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PHOTOGRAPHER

Peter Morton

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Ghostly gondolier

EDITOR’S COMMENT

It’s always a challenge to bring a new

angle to something we’ve seen plenty

of times before – and it’s for exactly

this reason Peter Morton’s photo of

gondoliers in Venice is so interesting.

Using a long exposure has helped bring

a dreamlike feel to the Italian city – we

know it’s Venice, but it seems to be

closer to a surrealist painting of the

iconic city. We really like how the white

stern light of the gondola takes a jagged

light trail through the image – It helps us

imagine the oar strokes that would have

caused the waviness. Great work Peter.

DETAILS

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II, 12-40mm

f/2.8 lens @ 26mm, 15s @ f/3.5, ISO

250. Photoshop Elements and Nik used
     to adjust contrast, detail and saturation.

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Bogen village

EDITORS COMMENT

Alan Boyd writes that he was staying

in the Norwegian village of Bogen

when he took this great postcard shot.

“It was about minus-five degrees

outside with some extra windchill on

top. I love how sharp and crisp the

image is.” he says. We do too. Blue

and gold is a stellar combination and

there’s a lovely feel of warmth in the

photo from the houses. We like the

timelessness of the church at the top

looking over the town – it’s straight out

of a Hans Christian Anderson fable.

DETAILS

Canon EOS 5DSR, 70-200mm f2.8

lens @ 200mm, 30s @ f/9, ISO 100,

tripod. Adobe Lightroom for cropping,

clarity, vibrance, exposure, highlights

and shadows.

PHOTOGRAPHER

Alan Boyd

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AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHY JUNE 2016