That minimalist theme again...

I almost titled this "Making the best of...". These two images were taken at sunset at Omapere on an evening when there was a gold coloured haze and light patches on the north head.


This first is unmodified, if somewhat over-exposed, as recorded from the negative (I am making a practice of "printing to cd" rather than paper). It gives a faint idea of what I was trying to grab with the headland partially hidden behind the fishers on the jetty.



It did not take long to get the idea that there was a greater possibility in taking longer exposure frames so out came the ND2 and ND4 filters. (Thinks... I MUST get that ND8 I have been promising myself).




I put these here as an illustration of how I see many of the "minimalist" theme photographs that google and bing throw out of the net. I am not at all happy with any of these. I have some more on the next film taken in Mangonui which I just know will be even worse. The difference is that I now know what I am doing wrong after having one of those epiphanies that les religieux seek so fervently.

You MULTIPLY the denominator of the EXPOSURE, you ADD the APERTURE!!!

So, 1/180 becomes 1/400 for two exposures, 1/600 for three...

So, 4.5 becomes about 8, 10 becomes an impossible 20...

At least, that is the current thinking. Stuff another film in the Canon and try again...