FROM THE FEED

FUJILOVE COMMUNITY

FROM THE FEED

Welcome to our community feature for FujiLove Magazine! Each month, we’re taking you behind the lens of some of the most popular photographs shared on our Instagram feed taken by members of the FujiLove community using #myfujilove.

I recently shot this image with my X-T3 while taking a casual morning stroll through a park near my home in West Virginia. This cluster of leaves floating atop the water in what was mostly a clean, debris-free lake caught my attention almost immediately. I typically enjoy capturing the beauty of everyday sites and scenes and thought this image caught the beauty of the early stages of autumn and the fading glimmer of summer.

This image was one of those shots that went mostly ignored until a couple weeks later and, upon further review, it really grew on me not only because of the simplicity, but also the beauty and calmness of nature and the contrast of the changing seasons. For my photography the simplest of images can tell the best stories and evoke strongest feelings of that little moment in time.

X-T3 + XF35mmF1.4 at f/2.5, 1/200 sec, ISO 160 Timothy Scott @TimmyDubV

X-T2 + XF16-55mmF2.7 at 53.3mm f/7.1, 1/320 sec, ISO 200 Oscar Tessensohn @oscartessensohn This image was taken in October 2019 on Ameland Island in the Netherlands. We go there once or twice a year and the concept of the image had been growing in my mind for some time after I had seen the sheep on the dikes. The composition is exactly how I wanted it to be: just one sheep on top of the dike staring at me. I deliberately put the horizon in the middle, emphasising the simplicity of the composition. At first I was rather disappointed. The conditions were not perfect and the colours were rather dull. But when I applied a black and white style in Capture One, it all came together.

X-T3 + XF35mmF1.4 at f/2.5, 1/200 sec, ISO 160 Moncho Pena @moncho_portraits

This shot was taken in my daughter’s house. I had this photo in my head a long time ago; the first idea was to focus on the face through the window, but I was using automatic focus and, by error, I kept focusing on the window so I had to switch to manual focus, but I ended up not liking the result! The light was amazing. I actually tried using a fill flash but abandoned that plan due to the reflection it made in the window.

The pose of my daugther was chosen by herself, with the intention of delivering a cold feeling and bad mood prompted by the COVID lockdown. She was amazing! The atmosphere was furthered through my use of the Eterna film simulation.

The photo shows the beautifully dramatic and impressive landscape of the Lake District in the UK on a road trip in 2019. It was one of those wonderful spring afternoons with bright light and a pleasant warmth. For me, the United Kingdom has one of the most beautiful landscapes in Europe – it always gives me a feeling of freedom.

I used the Fujifilm X-H1 and the XF16-55mmF2.8 lens on this day. It was more a of a ‘snapshot’ than a planned image. No preparation, no filters, no tripod. Only a simple click on the trigger. Only a (right) moment in time.

I am satisfied with the result when the image has that slightly dreamy and abstract character. The gradation curve and camera calibration panel in Lightroom are especially powerful tools for this. Besides, as with this photo, I often use the Classic Chrome film simulation. It gives almost every picture that unique character. It’s my favourite film simulation.

I am very happy with this ‘snapshot’, but I am much more happy to have been in that place at that (right) moment.

X-H1 + XF16-55mmF2.8 at 16mm, f/9, 1/400 sec, ISO 200 Nils Leithold @nils_leithold