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Out of the Box Image of the Week for the week ending February 22nd, 2013: Gerald Kelberg - Sweden by train
Congratulations Gerald!
Hi Guys,
Never thought OOB was for me - abstracts seldom work for me - so this is my 1st post here. But I watched the Blurs lecture that Artie and Denise did on B&H YouTube and that gave me some inspiration.
I found myself traveling by train across the Swedish landscape, last week, and started shooting at low speeds from the moving train. Took many images, and got more and more excited about the whole thing. I thought I should post one (maybe more) of the images here and ask for some guidance as to where I should go with this - maybe to the trash bin!
What I like about this image is the way it abstracts the landscape - the white snow and the grey sky intersected by the line of trees. The blurring seems to give it dynamism and I like the "yin/yang" effect of the hills.
I have only processed the original in Lightroom - adding some contrast and saturation using the sliders and the tone curve. Also some negative Clarity to soften it slightly.
Image capture with Canon 5D MkII, EF24-70 at 45mm. 1/8 sec at f/9.0, ISO 100
Critique and guidance very much appreciated
Gerald
