In Mr. Schoepfle’s Garden, May 2016—4
June 13, 2016
To make these photographs I used a slow shutter speed (0.8 and 1.0 seconds, respectively), high ƒ stop (29) and low ISO (50). I also moved the camera. In processing I enlisted the help of Silver Efex Pro. I hope I achieved what I’d set out to do: capture the exuberance of the river.
Romancing Reality 
I should have known but there is a vast difference between the preview and enlarged images. Bigger is much much more interesting. I’m a documentarian at heart but I’m gradually coming around to manipulations.
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June 13, 2016 at 9:26 AM
I keep wondering if I should occasionally invite people to click for a bigger version. I am slow to add manipulations to my basic documentarian approach, but I’m also beginning to see that through manipulation I can sometimes convey more of what I feel or intend.
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June 13, 2016 at 11:16 AM
I agree with the comments above (but you know I would!). I like the second one, but for me, what’s interesting is that it’s full of motion, but also looks like chalk scratches on a black board, or an etching. Those are static. But it’s both, and that’s what I really like.
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June 14, 2016 at 9:44 PM
Yes, I knew you would, Lynn. Maybe the second photo makes you think of more static things in part because it isn’t as horizontal as the first photo,
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June 15, 2016 at 11:05 AM