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One of my Fave shots so far this year.
The contrast of light was so great that I had to bracket exposures even with my ND grads on. Blended in Photomatix then converted to mono using Topaz B&W Effect2, addition work in Lightroom 5.
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Two views of Cheddar Gorge, Somerset. Both taken while walking down the long windy road back to the cafe and tourist shops.
Looking at both these photos I decided that a mono approach would suit the subject much better. I used my currently preferred Lightroom plugin for B&W, Topaz B&W Effects2. I do have other software that does a similar job but I’m finding Topaz just suits my style better. Some additional dodging and burning done using Adobe Lightroom.
If you like what you see just click on the Topaz link in the sidebar to either try out or purchase a copy for yourselves.
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Kilve Beach, Somerset
A great beach to explore and especially great for fossil hunting. It doesn’t look it but it was really windy that day.
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Cragside
A stunning location now run by the National Trust and well worth visiting. Taken last year during our holiday in Northumberland.
For more info go here http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/cragside/
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Title-‘Wood & Water’
As the Sun continued to rise, the lovely warm colours that I had been lucky enough to capture on this particular morning ( see here) slowly began to disappear, being replaced by a light blue and rather bland sky. Seeing these worn and battered posts I knew that I had to get a couple of shots of them before heading back towards the WW2 Pill Box. Initially not knowing how to frame this mass of wood, a short wander around to the right revealed this simple composition and I knew straight away that this had the potential for a minimalist black and white image. Processing this in Lightroom took next to no time, using the low contrast Black and white preset then tweaking the clarity slider to soften the image a little. I did consider bleaching out the whites, but for me this made the image too stark and it lost some of its feel. I decided that a slight letterbox simplified things even further, getting rid of unnecessary space from both top and bottom.
I reckon this would be nice as a fine art print using matte paper or perhaps as a gallery wrap canvas.
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A simple picture for today, this time using my Holga HL-N lens to take the shot. I think it has taken on a slightly ghostly look. What do you think?
Dave Wares 