Very interested in the article about Steve Landeros and his "negative space" style of photography. In fact, I had
commented yesterday on an photograph I saw at the Ansel Adams
exhibition that was about minimilism rather than the usual dramatic
landscape. The article describes the techniques Landeros uses to create monochrome images of mist, fog, blurred water and very little detail but maximum atmosphere. The images often have very subtle and only slightly visible background detail - stunning!
Negative space is created by placing the subject of the photograph to one side of the frame and using the direction of the sky to enhance the composition. Using landscape lenses, Landeros favours very high ISO (50-125), a very slow shutter speed and varying apertures - f/4-f/16 depending on the image. I noticed that with images with blurred and subtle background details, a wider aperture was used. Landeros also uses N-grad filters to darken the sky (I have a set of these :-) !)
I really want to try some shots like these and I will do at my next opportunity to get out on my own and take my time with what I'm doing!
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