52.23 Inspiration

52.23 Inspiration - Taid. Well I thought immediately of who/what has given me inspiration in the past and also was trying to think of having inspiration to try something new. So, I thought why not combine the two?? I had a shot of my Taid (welsh grandfather) who sadly passed away last year, that I took on his 80th birthday. He was the loveliest man I've ever known and always inspired me to be a kinder and better man. He still does.

 

So, trying something new. I had vague recollections of seeing some shots of San Francisco of a photographer's work shot through a view finder of his fathers old large format camera. Well, I have a 1950's box brownie on the bookcase so thought I'd give it a go! It was a very heavy crop from a shot using the nifty fifty. Something like a 75-300 macro would probably have helped. That said, I think having to enlarge the image to be 800 pixels has helped with the effect that I was looking for. It's probably not everyone's cup of tea, but it's one of the biggest inspirations in my life combined with inspiration to experiment with new effects and that's what I love about doing My 52! 52.23 Inspiration - Taid.

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