Archive for July, 2010
Bumble Bee
This bee was seen clinging on to the Ragged Robin in breezy conditions. However, as it just clung there and didn’t move at all I wonder if it had died while feeding on the plant and remained locked in place by rigor mortis. Cropped square from a file converted in RPP, the principal adjustments were […]
Filed under: Aperture, Colour, Macro, Raw Photo Processor | 1 Comment
Tags: Aperture, Colour, Flowers, GX200, Macro, Raw Photo Processor, Ricoh, Ricoh GX200
Raindrops like diamonds
Back from a business trip to the south of England, I was greeted with light rain back in Scotland. However, once it has passed there are great opportunities with the light. Cropped square, the main issue was to make sure that the flowers’ colour did not end up over saturated. To get round this maximum […]
Filed under: Aperture, Colour, Macro | 1 Comment
Tags: Aperture, Colour, Flowers, GF-1, Macro
Anyone for tennis?
This abandoned tennis court was seen on an early morning run – decaying and rather sad: This was very simply processed. I cropped the image to get rid of some dead space, applied a cross process preset in Aperture to enhance the decaying feel of the place and maximised the Definition to bring out the […]
Filed under: Aperture, Colour, Landscape | 1 Comment
Tags: Aperture, Colour, Decay, GF-1, Landscape, Texture
Harvest Time
Another lucky shot from the train to Glasgow, this was taken in the early morning (hence the colours). Even in Scotland the harvest has started. Cropped to 16:9 to remove the inevitable reflection from the window (but better compositionally as well), this has had its colours balanced (auto curves separate), exposure and contrast slightly increased, […]
Filed under: Aperture, Colour, Landscape | 1 Comment
Tags: Aperture, Colour, GX200, Landscape, Ricoh, Ricoh GX200
Clover Flower
This is an experiment with a manually focused macro lens that allowed me to get within an a couple of inches of this clover flower in our lawn. The camera was resting on the ground and the shutter was on delayed release. Cropped square, heavy recovery was needed to bring the background sky highlights back. […]
Filed under: Aperture, Colour, Macro | 1 Comment
Tags: Colour, Flowers, GF-1, Macro
Determination
There has been a small but steady resurgence in coastal rowing in the Firth of Forth, based on traditional double-ended rowing boats. We saw one being launched at Pittenweem and tracked it as the five crew rowed it eastwards along the Fife coast in a brisk breeze. An open boat with no buoyancy is an […]
Filed under: Aperture, B&W, Landscape, SilverEfex Pro | 1 Comment
Tags: Aperture, B&W, Determination, Drama, GF-1, Seascape
Sabbath Creels
Since it was Sunday the fishing fleet at Pittenweem was in harbour, although some work to get the boats ready was going on. The creels were stacked ready and made interesting geometric shapes. I looked at this in both colour and black and white, and the colour version, with the contrast between the blue and […]
Filed under: Aperture, Colour, Landscape | 1 Comment
Tags: Aperture, Colour, GF-1, Landscape
Old Door
I passed this old wooden door in Perth this morning. The peeling paint and distressed look was what appealed to me. A little highlight recovery was needed. However, the principal editing was to emphasise the distressed nature of the paint. Definition to maximum and additional Definition along the peeling paint and cracks brought this detail […]
Filed under: Aperture, Colour, Street | 1 Comment
Tags: Aperture, Colour, GX200, Ricoh, Ricoh GX200, Street, Texture
Robin in Hiding
Ragged Robin is a very common wildflower round here. However, I rather liked the idea that this one was hiding away in a wood, a bit like Robin Hood. I had a very wide aperture in order to limit focus to the Ragged Robin. Reduced exposure and full Recovery was needed for the pale flowers. […]
Filed under: Aperture, Colour, Landscape, Macro | 1 Comment
Tags: Aperture, Colour, Flowers, GF-1, Landscape, Macro
Ripening Harvest
The rain has, thank goodness, stopped. The winter corn is now almost ready to harvest and the fields around us now really have the feel of summer. The colours were balanced using the auto curves separate function and highlights in the clouds recovered. Other than that, a polarising brushed adjustment was applied to the sky […]
Filed under: Aperture, Colour, Landscape | 1 Comment
Tags: Aperture, Colour, GF-1, Landscape
One Picture, One Day 