文档介绍：landscapes _ 241
2perfect CIRCLE
A patient wait was rewarded with
a splash of warm, late afternoon
sun illuminating this ancient circle of
stones near Keswick in the English
Lake District. An uncropped single
picture would have included too
much grass in the foreground, and
too much gray cloud, diluting the
impact of the perfect light.
2HORIZONTAL VIEW
The panoramic format doesn’t just
work for the obvious breathtaking
views over the countryside or a city.
Here the letterbox format helps to
simplify position so that it
can focus solely on this grand lake
in a country garden.
2INTO THE VALLEY
The photo-stitching es
into its own with wide open spaces.
posite shot of Monument
Valley, Arizona, is made up from
four different shots, taken in quick
ession. Each overlaps the other,
to help ensure that the different
sections blend together essfully.
242 _ subjects and styles
monochromatic moods
there are many different types of landscape photography—but two 1WINDING ROAD
styles dominate the genre. First, there is the romantic view that aims to An overcast day mutes the greens
of the fencerow and surrounding
capture bucolic scenes, in great lighting, with strong colors, looking at countryside. This creates a low-
their most idyllic. The other style is dramatic, and creates a moodier, contrast background and attracts
the eye immediately to the snaking
more somber view of the scenery by deliberately restricting colors. route of the light-toned tracks.
This monochromatic approach can simply mean creating an
image that is black and white. Shots taken on overcast days suit
this particularly well, since the clouds can be made to look dark
and dramatic if shot first in color and converted to black and
white in postproduction (see pages 62–65). This technique can
rescue shots taken in uninspiring, dull light.
But the approach can be applied more subtly if you keep the
pictures in color. By using a carefully