Angelo Marcialis Photography

Although somewhat time consuming, I have decided to blog once a week that features a recently processed photograph.

By doing so, I am looking to increase internet traffic to this site and to share some insights to my creative process, as well as, a little bit of background to the ‘wheres, whens and hows’ a particular composition was created.

“Winter Trees Rococo” copyright Angelo Marcialis Image Location-New Paltz, NY

About the title: Rococo, a term borrowed, as are so many other terms in musicology, from architecture and the visual arts, is used in particular to describe the light decorative French style as found in the work of Couperin and Rameau in the first half of the 18th century.

Winter Trees Rococo: copyright Angelo Marcialis Image Location-New Paltz, NY

This image was captured during my photographic excursion in February to the locally famous “Testimonial Gateway” located in New Paltz, New York.

After capturing it at sunrise (which was my main objective), I hiked about a small forest close by to capture a few ‘trees in winter’ photographs.

To create what you are viewing here, I utilized the in-camera technique known as; Intentional Camera Movement, aka ICM to produce the blurry abstract effect by swiping in a vertical manner two to three times. To get a longer exposure, I used the smallest aperture setting possible on my camera in combination with a 6-Stop Neutral Density Filter to let in the least amount of light.

To bang it up a notch, I decided to make use of “Selective Color” to remove all the colors except blue to give the trees a monochrome appearance that stood out nicely against the blue sky backdrop.

My next step was to use the Lens Blur filter to create a bokeh effect, while still maintaining clarity in the tree trunks in the foreground.

Bokeh, derived from the Japanese word for “blur,” refers to the aesthetic quality of the out-of-focus, blurry areas in a photograph, particularly the soft, circular or hexagonal highlights. It is used to separate subjects from backgrounds and create a dreamy, artistic feel. Key techniques include using a wide aperture (low f-number), long focal length, and maximizing distance between the subject and background.
Once that was all completed in Adobe Camera Raw, I opened up the file into Photoshop to add my finishing touches to produce a very unique abstract composition.

As if that wasn’t enough, I then converted the original color photo to a black and white version by using one of the black and white filters in Photoshop.

“Winter Morning Serialism” copyright Angelo Marcialis Image Location-New Paltz, NY

Winter Morning Serialism: copyright Angelo Marcialis Image Location-New Paltz, NY

 

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