Posted by Ian Bramham (Manchester, United Kingdom) on 18 January 2008 in Sport & Recreation and Portfolio.
Photographed in the village of Hauteluce, high up in the French Alps. As I was setting up the tripod for this shot, I couldn't help thinking about this other child's playground that I photographed a month or so ago. What a contrast with this one! http://ianbramham.aminus3.com/image/2007-12-22.html
. HOT TIP FOR ALL AM3 CONTRIBUTORS : I've been having problems for ages with my uploaded landscape orientated images looking fuzzy and not as sharp as they should be....well I finally found the answer recently in an answer by Jason Kravitz to a query in the forums .....if you too have been having this problem the answer is to make sure you resize your photos to a maximum horizontal dimension of 800 pixels (vertical size is not limited). Anything greater than 800pixels and AM3 will automatically resize it leading to the reduction in sharpness.
Please feel free to copy and paste this advice into your own AM3 blogs as I'm sure there are lots of our fellow AM3ers out there having this same frustrating problem...it would be great to sort the problem out for as many of us as possible.
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If you have any other burning queries about Aminus3 or just a great suggestion you want to make, why not try the brand new official site forum here :Aminus3 Forum. It was launched on the 17th February 2008
Just a bit of fun, but this is one of my favourite photos with my new DSLR. I've submitted it for publication in JPG magazine. You can vote for it's inclusion here: JPG Magazine
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Links to other Photoblog sites that I have found inspirational: http://hugopoon.aminus3.com/ Hugo Poon records his home city Hong Kong in photographs so beautiful that they inspired me to start taking my own photos. Deeply humanist in his vision, Hugo claims that he is not a photographer. Why not visit his photoblog and decide for yourself.
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The blues are incredible in this image the white snow really brings out the sky.
18 Jan 2008 1:29am
@See The Light: Thanks Mary...I wasn't sure if anyone else but me would like this one so thanks for the vote of confidence!
u seems to come up with brilliant images each time i open ur blog.....
18 Jan 2008 4:30am
@sangram: What a very kind thing to say...thanks very much1
Just gorgeous light!
18 Jan 2008 7:25am
@Craiger: Thanks Craiger!.....to tell you the truth I wasn't sure about the blue colour. I set the white balance for the snow obviously but that left the far mountains looking very blue. I suppose it was a very dark night (30" exposure) but still it surprised me that the sky and background came out that deep blue.
Amazing how intense this is...
18 Jan 2008 9:50am
@Lorraine: Thanks Lorraine.....I'm really not quite sure why i like this photo so much but I do like it very much....maybe its the idea of kids using that swing while facing that view down the valley - I couldn't help wondering if they realise how lucky they are or if they just take it for granted. I know it sounds stupid but this photo has a 'Little House On The Praire' kind of feel to it ifor me f you know what I mean!
The light is gorgeous. Adds real beauty to the snow.
18 Jan 2008 12:01pm
@Michael Rawluk: Thanks Michael...coming from the expert on photographing snow, that means a lot to me.
well done -- once again. like the view of the mountain in the distance.
18 Jan 2008 4:59pm
@danthro: Thanks Danthro!
Ps - I've changed my Flickr permissions so you should be able to see that photo of Southport Pier larger now!
I like this shot, it's a nice composition, and I can imagine swinging out over the world from there.
18 Jan 2008 7:04pm
@Oswegan: Exactly the way i felt about it....thanks!
did you double process this one ?
18 Jan 2008 9:21pm
@Pouhou: Hi Pouhou!...no, I'm not even sure what double prodessing is! I shoot in Raw fortunatley though or I could never have got the colours to work out as they did with the snow white like that as it should be. I set up the tripod under a streetlamp which had a very orange colour cast....the auto iso didn't work that well but in Raw obviously you have complete control over colour temperature so I was able to bring the snow back to white instead of orange very easily (I think colour temp eneded up being something as low as 2000!)
I really love how that 30sec exposure brought out the mountains and that sky... and with that foreground light (almost looks like daylight) it becomes a fantasy.
18 Jan 2008 10:02pm
@amy: Thanks Amy ....it is a bit surreal isn't it. That's pretty much how I remember the scene as I set up under the only streetlamp which gave the foreground snow that brightness. By the way, I'm posting that photo of the church tomorrow that you wanted a closer look at!
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