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The Vision and the Idea by ~ZephonSoul:iconZephonSoul:

Categories Photography > Animals, Plants & Nature > Waterscapes

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©2007-2009 ~ZephonSoul
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Mind or eyes
doesn't matter,
as long as we're able
to see the truth.

-[:pencil:]-[]-----------------------------------------------------------------
The ninenteen windmills of Kinderdijk.

This place owns something magical, I swear. I detached from our group with my girlfriend to take a short look at this place, and I must say I'm really happy Michela supported me in this little adventure. I can't find words to describe it, I was totally overwhelmed by its calm, its silence. When we arrived, we were at about 1 hour from sunset. We didn't have much time, because the bus was returning in an hour or so. We missed it, so we had to wait another hour. I wasn't totally unhappy since I had the chance to take more photos, but my girlfriend was very sad about this: can't say she was wrong, we had to return to our hotel by taxy once we got to Amsterdam Central Station, since midnight was long passed.

Maybe it's just me, and the fact that we don't have many windmills in our country, but I liked this place a lot! I plan on returning, to get some shots of the place at sunrise! I bet it's spectacular!

Just like with Dreams of placid essence, the violet look of the sky is an outcome of the sunset filter used here, while the deep blue of the water is achieved with the blue GND4 filter (see below my doubts about filters used). A modest contrast boost in post processing was applied.
The main difference between this photo and the previous one (apart the obvious different choices of composition) is that I used a very closed aperture to get slower shutter speeds and thus eliminating waves on the surface of the water. After thinking about these shots a little, I realized I can't really state for sure what filters I've used apart from the sunset one! I think I forgot... as a matter of fact, I must have used the whole holder slots (3) since I had to lower the aperture instead of using the ND8 filter. The blue from the bottom lets me think I've also used the GND4 blue filter reversed, and so the last filter is probably the polarizer (the sky looks brighter than the water).

Here the composition with the isolated windmill completely reflected in the water tries to give both peace and rise doubts in the observer. The illusion of the mirror coupled with the deep blue tones of the bottom reflex should give the impression the photo got filpped (worked for my mother at least! :XD:).

To me this piece says: a "vision" and an "idea" are two different perceptions of reality, not necessarily correlated and eventually not conforming to one "truth".

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Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikkor 18-70 DX
Filters: C-PL + P.197 + P.123S (reversed)
Focal Length: 18 mm
Aperture: F/22
Shutter Speed: 6 s
ISO speed: 100

:bulletred:[PSTWRK:] Full workflow in Nikon Capture NX

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~lozzyjay Aug 31, 2007, 4:18:49 AM
Beautiful! What a great shot, a definite :+fav:! I love the difference in colours of the sky and the water, it's very calming :)

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Oh, what a surprise! Here's my gallery! [link] ;)
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=pic44 Aug 31, 2007, 4:20:54 AM
che... no è fantastico, non ci sono parole, non ho nessuna advanced critique
è superlativo e basta

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#italia :bulletgreen::bulletwhite::bulletred:

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~Fhead Aug 31, 2007, 4:29:30 AM
Wonderful photo.
The water is an authentic mirror :)
Much beautiful...

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Vamos mudar o Mundo!! Queres ajudar?
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=LoRiBoX Aug 31, 2007, 4:37:20 AM
Wonderful shot :clap:

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Take a look at my gallery ! [link]
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`davincipoppalag Aug 31, 2007, 4:59:03 AM
Absolutely magnificent Alessandro!

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Be nice to everyone!
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=AndyMumford Aug 31, 2007, 8:09:56 AM
fantastic work Alessandro, the composition is superb here

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More work at andymumford.com
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~zsilidavid Aug 31, 2007, 11:01:13 AM
Ooo... this is very amazing!! I like it!
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~ZephonSoul Aug 31, 2007, 11:51:41 AM
Thanks a lot! :thanks:

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"Fatti non foste a viver come bruti, ma per seguir virtute e canoscenza"
- Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia, Inferno canto XXVI, 116-120
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~ZephonSoul Aug 31, 2007, 11:51:54 AM
Thanks a lot mate! I'm glad you liked it! :w00t:

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"Fatti non foste a viver come bruti, ma per seguir virtute e canoscenza"
- Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia, Inferno canto XXVI, 116-120
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~ZephonSoul Aug 31, 2007, 11:53:15 AM
Thanks a lot my friend! :thanks:

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"Fatti non foste a viver come bruti, ma per seguir virtute e canoscenza"
- Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia, Inferno canto XXVI, 116-120
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