Aspen lines

Canon 5DIII camera and 300mm f/4 lens: 1/15th of a second at f/16 on ISO 200

I drove along the Grand Valley Road in search of raptors and was fortunate to come across a small group of fellow photographers who had spied a Northern hawk owl in a roadside stand of trees. I will share a couple of photographs of that fine bird soon but wanted to first show the abstract images I made earlier in the day. Before finding any wildlife, I was spending time looking for them among the trees and meadows along the road. Early on, I found this stand of Aspens and I loved the vertical pattern and the stark contrast between dark and light within and between the tree trunks.

Canon 5DIII camera and 300mm f/4 lens: 1/500th of a second at f/9 on ISO 1250

I loved the straight image and once I dialled that in the way I liked, I wanted to drag my shutter and play with the blurred images that I traced out.

Canon 5DIII camera and 300mm f/4 lens: 1/30th of a second at f/16 on ISO 200

This entry was posted on February 8, 2016 by Christopher Martin. It was filed under Abstract, motion blur and was tagged with abstract photography, Aspens, Black and White, lines, long exposure, motion blur, patterns, trees.

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6 responses

NixonsCan

I like your treatment-goes well as a group of images of aspen.

February 9, 2016 at 11:26 am

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- Christopher Martin
  
  Thanks NC!
  
  February 10, 2016 at 1:00 pm
  
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Dee Hudson Photography

Nice abstracts! I really enjoy these.

February 9, 2016 at 10:37 am

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Jane Lurie

Fantastic creations, Christopher. I am in love with aspens, abstracts and monochrome and your set really spoke to me. 🙂

February 9, 2016 at 9:33 am

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DuPe

Reblogged this on dupewrites and commented:
Log Beauty

February 9, 2016 at 2:49 am

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murlimews

Very original!

February 8, 2016 at 4:58 pm

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