{"id":1360,"date":"2018-11-01T17:59:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T17:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/?p=1360"},"modified":"2020-03-23T12:02:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T12:02:09","slug":"photo-impressionism-summer-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/photo-impressionism-summer-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Impressionism: Summer Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are now deep in the fall season and quite a few trees are now bare. The days of summer seem a long time ago.<\/p>\n

I hadn’t been shooting for my personal photography impressionism project for a while, and a few months ago decided to try a new location, the Clerk Estate in Penicuik.<\/p>\n

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I was attracted to photograph this part of the wooden area by the trail. I like the feeling of mystery produced by the impressionist treatment of the subject and the disappearing path.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Turning around not quite 180 degrees shows the path disappearing in the other direction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I tried a number of different compositions, placing the path in the centre (above) of slightly off-centre (previous photo and below).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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My final favourite photo taken at this location.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But I couldn’t resist visiting my old stomping ground, Blackford Hill, to check what the colours looked like this past summer.<\/p>\n

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During the summer, the foliage is quite dense and a lot of the trees are ‘hidden’ when panning the camera. It is therefore more difficult to find interesting compositions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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It is really fascinating to revisit a location at a different time of day or year. You’ll be amazed how the colours change.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I really like the vibrant green colours of the summer forest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Incorporating some of the ground in the photograph can be tricky. Because of the panning of the camera it takes a number of tries in order to achieve the ‘right’ amount of ground in the composition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I remember using this point of view on an other occasion, during the autumn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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If you want to try this technique, a good tip is to frame your subject such as to avoid overlapping trees. Not always easy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I don’t want to give technical details, such as my shutter speeds, because the result depends on the focal length you use and how fast you \u00a0pan. I’d suggest you try a number of different shutter speeds and pick the one that give you the results you like best. Experimentation is part of the fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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