Spanish Moss

scho · 04/09/08, 02:51 AM

Live oak trees festooned with spanish moss. Fort Frederica national historical site, St. Simons Island, Georgia. Leica M8 with Zeiss 35mm f/2 Biogon.

Photoskeptic · 04/09/08, 04:38 AM

scho, I have similar images from Cumberland Island, just down the road. It's interesting to compare the rendering of your Zeiss to my Cron ASPH.

stuny · 04/09/08, 02:21 PM

Carl -

Lovely composition and atmosphere. The tones almost look like this is an infrared photo.

fuerst · 04/09/08, 02:46 PM

Stuart beat me to it. It has lovely fairytale-like quality to it.

Bojan

scho · 04/09/08, 02:50 PM

John,
Nice images from Cumberland. Unfortunately, I didn't make it down there on this trip. The Zeiss is a high contrast lens and was probably not the best choice for this contrasty lighting. I had to use a contrast mask post processing to get the lighting balanced.

scho · 04/09/08, 02:53 PM

Thanks Stuart and Bojan. Yes, it does have some of that ethereal infrared quality, but it was a normal RGB image converted to grayscale in Lightroom with a contrast mask applied in CS3. Here is an infrared shot in an old cemetary at Christ Church, St. Simons Island. Also, M8 with the 35mm Biogon but with a B+W 092 IR pass filter instead of the usual IR/UV cut filter.

roguewave · 04/09/08, 05:01 PM

Carl, echos of another era in the toning and composition. Lovely place & image.

scho · 04/09/08, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by roguewave

Carl, echos of another era in the toning and composition. Lovely place & image.

Thank you roguewave. It is indeed a very special place worth a visit. Here is one of the old "Grand Daddy" live oaks that was probably a small sapling when General Oglethorpe was fighting with the Spanish at this site.

04/09/08, 02:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
scho Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 10/14/06 Posts: 236	Spanish Moss Live oak trees festooned with spanish moss. Fort Frederica national historical site, St. Simons Island, Georgia. Leica M8 with Zeiss 35mm f/2 Biogon. __________________ Carl Schofield SchoPhoto

04/09/08, 04:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
Photoskeptic Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 12/26/06 Location: Folly Beach, SC Posts: 1,009	Re: Spanish Moss scho, I have similar images from Cumberland Island, just down the road. It's interesting to compare the rendering of your Zeiss to my Cron ASPH. __________________ www.johnbrewton.zenfolio.com

04/09/08, 02:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
stuny Moderator Join Date: 11/08/04 Location: New York Posts: 19,046	Re: Spanish Moss Carl - Lovely composition and atmosphere. The tones almost look like this is an infrared photo. __________________ Stuart www.barbara-and-stu.com

04/09/08, 02:46 PM	#4 (permalink)
fuerst Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 06/05/05 Location: St.John's, Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 125	Re: Spanish Moss Stuart beat me to it. It has lovely fairytale-like quality to it. Bojan __________________ http://fuerst.my-expressions.com Support Small Islands Project It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy... Let's go exploring! Last line of the final Calvin and Hobbes strip

04/09/08, 02:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
scho Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 10/14/06 Posts: 236	Re: Spanish Moss John, Nice images from Cumberland. Unfortunately, I didn't make it down there on this trip. The Zeiss is a high contrast lens and was probably not the best choice for this contrasty lighting. I had to use a contrast mask post processing to get the lighting balanced. __________________ Carl Schofield SchoPhoto Last edited by scho : 04/09/08 at 03:43 PM.

04/09/08, 02:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
scho Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 10/14/06 Posts: 236	Re: Spanish Moss Thanks Stuart and Bojan. Yes, it does have some of that ethereal infrared quality, but it was a normal RGB image converted to grayscale in Lightroom with a contrast mask applied in CS3. Here is an infrared shot in an old cemetary at Christ Church, St. Simons Island. Also, M8 with the 35mm Biogon but with a B+W 092 IR pass filter instead of the usual IR/UV cut filter. __________________ Carl Schofield SchoPhoto Last edited by scho : 04/09/08 at 03:49 PM.

04/09/08, 05:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
roguewave Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 01/13/08 Location: NYC Posts: 4,849	Re: Spanish Moss Carl, echos of another era in the toning and composition. Lovely place & image. __________________ Ben ~~~~ _/) ~~~ Roguewave @ LFI Gallery

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