Low and glow

Hope everyone had a good Easter!

What a busy week indeed. While taking lots of work photographs (Which I try not to publish as I want to keep this blog casual/informal) I took two that I really liked.

This is Ollie in his new shoes on the step. He gave me all of 5 seconds before he was bored and ran off, thanks! Opened the blog with similar pictures and they are fun to do. If you have kids worth having a go with different shoes and surfaces.

 

This image I saw as I was sitting watching TV. The sun was setting and shining, low and golden through onto these guys. We received this for our wedding and it seemed to be a perfect match for the long shadow and warm light. Tough part was not trying to get my shadow in the picture!

Thursday's phrase (April 28th)

Thursday's phrase (April 14th)

The paths we walk

I really like the look of this boardwalk. There was good symmetry and an "infinite" feel.

Decided to focus on the beginning of the path, fading out quite quickly

I've done this shot a few times as I really like the effect. Bridge paths over roads & water are great for this as they normally have fences or sides.

If I did this shot again I'd like to add a wet footprint, to see what that would add.

D700 50mm @F1.4 1/2000

Reeds in the sun

If you're near stillwater there is a good chance you will see tall reeds reaching for the sky. On a bright sunny day these can make great subjects whilst they bask in the sunshine.

There will be a whole array of Browns glistening and the difficulty is choosing what to focus on. This image is really best viewed large which you can do here and selecting "dim the lights" (I have it as a desktop currently and works well)

Another image to try is from the floor looking up vertically with the Reeds all around. I didn't go equiped with my Wellies so next time for me.

D700 50mm @F6.3

Benches

Even something like an old bench can make an interesting subject for a photograph. Below are two benches I saw today and thought there was character to be captured.

The first bench I really couldn't decide which way to go with the editing. In the end I concentrated on the Blue and Red graffiti. Shame people have to do this, I'm not sure of the point.

I'm looking forward to trying this shot again on a nice summers evening (and more colour)

This is also an example of getting lower down to take the shot. Standing up really didn't give me a good perspective 

D700 200mm F4.5 1/800

This image I tried to go for the aged, overgrown, lonesome feel. Seemed best to take the shot from higher up and at this angle.

Tweaked in editing with more contrast

D700 200mm F4.5 1/500

OK they are just benches and many will not find it too interesting. However my point is that whilst walking or out and about look for something different. Find a subject with a bit of character and try different things to show this in your photograph.

Thursday's Phrase (14th April)

Thursday's Phrase (April 7th)

Bunny in the hole

Hello,

Not had a chance for any blog posts (work/holiday), poor form sorry but am back now.

So its coming up to Easter and the Bunnies are out in force. I captured this one nibbling away at the grass and decided to take it a little further. Once I took it further I kept going and made this somewhat odd image. Be great to hear what you think of the "Bunny in the hole"

Below is the first edit, then the final. Photoshop was used for the final part and its not to tough to do. In fact if you have Photoshop then load a panaramic, select Filter->Distort->Polar Co-ordinates. You may need to do a little more fiddling but the thats the basics.

If you have an iPhone you can get an app called tiny planet and a example of iPhone imagery can be found here http://www.flickr.com/photos/milkcowblues/ . (Some awesome iPhone images in general too, well worth a look)

Have a good day
Richard