Sunday, January 06, 2008

We took baba to the park today. The weather seems to have turned properly wintry at last with low temperatures and clear skies and since we were out and about and wrapped up anyway it seemed the thing to do.

I'm always keen to get out into my local park, something tells me there are good photos there just waiting for me to get enough skill and confidence to take them. Maybe next time...

In the meantime, I took this of some swings which had been abandoned until warmer weather brought the kids back.

 

The adjustment to grayscale was performed using Lightroom and a couple of minor tweaks were made to exposure and the curves stuff to try and make it a bit more dramatic.

 

Interestingly, by the time we'd finished our walk, summer must have arrived as there were a few kids about and the swings looked a lot less forlorn.

 

Oh, and for those that'll ask - Web Woes? Still ongoing. Defeated by the lack of a working KVM switch. I'm ordering one now.

Post Date: Sunday, January 06, 2008 4:29:58 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008 6:55:37 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
I'll be honest and say I don't like it. I reckon you have some nicer pictures on your blog.

I think that it felt 'cluttered' when I first saw it. The main 'focus' or subject seems indistinct against a busy backdrop. Both swing seats are 'crossed' by poles in a confusion of not-quite verticals when combined with the fence in the background. The black and white effect gives the image a clinical coldness (which I suppose is what you were going for) but nothing in the picture makes me think of winter. OK, now that I look more closely I can see that the trees have no leaves, but given the name and the black and white effect I'd expected to see snow on the seats or something.

So I suppose the problem is really with my expectations and my inability to properly discern subjects in photos. There’s no pleasing some folks!

Geoff
Wednesday, January 09, 2008 7:46:39 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
You raise a lot of good points Geoff. I'm probably more emotionally attached to this image because of how I went about it rather than from an artistic view point. Also, I just noticed the page isn't rendered quite right and the name bit just says "Winter" when it should say "Winter Swings" - I blame my lack of understanding about these things.

Looking at your comments, you're probably right - the image isn't great.

I've said it many times. I like to get feedback, both good and bad. It's important that I feel I'm learning with this stuff. If you see something you like, tell me. If you see something you don't, tell me. But most importantly, tell me why!

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