kind of pictures to extend exposure time and it works as supposed. Less or more as supposed.
Now I just want to be back. Mr. Spock, can you beam me up, please?
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Bratislava, morning and long exposure
This is one of pictures I gathered in few mornings in last weeks. This time I'm shooting in Bratislava with 24 mm lens on D5000. Great small and very fast and fluent combo. I'm working in aperture priority mode. This one was taken in dark underground, so shooting time reach unbelievable 5 sec. I made just this one on these moving steps. Its pretty funny how nice it works, this time.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Cierny Vah
The upper reservoir of Cierny Vah storage power plant is build on Turkova, 1179 m high mount with gorgeous view of West and High Tatras sierra on the opposite side of Liptovska kotlina
It wasn't the best morning from the weather point of view, but it wasn't dummy morning. Windy, cold and cloudy sky developing from dark blue gray to light gray with just few minutes of morning color.
It wasn't the best morning from the weather point of view, but it wasn't dummy morning. Windy, cold and cloudy sky developing from dark blue gray to light gray with just few minutes of morning color.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
