My laptop broke today, so I'm going to have to take a trip
back in photographic time as I'm currently using an older laptop while I wait
for the other to be repaired. However, this is the exception; I went on a
wander today with my new lens. I tried to focus on wildlife, in order to test
the lens at higher focal lengths. I took this at 200mm as the seagull was
landing in the water. It’s been incredibly cloudy all day, so I decided to
couple the effect of the clouds with the theme of time.
To exaggerate the effect of the sun behind the clouds and
take the theme of time into account, I edited the image in Photoshop. By taking
the photo into the sun, most of the colour had been lost so I converted it to
black and white. I then darkened highlights and increased the contrast. I
sharpened the image and removed noise. I then selected everything apart from
the bird and increased the contrast further, in order to make the cloud pattern
more prominent.
I liked trying to follow a theme for a change, it made me a
little more focused and provided a source of inspiration. I did suffer for my hobby today; I had to towel-dry my
hair when I got home!!!
Bex
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