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the water rail underwater...

once upon a time

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the water rail underwater sent on March 10, 2012 (15:58) by Sergio Luzzini e Luigi Meroni. 20 comments, 4939 views.

Oasi del Bassone, Italy. Specie: Rallus aquaticus

Once upon a time... "Conosco un posto dove e' facile fotografare i porciglioni" cosi' aveva esordito l'amico Gigi Luraschi durante una nostra proiezione in quel di Como. Al che, io e Luigi l'abbiamo guardato con sospetto, foto di porciglione, a quei tempi, neanche a parlarne e abbiamo pensato ad uno scherzo. "Ma no, dico sul serio" aggiunse "all'Oasi del Bassone alcuni miei amici li hanno fotografati".Ma lui e' della LIPU, e quelli della LIPU,si sa , coi loro cannocchiali a 60 ingrandimenti pensano che osservare e fotografare sia la stessa cosa. In ogni caso il seguente fine settimana eravamo li' e, con nostra grande sorpresa...era vero. Quello che per anni era stato un nostro incubo si era trasformato in sogno. Dopo aver speso un po' di tempo (alcuni fine settimana) per le foto di rito, abbiamo pensato di fare sul serio.Un anno prima ci capito', durante gli appostamenti per il martino sott'acqua che il porciglione venisse una volta a rubarci l'esca ma poi non lo vedemmo piu' e l'idea di fotografarlo mentre pesca era rimasta in sospeso. Beh, ora il tempo era giunto. Rispolverammo la nostra vasca in vetro utilizzata per il martino,la immergemmo nell'acqua per circa trenta centimetri, la ancorammo bene al fondo e ci posizionammo all'interno due lampeggiatori ed una nikon F4S. La fotocamera aveva la possibilita' di togliere il pentaprisma in maniera da poter inquadrare dall'alto. L'obbiettivo era un grandangolare nikon 24mm. Un altro lampeggiatore era posizionato fuori dalla vasca, alle spalle del porciglione ed aveva il compito di togliere quelle ombre innaturali che avrebbero creato i due flash nella vasca che erano posizionati sotto al soggetto. La vasca era a circa 15m dal capanno mimetico e scattavamo con comando a distanza. Non restava che convincere il porciglione ad andare a prendere il pesciolino che avevamo usato come esca ed il gioco era fatto. Quando il soggetto aveva la testa sott'acqua era il momento di scattare, uno due scatti non di piu' perche' i flash non riuscivano a ricaricare. Tutto qui?o forse no, capisco benissimo che a qualcuno questo genere di immagini possano non piacere ma fanno parte della storia della fotografia naturalistica in Italia e tant'e'.(Fioratti, Nazari , Pigazzini, Gandolfi, vi dicono niente questi nomi?) Oggi in pochi sarebbero disposti a tanto e i piu' preferiscono dedicarsi a viaggi spot, a uscite veloci, pulite, con le moderne preziose attrezzature. Obiettivi autofocus, stabilizzati, corpi con supersensori da valanghe di pixel armano anche il braccio dei soldati meno abili. Con tali mezzi e con il fotoritocco chiunque e' potenzialmente in grado di ottenere ottimi risultati anche in pessime situazioni. Beninteso, non siamo certo contrari alla tecnologia, ma nello stesso tempo non possiamo nascondere una certa insofferenza verso chi , nato nell'era digitale e non avendo vissuto l'esperienza dell'analogico ritiene che tutto sia riconducibile ai moderni strumenti fotografici. Un saluto







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avatarsenior
sent on March 10, 2012 (19:20) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

:! this and 'a masterpiece!!!! here ... No need comment only compliments!!

user684
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sent on March 10, 2012 (19:29) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)


Hats off
maybe something more on the technical eh? you tell him to??

avatarsenior
sent on March 10, 2012 (21:23) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

is a masterpiece! compliments.

avatarjunior
sent on March 12, 2012 (2:52) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Congratulations and cheers for the photos, beautiful and enjoyable story, I too am interested in some more details on the technique.

avatarsupporter
sent on March 17, 2012 (19:10) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Complimentissimi Sergio, great work carried out at large, considering that you took in analog, high in all, hello.

avatarsenior
sent on March 17, 2012 (19:18) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

This I had never really spectacular!! Sergio great!!

ps do you remember who I am?

hello
Danilo

user2626
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sent on March 17, 2012 (19:23) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

a masterpiece

avatarsupporter
sent on March 17, 2012 (19:35) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

quoto who preceded ;-)

avatarsenior
sent on March 17, 2012 (19:42) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Fantastic compliments.

avatarsupporter
sent on March 17, 2012 (20:29) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

I remember Gandolfi who went around with a camper, photographed and published on Heron ... what a great time!! however, even here on Juza there are photographers with capital F, the world is small but beautiful things appeal to everyone. thanks Sergio

avatarjunior
sent on March 17, 2012 (21:23) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

not only comments, even complimentoni

avatarsenior
sent on March 18, 2012 (0:07) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

quoto everything I have said before me
luciano

avatarsenior
sent on March 18, 2012 (0:54) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

But!!

avatarsenior
sent on March 18, 2012 (9:49) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Beautiful!

avatarsenior
sent on March 18, 2012 (15:24) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

I can not be away for two days already are on the second page with one of your:-D. However, an occasional comment in one of your previous photos has opened my footing, because what I thought was a problem, in fact it is not.

avatarsupporter
sent on March 18, 2012 (15:24) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Bellissim great shot.

avatarsenior
sent on March 18, 2012 (15:26) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

the history of photography ....

avatarsupporter
sent on March 18, 2012 (20:16) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Taking interessantrissimo and great value
Greetings
Iosto

avatarjunior
sent on September 27, 2012 (16:45) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

hmmm I do not know, post-production to be reviewed, there is also a noticeable blur.
if you have the raw you can groped to remake the WB for best results, you should also increase the sharpness of re-reading one of the many guides on the internet on how to apply the unsharp mask, and maybe give a few shots of saturation.

;-) ;-) I hope not to have made me a stroke reading my lines, I was of course joking, making fun of the typical technical comments, which you can read about it in photos taken and processed digitally, maybe not worth a thousandth, naturalistically speaking, compared to shots like this.

Needless to say, if I were still able to take a picture that is worth not say a thousandth, but a millionth of this, I'd be happy. Techniques will also be 20 years ago, but exactly hadesknow how then is the difference dedication, the study of the subject, the desire to sacrifice and experiment.
Spectacular in every way like the rest of the gallery, some here and there, perhaps I had already commented but I intend to go every now and then to take a look just to rifermi eyes.
compliments and only compliments, greetings :)

avatarsupporter
sent on March 21, 2015 (8:21) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Fantastic !! I admire the ingenuity, patience and technical skill of those who can achieve a spectacular shooting like this with the added value of having made was not available when the current technology. Intense compliments !!
A greeting
Paul


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