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Photographer’s Choice – Mike Acquesta

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Photography is Light Painting

Mike Acquesta - Emerald Isle, NC

Mike Acquesta – Emerald Isle, NC

Postings for the past two weeks have featured the beauty of a mountain winter. With the recent cold temperatures, perhaps it’s time to take a break. This week it’s the warm yellows, pinks and blues of an early morning summer sunrise at Emerald Isle on the North Carolina coast . Mike was out and ready at 5:40 on the morning of August 3, 2012 to capture this scene, before the light became intense, when the clouds were softly backlighted and the early rays were reflecting off the grasses and oats on the dunes. He chose a wide angle 24mm lens to create the sweep from the near dune to the far gentle surf, with a few early morning strollers to add a human interest. The overall balance of the composition invites the eye to come in and enjoy the quiet and peace before the hot and glare of a full summer sun becomes a reality.
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Canon EOS 40D
Focal Length – 24mm
Shutter – 1/160sec
Aperture – f/4.0
ISO – 100

Photographer’s Choice – Kim Hadley

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The Bleakness – And Beauty – of Winter in Ashe

Kim Hadley - Winter in Creston

Kim Hadley – Winter in Creston

All photographers know the great advantage of rolling out of bed early and getting out for that elusive first light in the morning. It requires a particular dedication to venture out into a windy, 22-degree morning after a snowfall with a hope the morning will be special and offer an opportunity to capture a unique and memorable image. “It was barely pre-dawn…and I was facing North. The sun had not yet broken the horizon to the east and actually when it did, it was quite uneventful due to how cloudy it was – so the only show of color was during these few minutes before dawn”, says Kim. “It is a very mild HDR…I wanted to preserve the pink in the sky without losing all the details in the valley to darkness.” She found an opening between the near trees to frame the distant mountains. The closer, darker mountain and the black pond provide a clear focal point to bring order to the scene. The early light had a definite blue bias which could be corrected in post processing, shifting the snow to white, but that would alter the reality of the light, remove the “cold” one feels and take away the very pleasing contrast with the pinkish sky. On this particular morning, Kim was rewarded for her efforts.

Canon EOS 50d fitted with an EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens
Focal Length – 18mm
Shutter 1/60 sec @ f/3.5 aperture
ISO – 400