Trying a new thing. On reflection I think it would be better without the frame. Too much contrast on the least important thing.
Works better in a stick frame.
Graduation
Henry Moore Garden #3
RPS trip to HMG trying to encourage people to shoot more freely and to learn form the results, leaning into accident, and so on.
Seizing the opportunity, but also fiddling with the Fuji partial-colour feature.
Reclining figure. This kid just tumbled into shot and posed. Thanks kid.
“Miniature” filter.
An image taken for an abandoned multiple exposure.
NatRam near Alfriston
Near Firle
2024 Paris
A week in Paris doing The Usual, checkbox fashion. As usual I have the most fun with the worst camera. I need to work out what’s going on there…. Click for bigger images.
Bits of the Pompidou Centre…
850nm IR in various places…
Curiosities…
A couple of colour ones…
… and a reminder of what it’s like in Paris doing the sites, in summer, just prior to the Olympics.
Snetterton - Bennetts British Superbike Championship
Had a go at panning for speed, among other things. Click for full size.
Self-Portrait in Goddamn Fine Ankle-Length DPM-Print Kilt
Velvia Oddness
This is out-of-camera (minor sharpening) but with the Fuji Velvia film sim. I'm struck by what a pronounced UV effect seems to have happened when ordinarily this sim is broadly just saturation (broadly). The leaves are naturally that faintly blue-tinged but fuzzy colour of lavender leaves.
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Strawberry Fair
WHIPLASH!
Even Moore
I can see myself becoming quite addicted to making these.
Henry Moore Panel 2
Returned to the Henry Moore Garden with a plan. Of sorts. Take documentary-like images of whole sculptures, large partial-forms and textures, then create a panel with a coherent composition. I’m satisfied with this. It works well to composite everything, then find a high-contrast black-and-white treatment, and bi-colour-process that with bronze-like user-defined colours.
For the record:
Large-form in photoshop layer.
Texture in another layer.
Change blend mode to overlay, though sometimes something else.
Adjust both layers’ levels to taste.
Flatten or export, then black-and-white process with an appropriate filter for dynamic range.
Nik ColorEfex user-defined bi-colour process with colours picked from the original bronzes.
Print-to-file in lightroom as panel.
Bleach Day
Experimenting with the X100VI. I do like the close-up stuff. The bokeh is great.
Charcoal
HMF2
Revisited the Henry Moores and took lots of raw material pictures for future projects. But also these.
Lifeguard
Had a day’s work cancelled. Already had the train ticket. Beach.
Clacton | Gallery
Blew the highlights, lost the shadows, embraced the noise, welcomed the vignette. Who needs judge approval…?
Stars
Open PDI - 25th April 2024
UPDATE August 2024
My image Fatal was shortlisted for Amateur Photographer of the Year!
Judge: Sarah Kelman
Fatal | 20/20 | 3rd
Wheeee! | 17/20
Bangor Pier | 16/20
Henry Moore Foundation
First time at the Henry Moore Garden. Trying to think in terms of multi-exposure and panel-creation. Fairly happy here. Each is a monochrome 850nm infra-red filtered image of large forms, bi-coloured in post, with a full-colour image of surface detailing blended (‘overlay’) over the top.
