... the farm just across the field at the bottom of our garden, pictured here in that haunting light quality that you get just before the heavens open. This is SOOC.
Best viewed on black, as this whole series is likely to be!
(You can find an explanation of OCOLOY in my yesterday's post and in my profile.)
@frankhymus Yes Frank. it's sooc. This was taken with an in-camera simulated yellow filter (didn't think to try a red one - it would have made the sky even more dramatic); highlight detail boosted by 2 stops; shadow detail boosted by one stop and increased in-camera sharpening. These are my standard settings for B&W JPEGs with this camera.
very atmospheric... love the creamy greys... but my, aren't you the masochist! i don't think i could restrict myself for a month, let alone a year! (although, i am told that camera is "da bomb" so maybe for that reason alone it would be worth trying)... enjoy!!!!
@pasttheirprime Oh, yes - I had a fight with myself about that! Had I been editing, I would have cropped this as a panorama... but I'm not, so I couldn't! The only way to have got more sky and less grass (actually winter wheat) would have been to tilt the camera up but then the perspective went to hell. Had I been editing, I could have dealt with that but....
I'm expecting to get much smarter at noticing these things in the viewfinder and finding in-camera workarounds... which is the whole point of the project of course. Your comments are helpful Kev, keep'em coming.
I've been following you for quite some time now, and finally got brave enough to start posting my own photo's. I love your work. Thanks for the inspiration!
@vignouse You're absolutely right when it comes to perspective of course. You've aso described the reason why I couldnt do what youre doing - I just wouldnt be able to keep my mits from the Develop Module in Lightroom!
@sstcowan Shari, what a wonderful message you've sent me... I shall be smiling to myself for the rest of the day! You'll get lots of inspiration on here and, as a bonus, it's the nicest place on the Internet.
@pasttheirprime I've cut myself off from temptation - I'm uploading from the memory card directly into my project folder and then viewing the images in Windows Photo Viewer. It is going to be a long year!
reading your comments to Frank, I realize I have a lot to learn about my camera!
I'm expecting to get much smarter at noticing these things in the viewfinder and finding in-camera workarounds... which is the whole point of the project of course. Your comments are helpful Kev, keep'em coming.