Here is the first proper picture taken using the tripod and 3-way head I got for Christmas.
I quite like it - though it is not square, but that adds to the atmosphere I think.
I have a stop motion film to make tomorrow, with the younger daughter directing, so that will be fun. Hopefully we can use this rather eerie light for effect.
I really must get out more.
This was the best of 3 passable shots, selected from 80... my 'hit rate' has fallen from 30% to 3%!!!
I haven't been out with the camera much because walking and getting into awkward positions has been difficult with the last nagging bits of my ankle injury.
I think my new year's resolution must be to get out at least once a weekend with the camera, otherwise I will loose any learning I have done over the last year.
Ok,
well here is a picture of legs. Wrapped in fishnets. The composition of this picture is rather bad to be honest - I should have crouched lower on the floor and lost the heads of Claire and Sam who were modelling for the shot.
I did try flood filling the top of the photo with plain black but it just looks rubbish - so here is the picture to remind me that getting down on the floor sometimes means getting really low.
There are other, less discrete, pictures but they remain firmly in my archives.
Here is a candid portrait that I stumbled upon at a Halloween party this year.
If I run autolevels on it, everything goes over exposed and blown; I prefer the straight out of camera look to the composition. It also is slightly grainy - though the camera was (and still is) on ISO 100.
Had I really posed the shot, I would of course ensured that the dress label was hidden or removed and fixed any number of other things which aren't quite working.
However this is my favourite picture out of the many I have taken this year. OK Livi is squawking but that adds something I think.
On to the next post - more of Claire, I am afraid :)
Here is one of a sequence of 5 photos I selected from 20 odd I took this evening at Falcon Barn.
I had to pay a visit so I took the camera just in case the sun played ball and lo! it did. The pre sunset pics were a bit bland, the after sunset though... well this picture gives you some idea.
There is a lot of black in the pic, however the colours more than make up for it i think.
Today I was mostly using the kit lens as well.... the nifty stayed in the bag; the 7-200mm came out a couple of times as well, though that was for hand held shots of a huge moon, which were too wobbly for words.
My first Blog post for ages... I know, I should be out photographing stuff more. Wel lI have had an excuse this year - having severely sprained my ankle in June I haven't actually been able to walk around for long periods of time much. The ankle whilst much much better is not yet right, thanks for asking.
This pic looked a bit "bleh" when in colour, so I took out the red and blue channels, boosted the green a little then converted to grayscale. After tweaking the brightness and contrast a little I am happyish with the result - especially given this was taken on a sunny afternoon!
