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This weeks theme for the 52 week project is Abstract. Being inspired by Mother Nature and the cold and wet windy day she gave us today, I ventured in the garden and got wet, but very pleased with the results
Week 23, Abstract #1 by scilly puffin, on Flickr
Week 23, Abstract #2 by scilly puffin, on Flickr
Week23, Abstract #3 by scilly puffin, on Flickr
Week 23, Abstract #4 by scilly puffin, on Flickr
Number 1:
This is a handful of drinking straws, stuffed inside a tissue roll tube, took 6 pictures altering the camera position very slightly on some pics.
Lens was sigma 70-300 apo + a close up lens, giving quite high magnification
I then stacked these in a programme called Starstax . The stacked image was opened in elements 10, where I increased the contrast and saturation and a sharpen.
Number 2:
This was 9 pictures of rain water on my patio table, which has black glass making the patterns stand out quite well, again I stacked these images to give the different patterns, upped the contrast again and did a black and white conversion using the infra red preset in elements 10 which made things stand out quite well, I then used the adjust colour option and decreased the red channel and got this colour, plus a sharpen Lens was 18-55 with close up lens
Number 3:
This is the brass handle on my patio door, raw file opened and blacks pushed to around the 60 mark I think, pushed the fill light a little as well, then opened in elements 10 and saturation pushed a little and a sharpen too. 18-55 with close up lens
Number 4:
This is the pole for my clothes line! I was looking at rain drops and saw this one and manged a couple of shots before it dripped away! Pushed blacks a little on the raw file, converted to b+w in elements 10 and I used adjust colour and added blue, which I am really liking at the moment.
Hope have explained that clearly enough, if not let me know
Really pleased with this set of pictures and I feel a much stronger interpretation of the theme than in last years project
Week 23, Abstract #1 by scilly puffin, on Flickr
Week 23, Abstract #2 by scilly puffin, on Flickr
Week23, Abstract #3 by scilly puffin, on Flickr
Week 23, Abstract #4 by scilly puffin, on Flickr
Number 1:
This is a handful of drinking straws, stuffed inside a tissue roll tube, took 6 pictures altering the camera position very slightly on some pics.
Lens was sigma 70-300 apo + a close up lens, giving quite high magnification
I then stacked these in a programme called Starstax . The stacked image was opened in elements 10, where I increased the contrast and saturation and a sharpen.
Number 2:
This was 9 pictures of rain water on my patio table, which has black glass making the patterns stand out quite well, again I stacked these images to give the different patterns, upped the contrast again and did a black and white conversion using the infra red preset in elements 10 which made things stand out quite well, I then used the adjust colour option and decreased the red channel and got this colour, plus a sharpen Lens was 18-55 with close up lens
Number 3:
This is the brass handle on my patio door, raw file opened and blacks pushed to around the 60 mark I think, pushed the fill light a little as well, then opened in elements 10 and saturation pushed a little and a sharpen too. 18-55 with close up lens
Number 4:
This is the pole for my clothes line! I was looking at rain drops and saw this one and manged a couple of shots before it dripped away! Pushed blacks a little on the raw file, converted to b+w in elements 10 and I used adjust colour and added blue, which I am really liking at the moment.
Hope have explained that clearly enough, if not let me know
Really pleased with this set of pictures and I feel a much stronger interpretation of the theme than in last years project
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