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Young snowdrops. They will be blooming very soon. I found them in a small garden by the street in my hometown, where I walk almost every day :)
A furrowed field with a fresh sprinkling of snow
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I thought it would be a good idea to capture one of the last few farms in our neighbourhood before they're all sold to yet another home developer...
Photograph of passing bus taken with the camera sitting on the sidewalk. One man sleeping by window.
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My favorite style of photography to shoot has been long exposures for a bit over a year now. Before leaving for California in the middle of December, I picked up a 10 stop neutral density filter to supplement my filter collection and it arrived in the mail on our way out of town. For me at least, long exposure can be as frustrating as it is fun, particularly when using the ND1000. Wind, glare, misty air, and quickly fading light all factor into the success or failure of a shot and there's always some loss of color and clarity when blocking out so much light.
My most memorable shooting days so far have come at Venice Beach. I love Point Mugu down near Ventura County for long exposures and I'll always have a soft spot for Malibu Pier but the skies and sunsets I got over a series of visits in January and February in Venice proved to be the best. Venice was nearly empty on each visit this past winter, only getting crowded one hazy sunday afternoon and briefly during the first sunset I saw here. That first sunset in late January was arguably the best I've ever seen and the reflections from the colorful, overcast sky worked well for shorter shutter speeds in addition to very long exposure shots since wind was minimal.
This was shot on my second visit to Venice Beach and ended up being the 2nd of 3 great trips here. Haze got heavier in subsequent trips and after a series of lousy skies and conditions, I finally decided to take a break from Venice and wander towards Huntington Beach before returning regularly to Malibu and the surrounding areas. I only encountered a few people on this outing and I'm still a little unsure why beaches in winter are so empty here. I guess if you grew up on the East Coast like I did, 60's and breezy seems perfect. I prefer to shoot away from people (in large part because I never want to disrupt someone's view or experience somewhere) and generally will try to go to these less popular destinations but I never expected to find the major beaches empty as well.
It's cooled off a lot here the last couple weeks which I hope means cloudy, vibrant sunsets will return soon. It hasn't been cloudy at all but at least the haze has started to decrease. The cooler air and breeze are also helping Scotch breathe a little easier at night. He's getting old fast and hasn't had an easy month. Fall and winter can't come soon enough for him or for me.
▪️WHEN & WHERE▪️
Venice Beach
Venice, California
February 23rd, 2016
▪️SETTINGS▪️
Canon T4i
EF-S 18-135mm IS STM
@18mm
f/5
16 seconds
ND1000
CPL
A ruined 16th century tower house near Kilmartin. It was built by reforming churchman John Carswell, who was Rector of Kilmartin, Chancellor of the Chapel Royal at Stirling, and later titular Bishop of the Isles. Although he notionally built the castle for his patron, the Earl of Argyll, Carswell actually intended it as a personal residence. On Carswell's death it passed to his patron. The castle was blown up by Royalist forces in 1685 following the 9th Earl's failed uprising in support of the Monmouth Rebellion against James VII.
Spotted on a walk in the lovely alpine village of Hanmer Springs.
Many and varied flypapers used in processing. A before after and texture recipe is now on the Flypaper blog.
When I go back through a lot of my photos in the archives, there's a few things I look for each time, like photos I may have overlooked, shots I didn't know how to edit or shots I've posted that I always wanted a do-over on. When I figured out how to color correct and fix noise better and practiced editing enough to get the most out of a shot, there suddenly became a large group of shots that I wanted to revisit and see if my current style could fix the issues I disliked or turn a shot I had set aside into something I could share.
This is not uncommon for me since I've only really been learning to shoot manual for 2 or so years and there's still plenty of things I don't know how to do or do correctly which is frustrating. Whether it's a particular type of photography or editing skills I haven't yet figured out or something technical which I probably skipped over or never knew about in the first place.
I took this a year ago and when I shot it, it was one of those perfect type of moments that I still remember quite vividly even now. This was my first Venice sunset, my first chance to shoot reflections, and happened to be one of the very best sunsets I've ever seen in my life. I was there for hours and stayed from well before sundown to well after getting skies that constantly changed color. I spent so much time trying to edit this to reflect what I saw that day because I made a lot of mistakes with settings and technique and had trouble getting the color corrected. I also didn't have any color noise software and in my attempts to get rid of the problems, it often led to really saturated and high contrast images that had lost a lot of the detail along the way. The photo was well received on here and I was so happy with it when I posted it and for months after, it was really was one of my very favorite shots. However, as my editing skills improved, I began to like it less and less and so a year later, I gave it another chance from scratch and this was the result. It still might not be perfect, but it's a much more accurate representation and I'm much happier with it.
This day was extremely memorable, as I mentioned. The sky was colorful and overcast all afternoon and I was there long enough to shoot just about every type of photography I could think of--long exposures, faster shutter speeds, silhouettes, reflections, panoramas, night photos and of course an amazing sunset. I had been in California about a month and had mostly hovered around Malibu and the large views from the scenic overlooks up and down Mulholland Drive. I don't remember what made me come here that afternoon, but it led to Venice becoming my most photographed and default location in California.
LOCATION
Venice Beach
Venice, California
January 27th, 2016
SETTINGS
18mm
ISO 100
f/4.5
1/160th second
CPL