OK, as said been busy, even though I managed to get a couple of shots yesterday, I never got the chance to even get them off the card until this afternoon, so, here's day 37, 38 and 39 in one go.
Day 37 - Donegal China Vase
365_37 by
Donnie Canning, on Flickr
This shot was taken with off camera flash using a white reflective umbrella to achieve this short lighting effect. Power was set at about 1/64th and looked ok in camera but on screen was underexposed so needed a slight boost in Lightroom. I additionally reduced the clarity slider all the way down deliberately and tweaked the temperature to give it a cool look.
I'm happy with it other than it's cropped too close at the top, which I could easily fix in photoshop but part of my photo a day is to learn to avoid extra post production work by critiquing it, so next time I hope not to make the same mistake.
Day 38 - Strobist Tools
365_38 by
Donnie Canning, on Flickr
Pretty self explanatory shot of my flashgun and reflective white brolly.
Taken on manual settings and simply upped the f stop until I got a shot where the white wasn't blowing out.
Day 39 - Dummy Onlookers
365_39 by
Donnie Canning, on Flickr
I was in town earlier today and fancied getting the camera out for some street photography.
I spotted these pensioners having a chat outside the local Next shop and it just tickled me the way some of the dummies looked like they were eavesdropping.
It was a snap really and I'm annoyed at chopping off the feet of the two men but again, you live and learn.