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Image of the Year
"Thankful" by Stephen Payne
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| "This is a sunrise shot I took of
myself on top of The Watchman, a peak on the rim of Crater Lake. I skied
up the night before to photograph the full moon rising over the lake,
and the next morning I crawled out of my sleeping bag at 5:00 a.m. to
capture the sunrise. The signal on my wireless shutter release wouldn't
reach far enough to allow me to take the self-portrait remotely, so I
had to use the self-timer, which gave me 8 seconds to run down the ridge
and get in position. The extreme wide angle lens (12mm) makes the ridge
appear rather flat, but it was actually quite steep and icy with
drop-offs on both sides. It took a number of tries to get it just right.
I titled the photograph "Thankful" because I believe God is
the one who creates such beauty, and I'm just grateful to be able to see
it, capture it in a photograph, and praise Him for it."
"For those interested in technical details,"
Payne adds, "the photograph was made using a new technique called
High Dynamic Range (HDR), in which a series of three photographs are
bracketed using different exposures and then combined through a software
program. The technique results in a photograph with detail in the areas
that would typically be all dark or all light if just a single shot were
taken." Payne said he also used a 2-stop graduated neutral density
filter on his lens to darken the sky and accentuate the colors in the
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Quote:
"There is nothing in this world that does not have a decisive
moment."
"Photography is not like painting.
There is a creative fraction of a
second when you are taking a picture
. Your eye must see a composition or an expression that life
itself offers you, and you must know with intuition when to click the
camera. That is the moment the photographer is creative."
Henri Cartier-Bresson |
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The Caveman Camera
Club was founded in 1961 for the purpose of sharing the
art and science of Photography. You are invited to join and
participate in the Caveman Camera Club to learn,
experience and enjoy photography.
Meetings are held on the first and third
Wednesdays of the month at
7:00 PM. No meetings during July and
August. Meetings
are held at The Business Center, 109 NW
"C" St. Grants Pass, Oregon.
For more information contact Margaret at
541.479.1909
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