This great mono rendition of Moreno Lake in Patagonia, Argentina is by Horacio Jorge Di Nunzio or simply Horatio. He is probably better known on Dpnow's sister site Four Thirds User (FTU) where his gallery contains some 225 stunning images http://fourthirds-user.com/galleries...&protype=1
His DPNow gallery though smaller still has many great photos http://dpnow.com/galleries/member.ph...&protype=1
Horatio uses Olympus equipment and gives the details of this photo as:-
Olympus E-510, lens 14-54mm f2,8-3,5 at f length: 14. aperture priority: f 7,1 , iso 100, shutter speed 1/320. Raw file. Date: 2007-08-31T.
We think he has made great use of that lens which would have been 28mm equiv in 35mm terms. Emphasis has been put on the foreground water with its many small pebbles in the clear water. The larger boulders and the tree branches break this up for the eye and add further visual interest. Eventually the eye is led away to the snow covered mountains and sky. The lake in the middle distance also gives us those great reflections of the mountains and trees.
Some might ask about the lack of thirds in the photo, the horizon for example is in the top quarter, but we think this is an occasion when its fine to break the rules. All in all its a great visual experience.
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pewidane PEDER WINGE ( Denmark).
Registered: December 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 405
Fri 15, February 2008 10:52am
Rating: 9.00
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(Denmark)
"You don´t take a photograph,you make it"
Pol Ancient Geek
Registered: September 2006 Location: West Kent, UK Posts: 4,675
Fri 15, February 2008 4:22pm
Rating: 10.00
Wonderful landscape and beautifully processed with all those tones and details. I love the way the pebbles gradually 'merge' into the reflection of the sky as the water gets deeper.
Stephen Seriously addicted
Registered: July 2006 Location: Wakefield, W.Yorks. Posts: 4,319
Fri 15, February 2008 5:29pm
Rating: 9.00
Great use of the wideangle lens, it just leaves me wondering if I'd prefer it in 3:2 ratio instead of 4:3
A great photograph doesn't need rules, just intuition. I disagree with Stephen about the ratio; squeezing this image into 3:2 would surely lose some of that great depth which helps provide the impact. Horatio is one of my favourite photographers and could in my view fill a Golden Gallery all by himself!
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A photograph is more than a record of what you see - it's a window to your soul
Jocelyn Walker Forum veteran
Registered: September 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 1,266
Wed 12, March 2008 11:06am
Rating: 10.00
This photo encapsulates Photography as an Art Form in my personal opinion!
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Ian Admin
Registered: July 2006 Location: Hemel Hempstead UK Posts: 8,919
Wed 12, March 2008 11:12am
Rating: 9.00
This is a very complex shot and it really comes off - the detailed foreground, with the pebbles in the clear water magically blends into the reflection of the sky, then the mountains and finally we have the real mountains on the horizon. Extremely well done.
