Lawrence's 365 for 2014
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Wonderful Catch up Lawrence. Thanks for the viewing pleasure
Thanks Wendy
This one is very cool!
24th October
"I went down to the woods tonight ... "
I want to up my game and I want to do it quickly so ... more effort and more thought is required. I saw some truly amazing photos of woods and forests and mists and things that just blew me away. That is what I want to be able to do and NZ has the woods and forests to do it in. I need to practice.
So I went down to the local mountain bike track (flat as a pancake for mountain biking but it is what it is and there are trees).
I wanted to practice taking my time. Slowly Lawrence. That means camera settings, lens on manual focus, VR off, remote shutter release, use settings on "A" mode as a guide to manual settings. Take a shot, check histogram, make adjustment, if no adjustments needed (unlikely and didn't happen) change to different settings to get same result.
Compose to show depth and make sure there is something you can make pop in LR.
That sort of thing. You get the picture. The first step on the journey. The second could be predawn return to the same spot to try the same shot in morning light. Could be of interest. Might be some fog. I won't know if I stay in bed will I?
I have quite a few photos that I can play with in Light Room and I think I am getting better. In fact I know I am getting better.
"I went down to the woods tonight ... "
I want to up my game and I want to do it quickly so ... more effort and more thought is required. I saw some truly amazing photos of woods and forests and mists and things that just blew me away. That is what I want to be able to do and NZ has the woods and forests to do it in. I need to practice.
So I went down to the local mountain bike track (flat as a pancake for mountain biking but it is what it is and there are trees).
I wanted to practice taking my time. Slowly Lawrence. That means camera settings, lens on manual focus, VR off, remote shutter release, use settings on "A" mode as a guide to manual settings. Take a shot, check histogram, make adjustment, if no adjustments needed (unlikely and didn't happen) change to different settings to get same result.
Compose to show depth and make sure there is something you can make pop in LR.
That sort of thing. You get the picture. The first step on the journey. The second could be predawn return to the same spot to try the same shot in morning light. Could be of interest. Might be some fog. I won't know if I stay in bed will I?
I have quite a few photos that I can play with in Light Room and I think I am getting better. In fact I know I am getting better.
25th October
The quest continues although I failed to wake up on time this morning as planned. Normally I wake up at 5.30 (latest) but not today. Only opened the eyes at 6.30 and that was too late.
So this afternoon I took a drive and went for a walk in the hope of "seeing" something. It wasn't easy for some reason. However I did take a few shots and have two for you guys today.
The quest continues although I failed to wake up on time this morning as planned. Normally I wake up at 5.30 (latest) but not today. Only opened the eyes at 6.30 and that was too late.
So this afternoon I took a drive and went for a walk in the hope of "seeing" something. It wasn't easy for some reason. However I did take a few shots and have two for you guys today.
James Clark
Senior Member
Nice waterfall.
27th October
A very wet day here which resulted in the International Cricket being abandoned after I had spent $75.00 to get in. Such a waste - one rapid strap gone right there. But my son and DIL had come down for the game so I treated them. We saw about 26 of the scheduled 100 overs (this is of course all foreign to the Americans on here!) before play was stopped and then abandoned.
That's life
Being a glum day I thought I would try some appropriate photos.
Found this bright building in an otherwise grey and drab industrial area.
And a milk factory which gives a fair indication of the overcast conditions.
A very wet day here which resulted in the International Cricket being abandoned after I had spent $75.00 to get in. Such a waste - one rapid strap gone right there. But my son and DIL had come down for the game so I treated them. We saw about 26 of the scheduled 100 overs (this is of course all foreign to the Americans on here!) before play was stopped and then abandoned.
That's life
Being a glum day I thought I would try some appropriate photos.
Found this bright building in an otherwise grey and drab industrial area.
And a milk factory which gives a fair indication of the overcast conditions.