Frozen sticks

Let's start today with some background about how I select the pictures shown on this blog. This would explain why I present now a couple of shots taken in early March, when my country was still covered with thick snow...

Living in the digital age

It is cheap to take a photo. And the relative cost is basically the same as taking 1000 shots.  Most probably every photographer has some kind of process to select the pictures they publish; this is even more important in the age of digital cameras! (But if you check popular photo sharing sites, you can see the opposite as well..) So how can we ensure that we keep only the best photos? Check my guide to find some advices. :)

Capture only the scenes you really like. 

It is hard not to use your expensive photo gear just for the sheer pleasure of operating your equipment; but this habit rarely leads to good pictures. However if you find something interesting, then it is worth taking pictures with different settings and from different perspectives. Probably not the first viewpoint leads to the best photo.

Check the shots on the camera.

Always check the photos on the camera, and immidiately delete which does look bad even on the small display. It won't look better on larger screens... 

Delete all photos, which are not technically "good enough".

 At home I import the pictures into a library, which shows the date and some easily identifiable conditions of the photo trip. In the age of Photoshop I won't say that you can't fix things. But if a photo is heavily blurred, or looks really boring even on the same day, then you can safely delete it.

Review and sort the photos later!

This is one of the most important rules. I tend to like every picture after I upload them to the PC. It is better to perform the final sorting and selection a few weeks later, when you can look at your photos without the initial excitement. You will be able to judge your photos from a more neutral viewpoint.

Now let's continue with the short story of the photo trip! As I have mentioned earlier this winter was pretty long and snowy. There was even a big snow storm in early March, which is pretty unusual here. I got up early on a weekend to check a nearby floodplain forest. The weather was nice and sunny, so I had the opportunity to shoot some winter landscapes in good light. I walked into the forest, and found that everything was covered with little ice sculptures thanks to the strong north wind. I decided to move closer...



Frozen stranger

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Camera: Sony Nex-5N

Lens: Jupiter 85mm f2 MC

 

Breath of the north wind 1

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Camera: Sony Nex-5N

Lens: Jupiter 85mm f2 MC



Breath of the north wind 2

 

 

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Camera: Sony Nex-5N

Lens: Jupiter 85mm f2 MC 



Icy sculpture

 



 

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Camera: Sony Nex-5N

Lens: Jupiter 85mm f2 MC