First attempt at HDR. I wanted to make it as subtle as possible vs some of the extrem "in your face" HDR's that seem to be in vogue.
This was taken during a photowalk around Windsor Great Park (Saville Garden/Bolisk/Cow Pond area. Check out the rest of hte shots from this walk on my flickr stream. Each shot contains a geotag/map link for where it was taken.
www.flickr.com/photos/marklandon/sets/72157622956964952
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Showing posts with label autumn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label autumn. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Splashing Around
Splashing Around
I was running out of time to come up with a shot for the Autumn themed monthly photo competition at work . The recent storms and rain have brought most of the foliage down off the trees. There is one nice bit left in Windsor great Park but when I went up there on Saturday it was raining so the camera stayed firmly in the bag... I've learned my lesson about getting it wet (see my star trails photo).
I thought I would take advantage of the rain and the puddles by having some fun with my kids. Dress them up in bright clothes and welies and try to get some frozen water and refelction action going on as they jump up and down in puddles. Half an hour and lots of fun later this was the best shot of the bunch and I have my entry to the autumn competition.
Canon EOS 40D, EFS 17-55mm IS USM, 580EXII strobe.
20mm. 1/250 sec, f/8 +1EV flash. Manual exposire mode to ensure the low lighting di not lead to a slow shutter speed and blur. Using manual means that camera uses the flash to expose the subject vs using ambient to expose for the background with the subject "filled" with flash. Slightly cropped plus boosted exposure, blacks, clarity, saturation and sharpening in lightroom.
I was running out of time to come up with a shot for the Autumn themed monthly photo competition at work . The recent storms and rain have brought most of the foliage down off the trees. There is one nice bit left in Windsor great Park but when I went up there on Saturday it was raining so the camera stayed firmly in the bag... I've learned my lesson about getting it wet (see my star trails photo).
I thought I would take advantage of the rain and the puddles by having some fun with my kids. Dress them up in bright clothes and welies and try to get some frozen water and refelction action going on as they jump up and down in puddles. Half an hour and lots of fun later this was the best shot of the bunch and I have my entry to the autumn competition.
Canon EOS 40D, EFS 17-55mm IS USM, 580EXII strobe.
20mm. 1/250 sec, f/8 +1EV flash. Manual exposire mode to ensure the low lighting di not lead to a slow shutter speed and blur. Using manual means that camera uses the flash to expose the subject vs using ambient to expose for the background with the subject "filled" with flash. Slightly cropped plus boosted exposure, blacks, clarity, saturation and sharpening in lightroom.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Textured Red Acer
Shot a few weeks ago but only recently tweaked in photoshop by overlaying some textures. Sctratched metal is the main one. 
This is the first blog post I've uploaded direct from lightroom using Timothy Ames' excellent plug in. http://www.photographers-toolbox.com/products/lr2blog.php
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