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<\/p>\nI know next to nothing about Oriental art but does this photo from yesterday morning have any resemblance to traditional Japanese prints?<\/p>\n
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1\/3200, f\/5.6, ISO 1250, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Probably not. I’m an ignoramus when it comes to art styles but for some reason that possibility jumped out at me as soon as I saw the image on my big screen. So I had to ask.<\/p>\n Yesterday morning, despite our continuing dismal weather and low light, I took my camera gear down to one of the local ponds I frequent just to get “out there” again. In these conditions I had no real expectation of getting any photos I like but I had to scratch my bird photography itch. When a male Belted Kingfisher began fishing from this tree branch over the pond I even considered not aiming my lens his way because I knew my photos of him would have high key backgrounds<\/a> and his colors would be significantly muted in that crappy light. High key backgrounds in particular generally turn me off in nature photography.<\/p>\n But I’m intrigued by this flight shot taken immediately after he dove on a fish (which he missed). I managed to get some of his color to show up, I like his flight posture, he’s much sharper than I expected him to be in this light (ISO 1250 helped to solve that problem) and I even have some light in his eye. All the foreground branches and twigs are sharp enough and there are even a few far away and very out of focus branches behind the pond that subdue the high key background to an acceptable level for my tastes.<\/p>\n And as little as I know about art I like the “artsy feel” (whatever that is) of the image. Perhaps the subdued colors are even a plus in this situation?<\/p>\n I dunno. I’m out of my league.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Addendum: One of my Facebook followers made this comment about the image: “As I scrolled into this photo I was thinking if Audubon had taken photographs they would have been like this”. Perhaps that’s a more accurate descriptor than “Japanese print”. I’m still trying to figure out what I think about the photo.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I know next to nothing about Oriental art but does this photo from yesterday morning have any resemblance to traditional Japanese prints?<\/p>\n