Approaching the Match – with different processing
Im lucky enough to live next to a nice sized park and bush walk. The above image being one I have shown at some angle or another int he past. As with all parks, often various social and club games are played. Here its generally Football/Soccer in one season and Cricket in the other. At the moment, cricket.
Armed with my Sony Nex and Jupiter 8, I grabbed several shots whilst out for a small walk. After arriving home, I processed the three all a little differently. For the head image in B&W I pushed it quite hard to get some heavy light contrasts. The second image, just above had a minor yellow tone applied to give a slightly dryer look than the rain all night may suggest. For the final image below, I didnt really do anything other than a slight straightening before framing and resizing.
Catch you tomorrow!
Auckland Botanic Gardens (part1)
A beautiful hot day took us to the Auckland Botanic Gardens for a walk today. 64-hectare’s and home to over 10,000 plants, we only scratched the surface with todays visit. Although its been around in some form since the 1960’s (I think), I had never been before, from memory.
Beautifully set and maintained, the crowds in the car park flooding out onto the road suggested its popularity. Funnily enough, once in and walking around the park, although obviously not alone, one didn’t feel crowded in the masses.
Throughout the park is tables and benches for picnic’s, and plenty of great shaded trees to escape the sun.
I went along with the Olympus E-500 DSLR today and captured a range of shots. I’ll show the flowers in another post, but below is a few more samples of the park.
Natural Colour
Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity. ~John Ruskin
The Park
Sony Nex 5N. Processed in Gimp 2.8
Golden Hour by the Park
Olympus e-500. Post processed in Gimp 2.8
The Park
A stroll around my local park.
Olympus E-500, post processed in Gimp 2.8
The Trail part-2
Another image from my weekend walk.
Using CS5 I converted to B&W and adjusted the various colour channels to both highlight the path and give the trees and grass a more menacing feeling (it is Halloween after all).
Shot on the Sony Nex 5n with 16-50 pancake zoom.
Morning Stroll
Sony Nex 5N, 16-50 Lens
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