Decisive Moment Relived Photo

Photographer’s Note

Ahu Nau Nau, on Anakena Beach in Easter Island, has a total of seven moais. Five of them are not broken and three conserve their pukao (red hat on top that represents the hair).

These were four different shots, changing the white setting on my camera each time. It is actually a really cool, simple procedure to change your resulting image or emphasize on certain colours.

Now tell me, which one do you prefer?

See you later dudes!

MeAT :)

Valeisha, jjcordier, nicoz, daccy has marked this note useful

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Valeisha (197) 2006-05-10 23:03

Mathieu
Thank you for sharing. I was just reminded of the importance of white balance in a digital camera, something we often neglect.

The composition here is beautiful. I expect to see the moais to start marching anytime.

Regards
Valeisha

jjcordier (25256) 2006-05-11 1:01

mathieu
Intéressants les différents aspects de la même photo obtenus par une simple modification de la balance des blancs!J'ai un petit faible pour l'image en haut à droite mais les quatre contrejours me paraissent très agréables.
Amicalement
JJ

vincent24 (9038) 2006-05-11 2:05

Hello Mathieu,
Good idea,my favorite is the one at the top left,neutral and well contrasted,nice POV against the sun of those famous Moais,thanks for sharing,
vincent

ktanska (16695) 2006-05-11 2:58

Hi Mathieu,
I also prefer the one on the top left, with realistic sky colour. Beautiful, well composed scene. Good light, efficient silhouettes. I'd would just leave such experiments for workshops, and show the own favourite as a main picture in full size.
Kari

nicoz (1963) 2006-05-11 3:53

Hi Mat,
Cool idea, and well done!!! Quite impreesive to see how much it changes to go from one WB to the other... All four shots are good. My favorite would be either the top or bottom left ones.
Nic

R2D2 (180) 2006-05-11 3:58

Very interesting and educational photo. I would realy like to know WB setting for each one of them. Which one I like? well:
1- Top left
2- bottom right
3- the other two
Very informative post
Thanks Mathieu
bAbAk

agnieszqa (954) 2006-05-11 4:03 [Comment]

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free_fly (41) 2006-05-11 4:42

thank you. really i liked this.

carod (364) 2006-11-27 22:55

Salut,

La première est ma préférée !!

Très bon cadrage.. l'éclairage est magnifique.

Très intéressant de pouvoir faire des comparaisons.

Bravo !!
Caroline !

barni (14569) 2007-03-06 6:07

Bonjour Mathieu
Une idée très originale. C'est sympa de pouvoir comparer l'effet lié aux réglages.
Une préférence pour celle du haut à droite.
Bonne journée
Christophe