PRACTICAL SKILLS, EVALUATION AND REFLECTION- Third shoot


These are some of the photos I got out of my third shoot in the style of Michael Levin. I used an aperture of f11, ISO of 100 and a shutter speed of 30 seconds for all of these photos.

I think the biggest problem with these photos are that at the time they were shot it was too bright, which  created the camera to struggle. I think these photos were unsuccessful because of the way the conditions were. I feel if the tide was higher or coming in and the sun was less bright or it wasn't at sunset then the photos and process would have worked better.
To this image I changed it to black and white and increased the contrast of the photo.

These two images were the only more successful photos where a link to Michael Levin's work can be seen. With using a slow shutter speed so slow to be able to make the water seem completely smooth, like the style he uses.
To this image I change the contrast, shadows and whites including changing it to black and white. I also cropped the image.

Moving on, if I was to do something like this again I would change the time of day to shoot and be more careful the tide times to plan the shoot better. Or maybe I could use a higher stop neutral density filter will let less light into the lens. I will find a more reliable water source like a waterfall as unless there is extreme weather it will alway be fast flowing compared to the sea which, seems to need more planning and time for good results.















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