Sunday, 11 February 2007

Sentinels...


These trees were taken on my walk the other day, they all seem to be pointing towards the sun, clever this nature business isn't it! Not been feeling too good recently hence a lack of new material, hopefully I should start perking up soon and can go out to shoot some new photos.

Saturday, 10 February 2007

The Church...


This shot is of a Church in Durham city centr, I took the photo as the sun was going down hence the vivid light on the left hand-side of the spire as we look. I've made the sky a little bluer but aside from that there's little editing. I'm running out of good photos to post at the mo 'cos the weather is so miserable (football was cancelled this morning, waterlogged pitch). Hopefully it'll either snow properly or get better soon and I can post some interesting photos!

Friday, 9 February 2007

Wander...


This is one of the shots from my random walk the other day. I've brought the greens out a bit and levelled is a bit but not much Photoshop here... Football will probably be cancelled again this weekend so I can sense another wander coming on.

Wednesday, 7 February 2007

First Snow...


As our ever-so-reliable weathermen predicted, Durham got it's first dusting of snow today. Admittedly it was only a little bit overnight but it stuck around long enough for me to get a few shots, I'm quite happy with the results since it's my first time using my tripod. I took this on a little detour back from my only lecture today (Internation Economics - argh) and also went on a walk through the countryside in the late afternoon since football practice was cancelled. I've took some photos from that walk too but they haven't turned out particularly well due to rubbish lighting conditions. I may put one or two up at a latter date but at the moment I think this is the best of the bunch... hope you like it.

Tuesday, 6 February 2007

First Attempt...



This is my first real attempt at doing anything in Photoshop and I'm quite happy with the result. I know that I had a comment from a visitor saying that they didn't like vivid colour against black and white but I quite like it in this case, I think it really emphasises the beauty and makes what would be an average photo in colour look quite spectacular. Not sure how this little fella will do over the next few days, it's forecast to snow here! Hopefully if it does I'll get some pretty awesome shots; I look forward to sharing them with you.

Monday, 5 February 2007

A Night Fit For A Werewolf...


Hey, this is my first night sky shot. You can see that the underside of the clouds have a red/orange tint to them whilst the top side has a more of a silver glow, this is because I took this photo above the science site at my university and the orange glow came from the lights on site. I've dimmed the moon slightly but aside from that there's no further editing. O yeh, I've acquired two tools in one day to help my photography. Firstly, I got myself a copy of Photoshop so let me know of any tips you may have to help me improve my photos. And also, my friend on my corridor gave me a mini-tripod. Apparently it had been in the PA comm. cupboard for months and nobody claimed it so he gave it to me since I told him about my developing hobby in photography! What a guy!

Sunday, 4 February 2007

Alleyway...


This photo is of an alleyway down the side of a house, I think the rust colour really contrasts against the colours around it. I've experimented with focal softening again, hopefully I haven't overdone it, it's good that Picasa keeps a backup of the original!