For this week, the challenge is Mood. I went with an interpretation of the weather, which has been tough this month, and we are forecasted for another named storm to blow through this weekend. It’s been a windy month in the neighbourhood:
Long Exposure with Luminar
This photo was shot as a long exposure and then had the Luminar Look, Camden Fade added to it. Feel free to leave a comment below.
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One thing I love about rain is its ability to change the mood of a photo, adding interest almost immediately.
ISO 500 50mm f/5.6 1/80
I saw this scene and felt that the little bit of yellow would make an interesting contrast to the other earthier tones in the photograph. The yellow also lit up the raindrops a bit, helping to highlight them even though they were tiny.
To get this final result, I used exposure bracketing while shooting. I then combined the three images, identical except for their exposure values, and combined them into an HDR version of the photo. That might seem like a lot of effort for one photo but it really brought out the detail in the raindrops and the richness of tone that was available in the yellow.
Have you ever taken extra steps in processing what looks like an ordinary photo to uncover additional beauty? I like the stillness and moody tone of this image, what do you think? To me, the mood is almost more important here than the subject matter. A version of it has also been added to my Picfair portfolio. Feel free to leave a comment below.
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It’s late winter here, what to me is the hardest time of year. I had an unexpected day off in the form of a snow day this past week. I was up early as usual, but didn’t have to stick with my usual schedule. I took advantage of this change by taking photos of the storm that was blowing outside:
ISO 800 50mm f/7.1 1/100
This week’s photo challenge is to choose a photo that reflects your state of mind, and I chose this one. It’s pretty dark here, but what drew me to create this image was the light, the almost ethereal glow of early morning in a snowstorm. This photo is actually an HDR image, One of the original exposures is just below. I used HDR to bring out the definition of the house and the trees. I also think it helped the photo glow a bit more. That to me, is the strength of HDR, you really can bring out a lot by using even just three exposures and combining them into one image.
ISO 800 50mm f/7.1 1/100
It’s not all doom and gloom here, it’s just the start of Spring, so this day was followed by a very warm and sunny day, but for me, this was the image that reflected the mood of the week.
How are things where you are, is the weather turbulent there as well? What do you think of my edit? are you a fan of HDR, or not so much? Feel free to leave a comment below.
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