ALTERNATIVE LANDSCAPE was an idea to mix things up with landscape photography. So often, landscape photos are taken and exported as ‘landscape’ images [Orientation], but who’s to say that’s the right or wrong way of producing the image? With a lot of the alternative landscape images theres a large sky taking up much of the upper part of the frame. This brings a lot of attention to the sky, so you either have an interesting sky provided with an interesting sun/cloud combination, or you produce an interesting sky. I chose the latter with a lot of my images by creating a metallic/desaturated sky.
ALT.LAND13 was taken on the Haast Pass between Haast and Wanaka in the South Island of New Zealand. It was one of those moments where I had to stop, hop out of the car and capture the shot! We were driving down this straight heading towards the snow-capped mountains, the sun was hitting it just right, and there was a slither of fog in the foreground, just at the base of the foothills. The foreground interest of the direction arrows was a bit of a fluke, but they fill out the road in the foreground for a bit of interest. A little editing magic got the arrows to pop, as well as a desaturated and underexposed sky to attempt to get that metallic sort of finish to it.
Canon 60D, EF 16-35mm f.4 IS USM @ 16mm, f.5.6, 1/200s, ISO100
ALT.LAND10 was taken of the gorgeous stained glass in Nelson’s Christ Church at the altar end of the cathedral. Christ Church is located atop a hill at the end of Trafalgar Street, Nelson. The flare at the top of the frame coupled with the desaturation and bland-ness of the masonry make the stained glass pop just something special. The unique curves and lines make it a very abstract piece, with large contrasting blocks and shades throughout the image. The higher ISO adds a certain grainy-ness and texture to the brickwork.
Canon 60D, EF 16-35mm f.4 IS USM @ 16mm, f4.0, 1/40 s, ISO1000
