Tag: Newfoundland

Journey to Deer Harbour, Trinity Bay

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With a color palette like no other, it’s a photographer’s dream!

A magical place called Deer Harbour offers stunning photography: pastels and reflections, mist and rain, and movie-like overcast lighting. Not to mention the incredible subject matter!

A photograph of brilliant lichen-covered rocks under a bright overcast sky at the entrance to Deer Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada.
Brilliant spring colors pop under the bright overcast light on a rare, calm day on the waters of Trinity Bay.

Getting to Deer Harbour at the best of times requires a ride in a rough-water boat – just to be on the safe side – and skilled seamanship. Once you ’round the headland and exit Trinity Bay you’ve entered paradise. Several kilometres of sheltered coves and inlets all the way to the end of Deer Harbour delivers breathtaking scenery.

A photograph of a small island of pink rock partially covered with vegetation and lichen.
An island of pink and green in a sea of water and mist.

Unless one is a geologist or biologist in the field of botany, it’s difficult to explain why this place offers up colourful lichen and rock that spans a unique band in color spectrum, unlike too many places you’ll frequent. The hardest part is getting here – and with a little inside knowledge it can be arranged 😉

A photograph of a cliff face - jutting into the calm waters of Deer Harbour - displays a spectrum of color from the different minerals in the rock.
A spectrum of coloured rock and lichens.

Photographing the area requires access to a boat. A single day trip doesn’t quite do justice, so plan an over-nighter. The weather varies, and the best laid plans don’t always mean access by boat is possible. That said, there is a trail that goes from civilization to the lower end of the harbour. Still, to maximize the photographic experience a guide boat is desired. Accommodations are bring your own – can you say tent – however, it’s been known that locals have taken people into their cabins for a night.

An abstract image made from a photograph of colourful rocks on a beach.
The original of this close-up photograph was blurred. I enjoy having fun and creating abstracts whenever the original isn’t a suitably sharp image.

Want to get off the beaten track and find your photographic genius? Then Deer Harbour might just be the place for you! Here at Lens50 we organize custom adventures to make things happen!

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Autumn Backlight and HDR Photomerge

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A beautiful forest of colourful, autumn foliage on a body of water with a backdrop of hills and sky presented a tricky lighting situation. The problem was the sky and the position of the sun.

This photograph displays a colourful stand of autumn forest on the ocean, boldly accented by backlighting.
A colourful stand of autumn forest on the ocean is accented by strong backlighting (click the image to view in a lightbox and for more detail).

Backlighting through autumn leaves is one of my favourite subjects. Continue reading →

Photo Focus Merge

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On a recent trip I made two images of the same subject; one with the foreground in focus and the other with the background in focus. I settled on the image with the foreground in focus for future use in a gallery, article or print, as it conveyed a stronger message of the subject at hand.

A few weeks later while reviewing my images again, I thought to myself ‘What if I could overlay the two images and combine them to give me one in-focus image?’ The use of a tripod on the original shoot would have let me capture at a slower shutter speed and stop down to an aperture as small as f32, if necessary. However, I didn’t have it with me so, as they say, no use in crying over spilt milk! The image below focused on the background, with the rear of the boat not in critical focus.

Note: Click through any of the images for a larger light box view to see more information about the image and technique.

A photograph of an old boat and village in the background, with the camera lens focused on the background. This image is used here to show a technique in Photoshop known as Focus Merge.
In this image I focused on the background. Because the boat dominated the frame, this did not work for me.

I decided to try my luck with Google and search for ‘combine images, focus near, focus far.’ The search result Continue reading →