Freddie Mercury, Montreux, Switzerland

steandeb, on September 4, said:

great shot mathew,i love statue photos as you well know!

Matthew Walters, on September 4, said:

Thanks Steve - at least you don't get your feet wet with this one!

Hank Waxman, on September 5, said:

A very powerful image. The British Singer who passed away in the 90's?

Matthew Walters, on September 5, said:

Thanks Hank. Yes, lead singer of Queen - he lived in Montreux for a while. I used the star aperture on this one, I thought it would give a good effect with the sunlight bouncing off the lake. I had to wait a while for the sun to be low enough, and even then had to use an ND filter to avoid over-exposure.

Kiss Laszlo pixelfot…, on September 14, said:

Very nice!

Greetings, László_

©polytropos, on September 28, said:

I went there for several time but never had the chance to get such an impressing shot. Lucky you.

That's what I need to buy next also: an ND filter. Is there anything one have to know about before buying?

Matthew Walters, on September 28, said:

Thanks László and polytropos.

polytropos - I have a selection of ND filters, .3, .6, and .9 to give different levels of light reduction. I also have graduated versions, so I can reduce the brightness of the sky without affecting ground level brightness - some of these are screw-in (for the lensbaby), others use the Cokin system. In this case, I needed a large reduction in brightness and had to hand-hold the big filter in front of my lensbaby. Hope that makes sense!

©polytropos, on September 29, said:

Thanks for this infos, Matthew. Guess, somewhere in my archives I still have a Cokin filter holder for my old Minolta; maybe it's helpful.

steandeb, on October 15, said:

would love a chance to capture this statue!great effect!i took one of another pop icon of the sixties the famous legend of......Billy Fury!i detect you might be a sixties child mathew ,hope you dont mind me speculating!mine is tagged up Albert dock. i still dont know how to link a photo!

Matthew Walters, on October 15, said:

Thanks Steve - you're a bit off with the 'sixties child' though :)