{"id":3091,"date":"2012-05-08T14:02:58","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T08:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/?p=3091"},"modified":"2015-12-26T14:04:33","modified_gmt":"2015-12-26T08:34:33","slug":"twists-and-turns-isolating-landscape-compositions-in-muddle-situations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/inspired-landscapes\/twists-and-turns-isolating-landscape-compositions-in-muddle-situations","title":{"rendered":"Twists and Turns &#8211; Isolating landscape compositions in muddle situations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div name=\"googleone_share_1\" style=\"position:relative;z-index:5;float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><g:plusone size=\"medium\" count=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/inspired-landscapes\/twists-and-turns-isolating-landscape-compositions-in-muddle-situations\"><\/g:plusone><\/div><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We often encounter cluttered \/ muddled environment especially in the tropics and at times in temperate ecosystems. Making a good landscape image, isolating the elements in such a scenario is not an easy task. Things get harder if it is your first trip to such a place <a class=\"ed\" href=\"https:\/\/barbaar.nl\/kpop-star-2-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\">kpop star 2 \ub2e4\uc6b4\ub85c\ub4dc<\/a>. I encountered one such\u00a0scenario recently during one of my trips to the Western Ghats.<\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Dead and Wild\" href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gallery\/mg_5037_pramod_deadandwild2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3091]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-center aligncenter\" title=\"Dead and Wild\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gallery\/mg_5037_pramod_deadandwild2.jpg\" alt=\"Dead and Wild\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As landscape photographers, what we often intend to portray is THE essence of the subject or a place.\u00a0With experience, we tend to add\/eliminate elements into or out of the frame to have a composition\u00a0that brings the best out of us as well as the place. Arrangement of elements is key to good\u00a0compositions. While we are involved in experiencing the scene and arranging the elements onto our 3:2\u00a0sensor, we would also like to portray another important aspect in Landscape Photography &#8211; capturing\u00a0the sense of place <a class=\"ed\" href=\"http:\/\/shtetlshkud.com\/%ec%84%b8%ec%84%9c%eb%af%b8-%ec%8a%a4%ed%8a%b8%eb%a6%ac%ed%8a%b8-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">Sesame Street<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gallery\/mg_4914_pramod_orderindisorder.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3091]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-center aligncenter\" title=\"Order In Disorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gallery\/mg_4914_pramod_orderindisorder.jpg\" alt=\"Order In Disorder\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During this trip, I decided to make a small visit to a river close by. While driving along this road, I had\u00a0just noticed a series of dead trees lined and they had grown out of the river bed. The angle from which\u00a0we had seen was totally different and I had imagined few compositions as I continued my journey not\u00a0stopping by <a class=\"ed\" href=\"https:\/\/inspektorat.slemankab.go.id\/%ec%95%88%ec%b2%a0%ec%88%98-%eb%b0%94%ec%9d%b4%eb%9f%ac%ec%8a%a4-%eb%b0%b1%ec%8b%a0-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c.slm\">Ahn Cheol-so antivirus download<\/a>. I happened to meet another friend of mine who is equally interested in Photography\u00a0talking about the same place and we sketched out a plan to make a visitation that evening. Late\u00a0afternoon we got clear skies (absolutely no clouds!) and instantly I realised that the light would be\u00a0gorgeous when the sun starts to dip down towards the western horizon <a class=\"ed\" href=\"http:\/\/connectedcatmedia.com\/maxim\/%ec%98%81%ed%99%94-%ec%98%a4%ed%8e%98%eb%9d%bc%ec%9d%98-%ec%9c%a0%eb%a0%b9-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">Ghost of Movie Opera<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gallery\/mg_5010_pramod_surreallight.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3091]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-center aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gallery\/mg_5010_pramod_surreallight.jpg\" alt=\"Surreal Light\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We absolutely had no &#8216;<em><strong>sense of place<\/strong><\/em>&#8216; as to what can be expected from it. We reached the place late\u00a0afternoon to scout for some time and check out what was in store for us. It had rained heavily the\u00a0previous night and I had heard from the locals that it also had rained very heavily at a near by town\u00a0100 KM away <a class=\"ed\" href=\"https:\/\/vagavahva.ee\/%ec%9c%84%eb%8b%9d%ec%9d%bc%eb%a0%88%eb%b8%90-%ed%81%b4%eb%9f%bd-%eb%a7%a4%eb%8b%88%ec%a0%80-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">Winning Eleven Club Manager<\/a>. There is also a small check dam across this river and is fed by the rain waters. We took a chance\u00a0and decided to explore the place along the banks of the river.