Guy Davies, EPSA
About the Image(s)
How I Did It:
This is the small town of Weissenkirchen in Austria, in the Wachau Valley of the River Danube. We were on a river cruise from Budapest to Amsterdam. I think Weissenkirchen means White Churches. I was on deck watching the scenery pass slowly by, and thought the town looked quite picturesque under the heavy clouds. It was a case of framing quickly, focussing and pressing the shutter button before it all changed. Although everything moves slowly by, it is surprising how quickly the picture changes. Now back home, I am working through the many images I shot, and this is the first one I looked at. In ON1 I made very few basic adjustments, and then locally darkened the clouds and lightened the shadows on the background trees. I also darkened the bottom left corner and added the Sunshine Filter overall which just seems to lift the tones nicely. I then just lightened the church a little to help it stand out. I was using my new Lumix FZ1000 camera with the built in Leica zoom lens. Exposure was 1/3200 at f/7.1 and ISO 800 with a focal length of 10 mm (equiv to 27 mm full frame). I used the high shutter speed to minimise the effects of movement which is why I was using ISO 800. The original file was a bit noisy but ON1 now has a very good noise reduction filter which took care of that.
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7 comments posted
P.S. Your translation is correct (I took German in High School - Ich habe im Gymnasium Deutsch gelearnt). Perhaps some day I'll do a river cruise (but next year is Scotland and Ireland.)   Posted: 11/06/2024 15:47:09
Thanks for the confirmation of the translation.   Posted: 11/06/2024 16:51:28
This sounds like a wonderful trip, and by all the images you captured you have created memories,as always beautifully composed I love the way the village is lit contrasting so well with the moody sky and your fast shutter speed has done the job you wanted it to do.
I was also thinking of suggesting a letter box type crop but Gary has beaten me to it.   Posted: 11/11/2024 21:16:01