photos and other things…
A shot from above.
Looking down I snapped the autumn tree, its colours beaming out from both the shadows and grey city surrounding.
Shot on the Nex 5N with the 55-210mm lens. In Gimp I desaturated the blue tones, giving the city buildings the mono tone.
More shots from above tomorrow.
Mobile shot for today. Autumn Orange. Shot on the Samsung Galaxy S2 using Vignette App. Shot in Hamilton.
A lot of my local area is covered in evergreens. Great from one perspectice, but missing out on the beautiful colours the trees get as their leaves slowly crisp up and fall to the ground.
Shot on the Samsung Galaxy s2 and edited in Afterfocus,I applied some filter effects to bring out the autumn feel.
Related to this,I caught the tail end of a tech news report on tv today discussing how the world press society were in argument about different post take filter effects were changing the meaning of images, and therefore are questionable in their reporting quality.
No doubt editing has evolved, and done in specific ways creates a different story or meaning. But then reporting is also told from a specific perspective also, and may always look diffetent depending on ones position in the story.
Even the old great photographers edited their film work to alter the story being told.
For me, I like to work with a mix. Sometimes editing, sometimes not.
Now we are in autumn here in NZ we are getting some amazingly clear and fresh days as we head into winter. The temperature has dropped, but its still awesome weather in the sun with no wind. I was on my way back to the office and pulled over to take a shot of the clear blue sky. With an abundance of evergreens and lack of deciduous plants I wanted to create that autumn feeling still. I give my image a bit of the old washed out film look. To me it creates the visual feeling of a cool, crisp and clear day.
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