Mysterious lake 1.(Hazel island) by Peder
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Today, our featured photographer on the DPNow Picture of the Day is Peder Winge, from Denmark, who is registered on the DPNow forum and galleries as pewidane. A retired train driver, Peder devotes much of his time now to photography. He is one of the most enthusiastic, prolific, and talented photographers here on DPNow.
What we have here is an excellent example of 'low key' imagery. Like the converse 'high key' style, all the rules of normal photographic imagery are set aside with most of the tones residing deep into one end of the tonal range. There are virtually no highlights to speak of, here, and plenty of moody shadows. And as Peder reveals in a discussion thread on our forum the result took some work.
"This image is from Hazel Island, South Denmark, an island close to my home in Nykøbing falster city." explains Peder. Hazel Island is frequently featured in Peder's photography. Through his pictures one would think that the place is rather special, photographically-speaking.
He adds: "I had bought a new Canon G10 camera and was out to test it. Normally I would not use such a small camera to take a picture of this kind, but use my Nikon D40. So the picture is a bit of a luck. In photoshop Elements I have removed blue and cyan colour, darkening the image, enhanced red and yellow colour, and used the dodge tool and sharpened the picture."
Peder has posted the original, unedited image on the forum in the thread previously mentioned (and linked to).
I'm sure this won't be the last of Peder's frequent spotlights in Picture of the Day!
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