LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY RE-VISITED

Before I read Micheal Freeman's book on landscape, I thought landscape genre is easy stuff.Anyone with a camera can take a photo of scenery. I just make sure the lighting and composition are okay, my photos will be all right. Yes, they all right but only a few I managed to steal a  few good shots that I am now sharing in this blog.

Referring to the above,I have selected a beautiful subject and found a good location to shoot this photo during the early morning. These three items are mentioned in the MF's book.To me, these actions are strategic actions before any shooting takes place. Reflection in the water is a bonus.Its roles are to create balance with nice geometry.

In the above photo, I am using the colourful kayaks as points of interest in the foreground.The cloud patterns provided vertical balance.

Looking at this scenario in Holland,I just had to stop cycling and take a few shots. This is one of my best shots.All the major elements in landscape photography are all present-The sky, the clouds, the trees, the river, the road and the beautiful lady rider! Almost a complete package was given to me on a silver platter.I just need to find the best place to stand, face at the right angle, compose and shoot! Voila.

I took this photo for a nostalagic reason.It reminds me of my childhood days playing in the padi field.This photo is mainly about good composition and colour planes of the sky and the ripening padi fields.

I was stunned and mesmerized by the immense beauty of a field of the colourful tulip in layers of different vibrant colours.I took this photo with my jaws dropped a few inches!
The sky was sadly grey in April 2012.

On my way to Kg. Chad in Bachok, I saw kemunting fruits by the roadside.I stopped to pluck them as I did when I was a kid in Pondok Beris.Then I saw a vast green padi field with a single palm tree in the middle and a hill in the horizon.There are enough landscape elements to make my photo look great.

This is my beach since I was five years old.It was here that I had my first picnic with my family and swam in the sea.I was surprised to see the beach was full of hives of activities and the boats for rental were gay and colourful. How do I take this landscape photo?

The MF's Book on Landscape tells me what I did right and what I did wrong.Just go and read the book for one month, shoot for one year and you can be a better photographer than people like me who keeps shooting for five years and now try to read and learn from the master.