Brewery shot is my fav and love the wire wool something i keep saying i shall give ago... i shall cheat tho and meet up with Matt on one of his nights out lol
Thanks all, yeah the processing on the statue is a bit marmite, it's a style I've seen used by a guy in france that I follow on facebook that I quite like
The castle brewery one is a semi snap in that I knew it'd be a bit of a challenge due to having to crop off the bottom so much, I think I'll get away with it, but know if there was a decent cloud structure behind in the sky then it would be vastly different.
As for the wire wool spinning I definitely need more practice, and a bird feeder, one of the main things I learnt last night with this is that the whisk I was using isn't working well for me.
This is Passage 101 in Bedford's High Street that was recently redone to a design that taps into Bedford’s local newspaper printing history, featuring news print character blocks arranged on panels within the newly-white walls.
What a wonderful catch up I've got to say you've caught some really varied photo's since I last called in and for a first effort at WW that's a cracker
Thanks all for the comments, Im back again with a catchup, even though after this lot Im still behind so an even more concerted effort is required!!!
This one is of the Bedford Faces sculpture in the centre of Bedford Town and is a bit of a love it or hate it in the town lol. This was a bit of a snap to be honest as I wanted to try something that didn't actually work in the end.
Next is "Free Hugs" where there was an organised hour of free hugs for anyone that wanted one, not sure whether to think they were mad or not LOL.
Anyway, a real snap with a little instagram type processing.
Next is a simple shot of a mans shaving brush in a shop here in town that's been in existance on the high street for about 80 years, proper old tobacconists and gentlemans shop.
Next is a simple shot of a plaque commemorating the opening of an ornamental gardens by the queen back in 1953. I just liked the fact it was old and the textures.
This one is an old metal fence on Ampthill Road in Bedford, it's currently fencing in the remains of an old factory that's been demolished and is now having a morrison's built on it. Again, I liked the decaying feel and have processed in Lightroom and added grain too, but on reflection think I've added too much
This one caught my eye as you don't see many of the old style latches anymore and the peeling paint adds to it I feel. converted to mono, cropped a little tighter than in camera, added clarity and a slight vignette.
yeah, the guy on the bike was wondering what I was up to, I'd noticed him as he'd come past and thought he may look back and was lucky enough to catch him.
I was only there as I was waiting on a few of the lads from the local scooter club to come across but they came a different way LOL
A play with Darth and a little model vespa for the scooterists I know
This was done using the threshold tool in PS but to 6 identical images to different degrees then layering them and using masks to get one complete just how I wanted so took ages.
This is a coriander leaf, laid on a torch and using my maximum extension tubes, then a bit of a play in lightroom with contrast, saturation and clarity sliders to get it looking a bit abstract
And finally for now, the inside of a headlight bulb for a Lambretta with the reflection of outside the dining room door in it. I had a play again with the sliders on this one to give it a bit of a HDR look.
I quite enjoyed faffing about with that one for some reason
So, trying to keep up and instead of one done two today, if I can only do that for a few days I'll soon catch up!
First one is a simple one on the dining room table using light from the window and some card to reflect light back into the shadows.
Processed in lightroom by adding contrast and clarity and adjusting the colour temp slightly.
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