Today’s Bacon | Marser
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
by Joe
This place is located by Lake Biwa (the biggest lake in Japan), it is a kind of theme park whose motif is the scene of the village landscape of Netherlands. I was lucky enough to visit this fantastic place just when the tulips were in full bloom and on such a sunny day.
I took this by GR Digital, the point and shoot camera. One of the great points of this compact camera is the expression of lucidness of the blue sky. I think GRD succeeds to render the subtle blue in this photo.
This composition is so natural for me. Trying to capture the whole shape of the windmill and tulips, I set the camera on the ground and cast up. Accordingly, this photo gets the effect of “how ants see the world”.
And I did post processing via Adobe Lightroom. I modified color temperture a bit and lifted chroma saturation up in a way. No cropping. During the post processing, I just paid attention to keep the image that I had felt when I took, the smell of the ground, the warmth of the air, the ray of the sun shining on the flowers, etc.
This is such a great shot! Composition is fantastic, perspective is incredible, and the colors. WOW! The contrast of the blue sky against the pink tulips. Not to mention the magnificent structure and the forced perspective which makes the tulips look just as grand and massive as the windmill.
Here are some specs on the image:
Shutter: 1/1250
Aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 64
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