Creative Photography

[rjsterry]

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The delicacy of this is really quite special.

 

[briantrumpet]

The delicacy of this is really quite special.

It's a WoW special.

 

[Ian H]

Evening clouds.

 

[Way-Out-West]

The delicacy of this is really quite special.

Wow, cheers! I tried with a few different 50mm lenses and a few different angles. This was taken with an old Yashica lens which in certain situations gives a swirl to the background. Plenty of failures too.
Left it with a low contrast look.

 

[Way-Out-West]

I thought about waiting around for some sunset colour. Glad I didn’t as it just went grey.

 

[briantrumpet]

It went all grey in Exeter too later this afternoon, but got a bare-arm-y ride to lessons in the sun, and there was some nice signs of spring really burgeoning. I do like a bit of burgeoning.

It's not in the WoW soft focus league, and all a bit clinical, though the last one would have been a good subject for something more artistic.

 

[Way-Out-West]

I think they are all good strong subjects, sharp, soft or in between. I’ve not come across any cherry blossoms yet or magnolias for that matter. Considering the compression (184Kb), the catkin shot has come out particularly well.

 

[briantrumpet]

I think they are all good strong subjects, sharp, soft or in between. I’ve not come across any cherry blossoms yet or magnolias for that matter. Considering the compression (184Kb), the catkin shot has come out particularly well.

Thanks. Yes, that was my favourite. Always a bit of a lottery when i haven't got my glasses on and the subject is dancing gently in the breeze.

 

[rjsterry]

I thought about waiting around for some sunset colour. Glad I didn’t as it just went grey.
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Ooh, is that the place that they built just to get minerals out. There was a documentary about it on iPlayer a while back, I think.

 

[Way-Out-West]

Ooh, is that the place that they built just to get minerals out. There was a documentary about it on iPlayer a while back, I think.

Porthgain harbour.
Slate (I thought) although the historic photograph says ‘brickworks and crushing plant’ but also mentions slate.
Given the size and depth of the harbour, getting those ships in and out must have been interesting.
A bit quieter now, although it can get a bit hectic having become a mecca for tourists in summer.

 

[figbat]

Wow, cheers! I tried with a few different 50mm lenses and a few different angles. This was taken with an old Yashica lens which in certain situations gives a swirl to the background. Plenty of failures too.
Left it with a low contrast look.

I think it is the lens’s imperfections that make the image, along with a great focal point and framing.

Sometimes lens performance ‘problems’ can (accidentally or intentionally) make a picture. Lens flare, structured bokeh, chromatic aberration, distortion etc.

 

[briantrumpet]

Porthgain harbour.
Slate (I thought) although the historic photograph says ‘brickworks and crushing plant’ but also mentions slate.
Given the size and depth of the harbour, getting those ships in and out must have been interesting.
A bit quieter now, although it can get a bit hectic having become a mecca for tourists in summer.

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Ah, I thought it looked familiar - I went there six years ago with my mum, and have a friend who used to live in a house just up from the harbour. Nice spot.

 

[rualexander]

 

[Way-Out-West]

I think it is the lens’s imperfections that make the image, along with a great focal point and framing.

Sometimes lens performance ‘problems’ can (accidentally or intentionally) make a picture. Lens flare, structured bokeh, chromatic aberration, distortion etc.

Yes, over time I’ve collected probably a few too many (50mm and 135mm prime lenses mostly), but like you say each has their own unique quirks, halation being another to add to the list. Usually these quirks are confined to wide open aperture shots. I do enjoy messing around with them though.

 

[Way-Out-West]

Ah, I thought it looked familiar - I went there six years ago with my mum, and have a friend who used to live in a house just up from the harbour. Nice spot.

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Ha, that could've been taken yesterday. Even the same boats.