It’s time to resume our wildlife photos again; but please send some in. I have a reasonable backlog but it won’t last forever.
Today we have a number of “small-scale” nature shots by reader Ken Phelps in British Columbia. The captions are his, and are indented:
Dead Arbutus leaves:
Slough by Nanaimo River. Shot with tilt/shift lens to create the odd focal plane. [JAC: if the picture looks fuzzy on the post here, just click on it.]
Young Alder leaf:
The “Tree Slough” image seems out of focus on the page, but corrected when clicked on. Odd. Maybe a size thing?
Except for the dead Arbutus leaves (50mm f1.2) all shots in this post are with Canon 90mm TS-E (tilt/shift).
Beautiful and arty pictures! I really covet the nicely soft out of focus areas in the background.
Great macro shots and some nice bokeh.
Beautiful – is it just me, or do these evoke strong feelings/emotions/ moods? It’s magical. I mean yes, beautiful pics, but … ASCII characters don’t really cut it for these….
Now, what about oak, cypress, maple, vine, yew, cypress …
(Maybe our BC reader will get this. :))
So many trees, so little time…
These are wonderful.
+1
Very nice Ken! Have you read Freeman Patterson’s books on photography, especially Photography and the Art of Seeing?
Nice use of the short DOF and tilted plane of focus.
Yes, I got the Patterson book years ago. Long before I was doing any serious photography. It and a book I got in university about 1974 called “Living Water” probably had an effect on my aesthetic.
I love small stuff.