Rock by the Seaside

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Here is another shot from my trip to the seaside. It is from the same windswept area as the shot of the windswept tree trunk. You will find a lot of rocks like this in the area, and I guess they date back to the last ice-age about 11 thousand years ago, left there by the melting glaciers. The details may be lost in the low resolution version shown here, but the large print turned out quite nice.

Rockface revisited

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This is an image I have posted a different version of earlier. As part of the process of making prints I have reworked a few images, and this is one of them. Given that the previous one is on the dark side, I guess I did that one on my laptop. Even if the laptop monitor is calibrated, it is not suited for image adjustment other than for versions intended for presentation on a screen.

Windswept

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At last, I have found time to get out with my camera again. And for a change of scenery I decided to go to the seaside to see what I could find. The area I visited is a windswept stretch of coastline, and here and there you will find trees crawling along the ground seeking shelter wherever it may be found.

It was quite windy, and I decided on a long exposure with an ND-filter to convey how the branches of the fir tree were blown about. Due to the wind it was hard to get the trunk of the tree crisp and sharp, so I made a second exposure without the filter. I have combined the two images using the tree trunk from one and the branches from the other.

Looking at time

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As I have mentioned before, you will probably have seen a lot more long exposure images of running water than images shot where the motion is frozen like in the shot here. I tend to find the short exposure shots more interesting, especially when there are a lot of details for the eye to play with like here. The exposure time is 1/2000 s.

Decay

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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.

"I do"

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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.

B&W Ferns

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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.