Last night, while out in the horse's paddock, I saw these amazing clouds while the sun was setting. It looked spectacular, but of course while I got my camera and came back it had disappeared. There was still this pattern of clouds left though. It looks quite unusual - there was storms elsewhere in the state, but they were doing a nice job of going around up unfortunately, so all we got were these orange-y/purple-y/blue-y clouds.
I forgot to bring my gradient filter with me, but in Lightroom I did an auto tone and increased the blacks to take out the detail in the bottom third of the picture.
It was hard to choose between this and another picture, I might post the other at a later date to see what people think.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Project52 - Week Six: Cloudy Sunset
Project52 - Week Five: Reading
Week 5's photo is one I started planning around week 2 or 3 I think! My problem was that I feel awkward taking photos of myself when people could potentially be watching. Finally a day came round when no one was home so I ducked outside and took it.
It's a good way of showing how I've essentially spent most of my free time since the start of the uni summer holidays - I've read the complete works of Jane Austen, Michael J. Fox's autobiography 'Always Looking Up', the complete Twilight saga, the complete Keys to the Kingdom series and I've just started on the book pictured - a collection of the works of the Bronte sisters (I'm trying to read some more classics, and I'm quite enjoying them). Reading has been easier than movie watching this summer - I've spent part of it with various renovations, meaning the house hasn't been as cool as normal, so it's been too hot to have my computer on my lap.
This photo was actually a test photo, but I liked it the best out of what I took, so I've cropped it to get rid of my hand holding the wireless remote. Not sure if it looks odd? I also had the issue that in front of the tree was quite dark and the paddock quite bright, so I used a Curves adjustment layer and masked out the paddock bit, then did a Levels adjustment over the top. Quite happy with how it came out.
Project52 - Week Four: Nelly
Slight delay in posting for weeks 4 and 5 due to Internet issues! They were taken in the particular week, though I only finished editing week 5 today; the hot weather has meant I've avoided doing anything on my computer but the opening of graduate program applications and the need to get a head start on uni work has ended that. The week 4 photo was another last-minute-on-a-Saturday one, just didn't get around to it during the week. This is Nelly, our Miniature Pony foal (there's photos of her being born etc elsewhere in the feed). I decided she was this week's subject, but she's so friendly she walks right up to me, too close to get a decent photo! This was the best I got, it's a touch out of focus I think, but I like it and thinks it's cute. No editing to this one, just auto tone in Lightroom.
Monday, February 08, 2010
Focus on Frankston Photography Competition
First of all, I have taken the last two weeks photos, but I've had Internet issues and hence haven't uploaded. Hope to get to them during the week.
In the meantime, voting has opened for the Focus on Frankston Photography competition. I have three photos entered and any votes would be much appreciated! I can't give direct links as the website is kind of annoying but here's mine:
http://focuson.frankston.vic.gov.au/Competition/Pub/Gallery.asp?lngCompetitionCategoryId=5 - Frankston Fireworks (red fireworks in the bottom right-hand corner)
http://focuson.frankston.vic.gov.au/Competition/Pub/Gallery.asp?lngCompetitionCategoryId=1&PageId=6 - Frankston Foreshore (stormy pier shot in bottom row)
http://focuson.frankston.vic.gov.au/Competition/Pub/Gallery.asp?lngCompetitionCategoryId=4&PageId=3 - Ballam Park Tree (tree on top row second from right)
There are also some fantastic shots in the other categories that I didn't enter so I highly recommend having a look.
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