Ryan Aw

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Environmentalist, Adventurer, Cat parent, Outdoor Photographer 🔗 www.ryanaw.photoslinks Conservation Through Composition

A picture of the sun setting over a fjord. The sun is nestled at the base between two mountains along the fjord, and the foreground is comprised of a lake that has frozen entirely over. The frozen ice has an uneven layer, caused by the many protruding bits of ice. As the tides change, the frozen ice cracks against rocks near the surface, gets shuffled along, and then re-freezes to form these sculptures along the surface. These disruptions in the surface cast long shadows with the help of the sun, and are bathed in a golden glow. DJI Air2S @ 1/500s, f5.6, ISO 100
Rocks, covered entire in snow, lead towards a small beach where sea water has frozen against the shore. In the distance, there is a fjord lit up by the last remnants of light from the setting sun. The sky has a noticeable purple, pink ish band stretching across the horizon. This is known as the Belt of Venus - a phenomenon that occurs in a similar fashion to alpenglow. The belt is formed due to backscatter from the remaining sunlight, but unlike alpenglow, which casts this light onto the ground, the belt of Venus has its light cast onto the sky, where the reds are less intense and form the distinctive pink hues. Sony A1 / Sony 12-24mm @ 14mm, 1/25s, f2.8, ISO 500
A photograph of a very famous scene. When thinking of the Lofoten Islands - this exact image often comes to mind. The red cabins and the fjords behind them. It’s a very famous composition that has been repeated to death within the landscape world, much like Mesa Arch at sunrise or Fire Falls at Yosemite. Still, it’s a stunning scene. Red cabins on the edge of a fjord, with towering peaks behind lit up softly in a pink alpenglow. The water, a mixture of fresh glacial melt and sea water, is incredibly clear and has a deep blue hue thanks to the white sand below. Sony A1 / 12-24mm @ 16mm, 2.5s, f4.5, ISO 125
A photograph of the distinct and bright red cabins along the edge of a fjord - one of the most characteristic scenes in this part of the Lofoten islands, Norway Nearly everyone who visits the Lofoten Islands stops by and takes a picture at this exact spot Not pictured are the massive crowds of photographers behind and around me - a perk of arriving hours before means I get the best spot when the sun hits Sony A1 / 12-24mm @ 16mm, 2.5s, f4.5, ISO 125
Volcanic ash, remnants from a past Earth that was covered in volcanoes, form streaks in the sand that act as a leading line towards the rocks, and eventually fjord in the background The image has been converted to black and white Sony A1 - Sony 12-24mm @ 16mm, 1/125, ISO 100
A black and white picture of a massive fjord with a triangular shaped peak in the middle of the frame. The fjord is reflected nearly perfectly along the shallow, yet long beach, allowing me to walk far out into what would normally be open sea to capture the reflection of the fjord with the remaining sea water Sony A1 - Sony 24-70mm @ 24mm, 1/125s, f3.2, ISO 200
A group of female elephant seals forming a cuddle puddle in Antarctica