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| brenscino 5, 2014 |
in the garden of the hotel brenscino in
brissago
on the
hillside atop of brissago lies the parkhotel brenscino, where guests are
indulged with a wonderful view of lake maggiore and a huge garden.
the garden is
a gem, created and looked after with much love and expertise, an eldorado for
experiencing a rich biodiversity.
during two
visits in the past four years, i took the opportunity to expand my night garden
series. equipped with an led-flashlight, i indefatigably strolled through the
garden after nightfall. i felt and enjoyed the comforting breeze of the night,
heard a rustle here and a chirp there, the garden lit by a magically beautiful
sky full of stars. i often moved the camera to create blurred images that would
depict the scenery even better.
the
difficult lighting conditions of the night are a challenge for every camera,
since poor lighting inevitably leads to speckling
at a certain film speed (iso). speckling on a photograph that was taken with a
digital camera is a disturbance of
pixels (elements sensitive to light) in brightness and color. this kind of
“coarseness” of the image is not comparable to the “grain” on analog high speed
film.
the bigger
a sensor of a camera is, the less speckling will be visible, because the size of each pixel as well as the gap between the pixels increase with
the size of the sensor. while smaller sensors already show speckling at iso 800,
this does not happen with larger sensors until iso 3200 or even iso 6400. it is
therefore important to pay attention to the size of a sensor when buying a
camera, depending on the individual’s demands and expectations in picture
quality.
speckling
can, however, also be used intentionally. in certain situations, i personally
appreciate the additional effect of blurriness and the thus achieved intensification
of a mystical appearance of the photograph.
add the
moon to this scenery and you feel as if you were in a midsummer night's dream.
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