| Thu, 22 Nov 2007 | Comment on this article via email or flickr |
Lowestoft #2
Another shot of Lowestoft beach, taken a month or two ago. Processed to bring out the colours and contrast of the sand.
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Camera model : Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL Date/Time : 2007:09:30 17:28:15 Flash used : No Focal length : 50.0mm (35mm equivalent: 81mm) Exposure time: 0.0100 s (1/100) Aperture : f/7.1 ISO equiv. : 100 Whitebalance : Auto Metering Mode: matrix Exposure : aperture priority (semi-auto) |
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| Sun, 18 Nov 2007 | Comment on this article via email or flickr |
Lowestoft
There was something of a storm off the east coast a couple of weeks ago with plenty of sand and pebbles thrown up the beach and onto the front. The following day I took a walk while visiting some family, and just had time to take one photo. This was it.
Apologies for the lack of detail in the sand - jpeg just isn't very good at a texture like that, but I can assure you the original is much better!
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Editing was mostly a black and white conversion using the channel mixer, and probably a curves contrast adjustment to boot.
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| Thu, 01 Nov 2007 | Comment on this article via email or flickr |
Tree
This won't be to everyone's taste; I'm not even sure it's to mine. But hey, it's different, and that's what makes life interesting.
I don't really see this as a photograph as such, although it is. More as the kind of illustration that might form the picture on the cover of a book. It has a certain atmosphere about it, and I think it is that that I find most pleasing.
As to how the effect was achieved: despite being extremely soft and apparently blurred, it's not due to focus or camera shake issues. It's the shadow of a tree through a window on a wall, and as the shadow was ill-defined, it was naturally blurred. All I've done is add the colour cast and play with the contrast a little.
It rather gives me the impression of somehow lying in a pond looking up through the water at an overhanging tree,
Comments most welcome.
This work is Copyright (C) Kieran Mansley. All rights reserved. This means you can't use this photo without my permission. If you'd like to use it, please contact me and chances are I'll say yes.
