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Erhan Asik

Erhan Asik is a Turkish photographer who I came across whilst looking for ideas to do with water based long exposures. After looking through his work i figured that some of his photographs could be recreated. not by taking the photo in the exact same place. but by using the same concept of filters and the use of a tripod.

this is the photo that inspired me to go out and capture my own long exposures. I like the way that the water looks in this photo. It can come across as looking like clouds or mist. the way Asik has created this is by using something called an neutral density filter which allows the cameras shutter to be open for longer without the photo becoming over exposed.



Here is my recreation. the shutter speed for this particular photo was set to 10 seconds which allowed the water to blur and create the misty effect that i wanted to achieve. I made sure that the orientation of the camera was set to portrait so that i could include the full length of the water as it fell over the edge.
when it came to editing the photo in Photoshop, I  increased the vibrance  the blacks and the highlights. the reason for increasing the vibrance is because within the photo you can see the reflection of the water on the top of the cobblestone arch. and therefore increasing the vibrance would make the shiny bricks more prominent. To go along side this image i took a second photo which will show the other miniature water falls.

Although this photo wasn't shot with the a portrait composition. I felt that it was good to edit and include in this page on Erhan Asik. what I like best about this image is that the photo is very pleasing to the eye. I like the leading lines coming from the top left of the photo as it runs diagonally down.

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  1. Steve Barnett5 March 2018 at 03:08

    This is a beautiful shot but I would like to see it turned into a sequence, for example panning across the waterfall or zooming in on detail while keeping the mistiness of the long exposure

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