New Year's resolutions

[OldBoy]

Originally Posted by karenoliver

It wasnt the exposure as such as I always photograph using manual. It was just not as interesting as I thought it would be. There were 6-7 street lights running along a motorway and the fog was making the light look diffused and there was a glow around each light. To my eye it looked really exctiing yet when I got home I just thought it looked nothing special on the monitor. A bit annoying really as we had stood there freezing half to death for over an hour :-)

Karen

Perhaps you just need to adjust it in your image editing software to get the best out of it.

[karenoliver]

Originally Posted by OldBoy

Perhaps you just need to adjust it in your image editing software to get the best out of it.

Yeah :-) I did think about having a mess about with it to see if something could be made with it.

Karen

[OldBoy]

Originally Posted by karenoliver

Yeah :-) I did think about having a mess about with it to see if something could be made with it.

Karen

Here's one I took on the 6th of last month, of the mist rising as the sun set.



Had to make a few adjustment in curves to show what I saw.

[karenoliver]

Originally Posted by OldBoy

Here's one I took on the 6th of last month, of the mist rising as the sun set.
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That's really quite stunning! Were the colours really like that too?

Karen

[OldBoy]

Originally Posted by karenoliver

That's really quite stunning! Were the colours really like that too?

Karen

Thanks.

Yes they where, and I used the bush in the forground as the focus point. Even though this is a jpeg produced from the camera, without adjustments it would appear a bit flat.

Here's another from the same misty sunset.

The first one is before adjustments were made.



And the same one with a slight tweak in curves.

[Amy Davies]

Originally Posted by OldBoy

Is your friend doing the same project?

Nice blurred background with enough infomation to confirm where you where. I would have preferred a wider angle to show what she was photographing so it was in context.

Alas no she's not, that would be quite fun though.

And yep, I take your point about a wider angle - I'd have loved a wider angle too, but try telling that to the thousansds of revellers surrounding us ;-) I think I was lucky to get even this far back to take the shot, the number of shots I have that are blurred because somebody was jostling to get past

I've done it in b&w too and now that I've done that I think I prefer it more, can't decide whether to replace it or stick with the original.... hmmm....

[OldBoy]

Originally Posted by Amy Davies

Alas no she's not, that would be quite fun though.

And yep, I take your point about a wider angle - I'd have loved a wider angle too, but try telling that to the thousansds of revellers surrounding us ;-) I think I was lucky to get even this far back to take the shot, the number of shots I have that are blurred because somebody was jostling to get past

I've done it in b&w too and now that I've done that I think I prefer it more, can't decide whether to replace it or stick with the original.... hmmm....

Lots of people around does cause problems, that's why I try to stand out of the way and use a longer lens. I thing the colour works best with the Christmas lights in the background. Good luck with the rest of the year for the project.

[AndyStevens]

New Year resolution ?? Get out more, that would be a good start

And more exhibitions/print sales...

And increase Alamy library so more sales to publishers etc...

And secure a book publishing deal...


Good job resolutions are usually out the window by the end of January, might manage the 'getting out more' bit

Cheers
Andy

[karenoliver]

Originally Posted by AndyStevens

New Year resolution ?? Get out more, that would be a good start

And more exhibitions/print sales...

And increase Alamy library so more sales to publishers etc...

And secure a book publishing deal...


Good job resolutions are usually out the window by the end of January, might manage the 'getting out more' bit

Cheers
Andy

Good luck! :-)

How will you go about getting a publishing deal? Is it like writing you just send off the photographic version of a manuscript, except its a set amount of photographs and artist statement?

Karen