Photography
A week ago I posted a shot of some tulips. I am not entirely happy with that image, so I tried a second shot of the same tulips in decay. The first one had a very shallow depth of field, and did not emphasize the structure of the flowers the way I wanted. This time I have increased the depth of field, and have done some post processing to make the structure of the wilted tulips stand out.
As a friend of mine says - "sometimes life gets in the way of photography". But I hope to find more time for my favorite hobby in the weeks to come. Todays post is an image I shot with my smartphone last summer. The bridal party has just left, and there was just something about this scene that caught my attention.
Here is an example of the B&W shots I have been working on lately. It is a shot from last summer, and yes - some ferns again. I have worked a little with contrast, light and shadows to bring out the budding ferns from the moss surrounding them.
I bet most of the images you have seen of waterfalls, or any running water for that matter, will have been taken with a long exposure time to blur the movement of the water. Even I have presented a few such images. But if you go the opposite way and chose a short exposure time you may catch fascinating details.
As I pointed out a couple of posts back, this winter has been quite mild and we have had a lot of rain. The temperature started to drop below 0ºC less than a week ago, but streams that would normally would be frozen at this time of year still carry a lot of water which makes shots like this possible. I have chosen to keep it dark to make it a bit surreal.