by Ann » Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:00 am
This picture was posted just a day or two ago in the Recent Submissions thread in the Latest Sky Photography forum here, and I have been meaning to write a comment about it to point out how lovely it is.
First, note the exquisite composition of the image. Venus is at upper left, and the Moon is "two thirds to the right from the left border of the image", slightly blow Venus. Interestingly, not only is the Moon to the lower right of Venus, but it is the lower right part of the Moon which is illuminated in this crescent phase.
This "Venus-Moon configuration" creates a "direction in the picture" from the upper left to the lower right. Please note how the landscape enhances the direction to the lower right. The top of the mast of the boat is like another point on that curve that now steeply points downwards. The last of these points on the curve is the black float immediately to the right of the boat.
Note how the general "direction" down and to the right is both emphasized and mitigated by the outline of the hilly landscape below the lake. The hill generally slopes down to the right, but it reaches its peak slightly to the right of Venus and then slopes gently down to the left. This created the feeling that picture is anchored and will not keep gliding down an ever more slippery slope to the right.
Another anchor in this picture is the tall mast of the ship and its long black reflection in the almost still water. The small white reflection of the moon to the left of the long black reflection of the mast is a lovely sight in the water.
Please note the wonderful colors of this picture. The sky changes from a deep rich blue to a pale rosy violet-pink to a deep rich golden-orange. But the reflection of the sky in the water is much redder than the sky, creating yet another wonderful color in the lovely palette.
So this is indeed a truly lovely image! Thank you, Stefano De Rosa!
Ann
This picture was posted just a day or two ago in the Recent Submissions thread in the Latest Sky Photography forum here, and I have been meaning to write a comment about it to point out how lovely it is.
First, note the exquisite composition of the image. Venus is at upper left, and the Moon is "two thirds to the right from the left border of the image", slightly blow Venus. Interestingly, not only is the Moon to the lower right of Venus, but it is the lower right part of the Moon which is illuminated in this crescent phase.
This "Venus-Moon configuration" creates a "direction in the picture" from the upper left to the lower right. Please note how the landscape enhances the direction to the lower right. The top of the mast of the boat is like another point on that curve that now steeply points downwards. The last of these points on the curve is the black float immediately to the right of the boat.
Note how the general "direction" down and to the right is both emphasized and mitigated by the outline of the hilly landscape below the lake. The hill generally slopes down to the right, but it reaches its peak slightly to the right of Venus and then slopes gently down to the left. This created the feeling that picture is anchored and will not keep gliding down an ever more slippery slope to the right.
Another anchor in this picture is the tall mast of the ship and its long black reflection in the almost still water. The small white reflection of the moon to the left of the long black reflection of the mast is a lovely sight in the water.
Please note the wonderful colors of this picture. The sky changes from a deep rich blue to a pale rosy violet-pink to a deep rich golden-orange. But the reflection of the sky in the water is much redder than the sky, creating yet another wonderful color in the lovely palette.
So this is indeed a truly lovely image! Thank you, Stefano De Rosa!
Ann