Hiding Flowers

I didn’t get a chance to go for a walk today as I was busy packing and getting ready for my holiday. So I dived into my computer’s hard-drive in search of a photo to upload. I was searching around when I came across this photo, again from the holiday Bex and I went on in early July.

We went for a walk to the small lake nearby, and on the way I spotted some flowers hiding in a bush. To isolate just the flower I used the widest possible aperture to create a shallow depth of field. It was quite a dull day so I had to boost the ISO to be able to use a faster shutter speed.

Because of the high ISO the photo was quite noisy; I had to use the noise reduction tool in Photoshop to reduce the amount of noise in the photo. At the same time I increased the colour temperature to bring some ‘warmth’ back into the photo. After editing the photo I was very pleased with the end result, I think it looks much better now.

Team GB did a fantastic job in the Olympics today, bringing back even more gold medals. We’re currently 4^th in the medal table! (At time of writing). So with each medal, we get closer to winning the Olympics. Good luck Team GB!

This is my final post until I get back from my holiday. So I shall leave you in Bex’s very capable hands. I hear that she has plenty of amazing photos to upload from her holiday. I hope you will enjoy them, and I trust that you will all cheer on Team GB.

So until I get back, have a great time and enjoy the blog.

Mat