6 Nov 2010

Into the Woods

It was a lovely morning for photographing in the woods today. Last night it rained but this morning the sun was out and glinting off the wet foliage. I tried hard to catch the sparkle on this pine sprig but there were so many other branches around it I was finding it difficult to focus on the one I wanted. Add to that the fact that I was standing on very uneven ground so the camera was wavering about as I tried to focus and the result wasn't quite the one I'd hoped it would be. But to be honest I really like it - it almost looks as if it was taken in low light but it wasn't. Another successful failure maybe?

I thought the linear aspect of this image would translate well into black and white. There's rather a confusion of small branches behind the trees which detracts from the impact though.

6 comments:

  1. Surely looks successful to me! Love the color! Nicely done.

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  2. I love the blue of the first one, a lovely look and absolutely love the black and white.

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  3. I like the light and tones in the first image. Well done.

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  4. thanks for your lovely comments, always so appreciated. I have been experimenting in this awful grey grey light and took my ISO up to its highest - an unbelievable 6400 (I usually go max 300) and it was amazing, especially in black and white, not too much grain but really nice. Not sure what your max is on your camera but it's going to help with the black/white/grey thing.

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  5. Successful failure, I love that. Both of these look wonderful to me, there's something about the b&w I find captivating. (I wouldn't mind more successful failures myself! :)).

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