Looking Outwards 02

Natalie Koch; Section A
Looking Outwards 02

When looking through the different provided examples for this blog, one that really stood out to me was the bird photography done by Erlend Haarberg in https://www.thisiscolossal.com. As someone who has done photography in the past, I know how challenging it can be to capture things in motion, such as birds. There’s a lot of work that needs to go into camera settings to ensure an in focus picture. Setting a camera with the correct settings for pictures like these is an algorithm in itself. When setting a camera, you need to pay attention to things like shutter speed and aperture. The pictures of birds clearly seen flying and the pictures of birds silhouetted against the skyline require different settings, so Haarberg had to have the end result in mind when setting his camera for these shots. All of these pictures are artistic in different ways, so Haarberg had to use his artistic sensibilities to make sure the photos came out the way he wanted them to.

“Rock Ptarmigan Flight”; the award winning picture: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/bpoty-1.jpg

“Puffin Love”; a silhouette picture: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/bpoty-7.jpg