Zig Zag

Zig Zag, The Rocks, Sydney – Steve Rutherford Landscape Photography Gallery

Zig Zag, The Rocks, Sydney – Steve Rutherford Landscape Photography Gallery

This is an unframed, limited edition collection landscape photography print of only 25 units. It is printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl papers, structured to refract the highest values in colour and detail. It’s high-quality ink absorbing layer enables exceptional image quality with enormously detailed sharpness, and a very broad colour range, providing archival permanency of your artwork for over 100 years.

Canon 5DMk2, 100mm, F5.6, 1/100th sec, ISO 640, no filter, processed in Lightroom.

Occasionally I chase more abstract type images. I look for silhouettes and shapes. Subjects that don’t have to tell a story but rather depict a setting or item. This staircase was in a back corner of a building on the very edge of a pier in the Rocks, and I just loved the lines in all directions that made up it’s frame and shape. Sometimes its the simple things that inspire me.

Zig Zag, The Rocks, Sydney – Steve Rutherford Landscape Photography Gallery

Playing with light and shadow can yield some interesting images. A three dimensional object can sometimes take on a two dimensional look. This will create shapes rather than a lit subject, which can sometimes redefine the subject altogether. Try going into your cameras menu system, and pushing your contrast settings to the max, and see what happens. If you don’t have those settings, edit in post by pushing your contrast setting. Don’t worry about the highlights getting too bright or the shadows getting too dark. That’s what were after. You’re in control of the result.