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As I walked along the banks, I was flabbergasted by the chaos of the place. What I saw from a\u00a0distance was totally different from what it was when we got closer <a class=\"ed\" href=\"https:\/\/autoservicevandenberg.nl\/2020\/02\/05\/%ec%95%84%ec%9d%b4%ec%9e%91-%ec%95%a0%ed%94%84%ed%84%b0%eb%b2%84%ec%8a%a4-%eb%aa%a8%eb%93%9c-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">\uc544\uc774\uc791 \uc560\ud504\ud130\ubc84\uc2a4 \ubaa8\ub4dc \ub2e4\uc6b4\ub85c\ub4dc<\/a>. This is true in majority of the\u00a0situations when it comes to Nature Photography. Dead trees emerging out of the river bed had twisted\u00a0branches and fallen wood. Some had even the twisted barks, I presume the twists were because of\u00a0the force exerted by the water during monsoon rains.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gallery\/mg_5033_pramod_deadandwild.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3091]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-center aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gallery\/mg_5033_pramod_deadandwild.jpg\" alt=\"Dead and Wild\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It seemed extremely difficult for me to make good \/ decent landscape images here <a class=\"ed\" href=\"http:\/\/www.limopreneur.com\/%ec%a7%80%eb%8b%88%ec%96%b4%ec%8a%a4-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">Genius<\/a>. But my previous\u00a0learning\u00a0and experience had taught me one thing and that is to feel the place first, make a mental\u00a0map of &#8216;<em>possible<\/em>&#8216; compositions. I gave myself 30 minutes to walk around the bank and at times along\u00a0the dried river bed looking for various compositions and possible foreground opportunities <a class=\"ed\" href=\"https:\/\/iam2020.atlantacongress.org\/certmgr-exe-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">certmgr exe \ub2e4\uc6b4\ub85c\ub4dc<\/a>. It helped to\u00a0organise the chaos, anchor the composition and also helped me compose frames that would enable me\u00a0to give a sense of place to the viewer of these images. At times it really helps looking through the\u00a0viewfinder. Live view is extremely handy in Landscape Photography except that if overused would drain\u00a0your batteries <a class=\"ed\" href=\"http:\/\/www.komplitrental.com\/%eb%8d%94-%eb%b0%94%ec%9d%b8%eb%94%a9-%ec%98%a4%eb%b8%8c-%ec%95%84%ec%9d%b4%ec%9e%91-%ec%95%a0%ed%94%84%ed%84%b0%eb%b2%84%ec%8a%a4-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">\ub354 \ubc14\uc778\ub529 \uc624\ube0c \uc544\uc774\uc791 \uc560\ud504\ud130\ubc84\uc2a4 \ub2e4\uc6b4\ub85c\ub4dc<\/a>. Hence caution has to be exercised while using the live view feature of your camera.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gallery\/mg_4901_pramod_swampelements.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3091]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-center aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gallery\/mg_4901_pramod_swampelements.jpg\" alt=\"Swamp Elements\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Talking about this technique of how I overcame the shocks of chaotic\/clutter environments, I would\u00a0like to leave you with the images strewn across this blog post to help you visualise and get the &#8216;sense\u00a0of place&#8217; that I managed to extract from this unique place with twists and turns. Fortunately mother\u00a0nature rolled in some cumulus and cirrus clouds which helped me get stronger images composition wise.\u00a0This also means that we do not know what is in store for us, until we are out on the field wanting to\u00a0make images <a class=\"ed\" href=\"http:\/\/www.compra.co.mz\/compras-online\/%ec%98%81%ed%99%94-%ec%95%94%ec%82%b4-%eb%8b%a4%ec%9a%b4%eb%a1%9c%eb%93%9c\/\">\uc601\ud654 \uc554\uc0b4 \ub2e4\uc6b4\ub85c\ub4dc<\/a>. Situation might change in your favor and hence we got to be prepared to make some\u00a0minor adjustments or take chances of making a trip.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last but not the least, you can get closer with longer focal lengths and make some intimate images of the place too<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gallery\/mg_4950_pramod_lightsandshadows.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3091]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-center aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/the-gallery\/mg_4950_pramod_lightsandshadows.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Lights and Shadows&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nature has its own way of challenging us Photographers. Along the way, it would help us to be\u00a0equipped and better experienced to handle more of such situations in future. These challenges teaches\u00a0us humility and to respect nature the way it is and work around the challenges it poses. That is the art\u00a0of Nature Photography, especially, Landscape Photography.<\/p>\n<div name=\"googleone_share_1\" style=\"position:relative;z-index:5;float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><g:plusone size=\"medium\" count=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.landscape-wizards.com\/home\/inspired-landscapes\/twists-and-turns-isolating-landscape-compositions-in-muddle-situations\"><\/g:plusone><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; We often encounter cluttered \/ muddled environment especially in the tropics and at times in temperate ecosystems. Making a good landscape image, isolating the elements in such a scenario is not an easy task. 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