Golden Light at the Backwaters
Sunday ended with a short excursion, one of the daughters with me. Talking a little bit, explaining to her an older film camera but also various plants and insects, and enjoying the last light of the sun, already hiding behind rain-filled clouds, but still providing a golden shine. Quality time, a reservoir for a week full of work.
And this is another aspect of landscape photography, not the grand scale, and not the glorious light and full creamy color. I recently had a conversation with Martin Storz of the public eye blog, and I would highly recommend to have a look at his blog and his take on ‘landscape’.
Tags: dahoam (at home), nature, sunset, water
Markus, I’ve recently become a fan of subdued color and lighting landscapes, as demonstrated in my own recent postings, so this image is pleasing to me.
I followed the link to Martin Storz’s blog and with the help of “Google Translate” spent time admiring his own brand of landscape photography. I find it very exciting to widen my interpretation of nature and photography through the work of others — it’s like receiving a great gift. Thanks for sharing the link.
Earl, I’m glad you enjoyed it. Certainly the mainstream is more on the side of vivid colors and strong shapes and lines, but I could imagine a movement for the less flashy shapes and colours will find its followers.
Muted landscapes in all its incarnations has a definate place in landscape photography. When talking about pictures that occur in blogs, on flikr and similar sites: there seems to be a certain trend to follow the seasons. That is, currently there might indeed be a bit of a focus on strong, sunny colors. Might change in a couple of months…