I took this photo on one of the trips Bex and I went on to
our local town. I was trying to capture a photo of a group of daffodils but
they were in direct sunlight which made setting the exposure very difficult. I
didn’t get the effect that I wanted so I moved on to a different subject. When
looking back through, I came across this photo which didn’t look as bad as I
thought when I took it.
I had the camera in aperture priority with an aperture of F8
selected to give the best trade off between depth of field and a fast shutter
speed. I locked the ISO at ISO 100 for maximum image quality. I didn’t have my
flash gun on me during this trip as I couldn’t balance the harsh sunlight. The camera
selected a shutter speed of 1/125th of a second to complete the
exposure.
To edit the photo I increased the contrast and lowered the
highlights. After I did this I started playing with the colour temperature
settings, I used the custom setting and selected the yellow leaves which turned
them white and turned the background a rather pleasant blue colour! I stopped
changing settings after this as I didn’t want to spoil the effect that I had
(accidently) made. I really like the modified colours and I think it makes the
photo look much better than before.
Hopefully things will get back to normal soon and Bex and I
will get a chance to go for a photography wander very soon.
Mat
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