The last one taken from the train from Lucerne to St. Gallen in Switzerland. I tried to soften focus uniformly over the whole image for a bit more emphasis of the view through the morning mist. I guess I went to far, didn't I? And I also think that the peaks should better be on the image too. Anyway, I hope the light was at least captured in a reasonable way. Any comments would be very welcome.
Thanks a lot for the in depth going comment, David!
To be sincere I don't have any "good" or "bad" feelings while shooting. It's just trying to convert my thoughts into consciously made settings on the camera, which in turn *may* capture what I think is worth to capture. If it works or not, well that's the question, and also the sense of any comment after that.
Here, as already said, I tried to enhance the fuzzy view through the mist. I think it didn't really work, or it worked only partially. So, your idea for including the window frame is indeed very attractive, since I can readily imagine that it would enhance the fuzziness of the landscape by prooviding some strong contrast to something well focused in the foreground. I must try that again!
For me it is always a matter of discussion rather than of "my choise" whether more or less details, and so on. I did reduce focus here, as I thought that this would enhance the view through the mist, but was that OK? That's a matter of discussion. I can fully second your point for more details, but up to which level? Mist is still hard for me to capture reasonably. So I keep on trying. (And hopping ;-))
But this *is* the original. I don't post images after "faking" them with software. This is very "anti-photographic". The uniform softening here was by just opening the aperture and focusing *nearer* than any visible object. Which I also guess didn't really work perfectly in the sense of enhancing the fuzzy view. But it is the camera/lens that must be utilized for such "effects".
Hi Nick, often the temptation to make a picture because you can or make a picture in response to a good feeling you are having about being in a particular place, puts you in an awkward spot, best sometimes to leave the camera where it is, you have set yourself a near impossible task, a scene most difficult to capture from a moving train may have had a stronger impact if you included the window frame of the train, perhaps? Good to see a story about such a beautiful place. kind regards, david.
Very good composition, Nick. The light effects are fantastic! As always, I rather prefer as much details as possible but its your choice... Maybe a gradual softness would be better. Please post here the original shot. (Sorry for my English) Best regards, Vandi
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