{"id":9595,"date":"2014-01-22T16:12:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T16:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=9595"},"modified":"2014-01-22T16:19:26","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T16:19:26","slug":"photographic-postmortem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=9595","title":{"rendered":"Photographic Postmortem"},"content":{"rendered":"

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postmortem<\/span>\u00a0|p\u014dst\u02c8m\u00f4rt\u0259m|noun(also\u00a0postmortem examination\u00a0)an\u00a0examination\u00a0of\u00a0a\u00a0dead\u00a0body\u00a0to\u00a0determine\u00a0the\u00a0cause\u00a0ofdeath.\u2022\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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an analysis or\u00a0discussion\u00a0of\u00a0an\u00a0event\u00a0held\u00a0soon\u00a0after\u00a0ithas\u00a0occurred,\u00a0esp.\u00a0in order to\u00a0determine\u00a0why\u00a0it\u00a0was\u00a0afailure:\u00a0an\u00a0election\u00a0postmortem\u00a0on\u00a0why\u00a0the\u00a0party\u00a0lost.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Though the term postmortem is usually thought of in forensic terms, for years I’ve used it for other purposes. \u00a0After every workshop during the GAPW years we held a Postmortem after each event to evaluate what went wrong, what went right, \u00a0and how to learn from the experience.<\/p>\n

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I would like to start a series of posts that are postmortems of images. \u00a0Let me share what I think went wrong, what went right, and what we can learn from the image and the exercise of taking it.<\/p>\n

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The image above, we will call “trees in snow”.<\/p>\n

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How it happened:<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0I was driving to dental appointment and was early, I always try to be early because the best shots appear when you are running late!!! \u00a0I saw the single large tree near the edge of the road and the other trees in the distance behind it. \u00a0With the light snow on the branches and the overcast light it just looked interesting to me. \u00a0By the time I knew I wanted to photograph it I was past it. \u00a0I went down the road and found a safe place to turn around and then went back past the shot and started back down my original path. \u00a0Since traffic was light I was able to drive slowly watching for the shot to appear out my drivers window and then drive slowly until I saw the “perspective” that I thought worked best. \u00a0I pulled off the road there and put on my hazard blinkers. \u00a0There was no safe place to get out and set up a tripod. \u00a0I knew it was going to have to be a handheld shot.<\/p>\n

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Setting up the shot:<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0My driver’s side rear view mirror was in the way so I pulled forward a few feet so I had a clear shot past the mirror. \u00a0I knew that I would need a longer lens so I put my 55-200 on my Fuji X-E2 camera body, I zoomed until I got the framing I wanted. \u00a0Since I was sitting in the car it was necessary to hand hold the shot. \u00a0I set my ISO at 1600 so I could have a fast enough shutter speed that along with the OIS (Optical Image Stabilization) \u00a0in the lens I could get a tack sharp image.\u00a0 \u00a01\/1600 sec; \u00a0 f\/9; \u00a0 ISO 1600<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nComposition: <\/span><\/strong>\u00a0I\u00a0positioned\u00a0the camera so that the tree\u00a0occupied\u00a0the right hand side of the frame with the branches reaching back into the frame. \u00a0I was glad the sky was pretty dark and wasn’t drawing the eye away from the branches. \u00a0I thought at the time I wish the tree was on the left side of the frame reaching right, so I flipped the image in Photoshop below to see how it felt. \u00a0I think it works either way.<\/p>\n

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Final Analysis:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 It was worth stopping, I like the monochrome simplicity but also the complexity of the branches and opposing tones. I’m happy with the shot, but not overwhelmed by it. \u00a0If I passed some similar situation I would still stop and give it try!<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Now the fun part, chime in with your thoughts!! \u00a0We can all learn from each other here!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Blessings,<\/p>\n

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the pilgrim<\/p>\n

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