In a recent trip to Nova Friburgo, in the mountain region of Rio de Janeiro, I took a walk on a trail with my faithful camera.
Capturing images of trails is tricky. It is not easy to get the balance between the lighter and darker areas in order to avoid under or super exposure, specially when the sun partially lights the path. It is important to get an average metering of the camera photometer and capture at least three images around the average metering, changing the combination of the shutter speed and lens aperture. Additional adjustments can be made, later, with an image editing software.
It is not easy to get good images of flowers in close up because the natural swing caused by the wind, the reduced depth of field caused by large lens apertures and petals in different focal planes. The image of these flowers of "quaresmeira" (tibouchina mutabilis) was captured with the help of a fill in flash.
Along the trail there were some clearings where the sky could be seen. In order to get more contrast of the clouds against the sky, a polarizing filter was used on these images.
At the end of the day, scattered summer storms reached some areas of Nova Friburgo. In order to isolate the image of this storm, a zoom lens set at 200mm has been used.
Capturing images of trails is tricky. It is not easy to get the balance between the lighter and darker areas in order to avoid under or super exposure, specially when the sun partially lights the path. It is important to get an average metering of the camera photometer and capture at least three images around the average metering, changing the combination of the shutter speed and lens aperture. Additional adjustments can be made, later, with an image editing software.
It is not easy to get good images of flowers in close up because the natural swing caused by the wind, the reduced depth of field caused by large lens apertures and petals in different focal planes. The image of these flowers of "quaresmeira" (tibouchina mutabilis) was captured with the help of a fill in flash.
Along the trail there were some clearings where the sky could be seen. In order to get more contrast of the clouds against the sky, a polarizing filter was used on these images.
At the end of the day, scattered summer storms reached some areas of Nova Friburgo. In order to isolate the image of this storm, a zoom lens set at 200mm has been used.
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