Category: Landscape

Landscape Pictures

Light & Shadow

Light & Shadow
The words “Light” & “Shadow will be commonly heard on this website for this coming one-and-a-half months as my father gears up for his solo photographic exhibition. Titled “Painting With Light & Shadow: A 50-year Chronicle”, the exhibition will showcase nearly 400 of his works from over half a century of love with photography. Do take a look at the exhibition preview website at www.lite-n-shadow.com for a sample of some of the images that will be exhibited!

About the photo: This was taken at Derwent Water soon after this shot as the sun started to set over Keswick. I like the simple lines, silhouettes and interplay between light & shadow that formed the basic elements of the shot.

Sheep Of Spring

Sheep Of Spring
We arrived in Keswick after lunch on our recent trip to the UK in April. After checking into our accomodation, we headed straight for Derwent Water. Parking our car, we were walking towards the lake side when the sun blazed strongly over this field of sheep. Despite the sunshine, the wind was quite strong and chilly actually. This is my version of this shot which my father posted up earlier.

Sitting Still At Derwent Water

Sitting Still At Derwent Water
This is a closer (focal length-wise) version of my father’s rendition of the peaceful waters at Derwent Water in Keswick taken during our April trip to the UK. In my version, I have excluded a boat to the right of the frame and the tree branches which my father have used for framing at the top. That’s the thing about photography that makes it refreshing yet challenging — each of us sees the same scene differently. It’s all about one’s perception and perspective in the end.

I just realised right after this post that both my father’s and my version of the shot were shot at a focal-length of 40mm. The difference in perspective arises because my 40D has a 1.6x crop factor whereas my father’s Nikon D700 is a full-frame camera.