Windy Meadows by Patrick Marson Ong

Windy Meadows by Patrick Marson Ong

www.patrickmarsonong.com Definitely a photographer’s haven. Lakes, mountains, glaciers, backcountry and wildlife in one place. If your keen on photographing wild flowers then be sure to head over there during summer season! On our way to Swiftcurrent Lake for sunset. Got there quite early and had enough time to explore the place. As soon as we enter the Many Glacier area, our eyes were fixed on these vibrant fields of flowers along the way. We decided to just do the lake the next day. Lol. Photographing flowers enemy number 1 – WIND. It was around 20kph and it looked more like a flowing sea of flowers when we got there. Haha! So how do you it? how do you photograph a scene like this? I first set my composition then aimed to get the background (mountains and clouds for this image) perfectly focused and multiple exposed. Next was to get the foreground right, so from there, I compensate for the much needed fast shutter speed. Boosted up ISO and set for a wider aperture to freeze the flowers and get it at the right exposure. Quickly shot and refocused all the way up to the middle ground before the light fades away. It took me about 20 shots just for the foreground. Had a hard time combining them by hand in processing. What do you think? If you like it then please do share! For those who are curious about the foreground settings, here’s the exif Background: 16mm/ƒ/16/1/2s/ISO 50
Foreground: 16mm/ƒ/7.1/1/320/ISO 1600

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