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praeclarus lumen aeturnum

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As per the norm, save your retinas: click here for a version on a black background, where you'll see shadow detail that landscape photographers strive so hard to achieve, but, are then let down by colour schemes on sites such as this one with retina-burning bright backgrounds.

The light.

Cloaked, robed, hooded, hunched, and, huddled. Can you see the acolytes?

I made this image in almost knee-deep water. This is Matai Falls, in the Catlins region on the South Island of New Zealand.

This image, along with A Moment Forever Caught in Time, may be my two achievements thus far where I feel the light could not have been caught any other way.

My goal is to capture light in such a way that my photographs resemble or recreate the light found in neoclassical paintings, particularly those by Rembrandt and Eybl. While I have a long way to go to anywhere near perfecting that kind of lighting in the photographs I make, I relish moments like this where planning and waiting for the right light all comes together in execution with the click of a shutter.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
2s f/11.0 at 40.0mm iso200
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800x533px 288.48 KB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Shutter Speed
2/1 second
Aperture
F/11.0
Focal Length
40 mm
ISO Speed
200
Date Taken
Apr 30, 2010, 12:44:54 PM
Sensor Size
5mm
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OceanViewComics's avatar
that would make for an awesome print