Icy World II - Abstracts

ziploc · 3rd January 2004

Icy World I
Icy World III
Icy World Gallery

Mother and Child

Fishes

Bear

Cat

ziploc · 3rd January 2004

My Heart is with You

jasphotography · 3rd January 2004

I like these 2, simple but yet abstract enough. Can really see the mum with the baby in her tummy, interesting!

Mother and Child

Fishes

For the bear and cat (can't figure out the cat though) shots, personally find them a little messy with strong and dominating lines which I find not as harmonous at the top 2 pictures.

The heart picture looks somewhat flat to me.

But good job nevertheless for getting the exposure spot on for such tricky subject. I guess a DSLR with preview does help a little...

ziploc · 5th January 2004

Thanks for the comments Jas.

These pictures were taken at the side of a frozen lake at about 4500m above sea level.

I was walking around the lake looking at the frozen bubbles when I noticed these shapes. Yup a DSLR did help in getting the exposure, although most of the work was done by Nikon's excellent matrix metering system.

For the cat, it's mouth is the white patch at the bottom. The small dark bubble above that is it's eye, amd the leave and the white triangle near the top center form it's ear.

jasphotography · 5th January 2004

Originally Posted by ziploc

Thanks for the comments Jas.

These pictures were taken at the side of a frozen lake at about 4500m above sea level. I was walking around the lake looking at the frozen bubbles when I noticed these shapes. Yup a DSLR did help in getting the exposure, although most of the work was done by Nikon's excellent matrix metering system.

Did you not compensate the exposure for the above ice and snow shots and rely on Nikon's Matrix Metering?

Originally Posted by ziploc

For the cat, it's mouth is the white patch at the bottom. The small dark bubble above that is it's eye, amd the leave and the white triangle near the top center form it's ear.

Still can't get it. Guess I am not artistic enough...

ziploc · 6th January 2004

Originally Posted by jasphotography

Did you not compensate the exposure for the above ice and snow shots and rely on Nikon's Matrix Metering?

No I didn't make any compensation at all. The mode I used was aperture priority with matrix metering w/o any compensation. I guess Nikon's matrix metering has matured enough not to be fooled by the snow scene. For the last shot ("My Heart is with You") the picture actually turned out a little bluish, which I corrected in PS, but that is the problem of S2's white balance.

3rd January 2004	#1
ziploc Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Snoopyland Posts: 3,185	Icy World II - Abstracts Icy World I Icy World III Icy World Gallery Mother and Child Fishes Bear Cat Last edited by ziploc; 3rd January 2004 at 07:56 PM.

3rd January 2004	#3
jasphotography Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,362	I like these 2, simple but yet abstract enough. Can really see the mum with the baby in her tummy, interesting! Mother and Child Fishes For the bear and cat (can't figure out the cat though) shots, personally find them a little messy with strong and dominating lines which I find not as harmonous at the top 2 pictures. The heart picture looks somewhat flat to me. But good job nevertheless for getting the exposure spot on for such tricky subject. I guess a DSLR with preview does help a little... Last edited by jasphotography; 3rd January 2004 at 09:42 PM.

5th January 2004	#4
ziploc Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Snoopyland Posts: 3,185	Thanks for the comments Jas. These pictures were taken at the side of a frozen lake at about 4500m above sea level. I was walking around the lake looking at the frozen bubbles when I noticed these shapes. Yup a DSLR did help in getting the exposure, although most of the work was done by Nikon's excellent matrix metering system. For the cat, it's mouth is the white patch at the bottom. The small dark bubble above that is it's eye, amd the leave and the white triangle near the top center form it's ear.