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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 830667" data-attributes="member: 53455">The lonely menhir of Lostmarc’h (2018)The moor of Lostmarc’h on the Crozon Peninsula in Brittany provides some breathtaking landscapes and seascapes. When I took this photo, it was a very dark, damp and desolate end of afternoon in December, and I didn't have much hope as I walked the moor towards the lone standing stone that remains of the alignment that once stood there, millennia ago.I was quite alone, as the weather was truly miserable, but suddenly, a miraculous swath of sunlight cut through the thick clouds and shone over the ocean in the bay, providing a very nice background. I quickly set up an off–camera cobra flash on the ground to provide some fill–in light on the stone face, and took the shot. Thirty seconds thereafter, as on a well–set timer, the clouds closed in again and the light was gone. It began to rain (again), and I could but walk back to the car.This is a black-and-white interpretation of the original photo.Nikon Z7, Nikkor Z 35mm, ƒ/1.8 S lens, handheld. Off-camera Nikon SB–900 flash on the standing stone.[ATTACH=full]416909[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 830667, member: 53455"] [B]The lonely [I]menhir[/I] of Lostmarc’h (2018)[/B] The moor of Lostmarc’h on the Crozon Peninsula in Brittany provides some breathtaking landscapes and seascapes. When I took this photo, it was a very dark, damp and desolate end of afternoon in December, and I didn't have much hope as I walked the moor towards the lone standing stone that remains of the alignment that once stood there, millennia ago. I was quite alone, as the weather was truly miserable, but suddenly, a miraculous swath of sunlight cut through the thick clouds and shone over the ocean in the bay, providing a very nice background. I quickly set up an off–camera cobra flash on the ground to provide some fill–in light on the stone face, and took the shot. Thirty seconds thereafter, as on a well–set timer, the clouds closed in again and the light was gone. It began to rain (again), and I could but walk back to the car. This is a black-and-white interpretation of the original photo. Nikon Z7, Nikkor Z 35mm, ƒ/1.8 S lens, handheld. Off-camera Nikon SB–900 flash on the standing stone. [ATTACH type="full"]416909[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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