I've been away for the last couple of days on a friends stag weekend (he's getting married in October) and this is the first of a number of shots I'll be putting up. We were staying in a converted barn near Ingleton - a village in North Yorkshire - and this shot was taken in the window of the local fireplace shop.
What I like about it is the mismatch between the sign and the products in the shop, but I think this is fairly typical of the small rural villages of Northern England; i.e. they seem to be community oriented in a way that's neither possible nor sought after in larger towns. Anyway, I won't write more now as I'm half asleep (two late nights and copious amounts of beer), my legs hurt (as a consequence of a six mile hike around the local waterfalls), and I've come home to a house full of ill children.
... more tomorrow.
camera capture date aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure bias metering mode ISO focal length image quality white balance cropped?
Canon G5
4.53pm on 10/7/04
f4.0
1/100
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50
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comment byDaniel Olovsson at 07:09 PM (GMT) on 11 July, 2004
I must ask; how do you get the intense colors? A great shot as all the others you have posted but there is something in it I don't like. Perhaps the sign. Don't really know.
comment by djn1 at 12:30 AM (GMT) on 12 July, 2004
Daniel: in this instance the intense colours were the result of two things. First, I used a reasonably strong 'S' curve on this image to darken the shadow areas (this increases the saturation as well as the contrast); and second, I used Fred Miranda's DV Pro 4.0 (DV = Digital Velvia) set to a low/medium setting to mimic the effects of using Velvia film.
What a neat image! The swim club gala.. leaves you thinking. The reflections in the window make the photo. I don't know what Velvia film is so Im off to google it. :-)
I've been away for the last couple of days on a friends stag weekend (he's getting married in October) and this is the first of a number of shots I'll be putting up. We were staying in a converted barn near Ingleton - a village in North Yorkshire - and this shot was taken in the window of the local fireplace shop.
What I like about it is the mismatch between the sign and the products in the shop, but I think this is fairly typical of the small rural villages of Northern England; i.e. they seem to be community oriented in a way that's neither possible nor sought after in larger towns. Anyway, I won't write more now as I'm half asleep (two late nights and copious amounts of beer), my legs hurt (as a consequence of a six mile hike around the local waterfalls), and I've come home to a house full of ill children.
... more tomorrow.
capture date
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
focal length
image quality
white balance
cropped?
4.53pm on 10/7/04
f4.0
1/100
program AE
+0.0
evaluative
50
10.2mm
JPEG
auto
no
I must ask; how do you get the intense colors? A great shot as all the others you have posted but there is something in it I don't like. Perhaps the sign. Don't really know.
Daniel: in this instance the intense colours were the result of two things. First, I used a reasonably strong 'S' curve on this image to darken the shadow areas (this increases the saturation as well as the contrast); and second, I used Fred Miranda's DV Pro 4.0 (DV = Digital Velvia) set to a low/medium setting to mimic the effects of using Velvia film.
What a neat image! The swim club gala.. leaves you thinking. The reflections in the window make the photo. I don't know what Velvia film is so Im off to google it. :-)
Velveta film.. say cheese. :-) Sorry. Couldnt resist.
A swimming club, in Ingleton? What do they do, go swimming in the waterfalls? Now that would make a good photo... ;)