kweide wonderland » sand

Enter the beach

kweide — Fri, 03 May 2013 05:57:22 +0000

Sunny day, just a bit of wind, Blue sky, wonderful water. No rain, no snow anymore. Not warm. Just about 12°C But the sun was just fantastic. So my girls decided for a walk to and along the beach of Zingst.

And trust me: I enjoyed is as well. Do it the same way. A beach, a coastline has so many attractive details for photographers. Go and shoot !

Olympus E-M5, ISO200, Zuiko 12 mm….

Fire

kweide — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:20:08 +0000

It is done. The fire eat everything, even the stones exploded in the heat of the fire. Houses and walls break down, destroyed, left families without a home, haaaa, Nero is an amateur compared with me and my talent…..but now i am a little sad. Where are You, Spartacus ?

Olympus E-M5, ISO200, Zuiko 45 mm, f 1.8, 1/30 second, no flash needed

Hey, Spartacus

kweide — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:30:28 +0000

Can´t you see ?? Capua is burning. Not only the arena, blood and sand. No the complete town is burning. No, it was not me….. but i think it was Batiatus and his Lucretia beast of wife. Rrrrrr….. Do you trust her ?? Would you let her a box of matches or a gaslighter :) ??

Olympus E-M5, Zuiko 45 mm, f1.8, ISO200, 1/160 second and yes only one flash used, but bounced over my left shoulder….

The way into death

kweide — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:19:23 +0000

I can hear the audience shouting with greedy demand for blood. I can see them , Gladiators, walking down this ways, not knowing whether they survive or not … Minutes ago they were still friends, but now enemies. Who will start the kill ? Who will feed the arenas sand first with his blood ?? Who is the first to kill and to be killed ? Is there real honor while dying in the sand, hearing the taunting laughter from the audience ??

And only minutes later they are friends again. Trying to heal each others wounds. Full of sorrow. What have they done ?? What was done to them ??

Such thoughts running thru the mind when visiting ancient ruins full of history. Try to visualize them. Look to your picture and think! How to express this mood ?? Remove all visible modern things like cables, lights, etc., convert to b&w. Increase contrast and sharpness. Best to do with layers so you can control the effects much easier. Add a dramatic vignette. And that´s it.

Base picture was done with: Olympus E-3, Zuiko 12-60 SWD, 18 mm focal length, f4.5, 1/60 second, no flash, no tripod. And i knew from the moment i took this picture that i have to work on it !

Desert queen

kweide — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:25:37 +0000

Last night he had weird dreams. We know why :) . This situation at the copy machine was perhaps too much for him. When he felt asleep she came over him in his dreams. The beauty of the desert. The rough, dry and dangerous beauty. The Desert Queen.

Mrs. Robinson was again all over him, looking at him and with no spoken word he could read, no, SHE was in his mind, asking him to come with her, over the sandy dunes into the wide open space of the desert. The hot desert wind blowing into her face, opening her silky veil a bit, giving him the promise to fulfill his dreams… What a thrill. When he woke up he could smell her, her taste was on his tounge on his lips. What a dream…

You see, another fiction story which spice up the picture, gives an atmospheric impression. So please embed your pictures always into a sweet nice story. The picture itself was done with: E-P3, Summilux 25, f4, ISO200, 1/100 second and one single hot shoeflash. The dunes are a single layer over the models picture where the layer mask put her to the front. As said before: Use Photoshop or The Gimp or your favorite software which handles layer. Easy going and fast to do. Have fun.