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Sometimes you find a scene where the colors are rich and intense. This is where you do minimal editing. I set the white and black point, opened shadows a hair, brought down highlights and added a little contrast. No vibrance or saturation, and no enhancement to any colors. Easy peasy.
The Towpath , Bouzies , Lot , France Built in 1845 , the towpath was used by horses to allow barges or flat-bottomed boats to go up the currents loaded with goods on their return from Bordeaux.
Broad Oak bridge just east of Odiham on the Basingstoke canal. The canal at this point is lined by wonderful Ash and Oak trees. There is wild land for the most part along the banks.
Well staying local again, I visited the canal at dawn and again later at dusk. The sunrise was pretty colourless despite a favourable forecast but the textures were great in the sky and in the reflections in the still waters of the canal.
I took this on a narrow hump back bridge to get a bit of elevation to get a shot down the towpath and show the canal leading off into the distance. The shots later at sunrise were much more colourful.
Along the Stroudwater Canal in Stroud, part of a morning exploring. Loved this mural.
HWW and 10/100
Heading away from Crane's Lock in the Foxton direction
A fish had jumped sending gentle ripples ahead of me
Fourteenth in a series of photos taken during an evening exercise walk this week
(273/365) iPhone5 image taken as I was walking up Blennerville sea canal towards Tralee which is the capital of County Kerry. In 1828 funding was sought for a canal to link the town to the sea at Blennerville. The canal, only about 2 km long, opened in 1846 & ships up to 300 tonnes used to navigate the canal until it silted up & was closed in the 1930s when a deep-water quay was built up the coast at Fenit.
Today the towpath is popular with walkers & bird watchers. You can read about the history of the canal here www.focuskerry.com/james/canal.html Happy Telegraph Tuesday!