...It's That Farm Again, viewed across the fields from our garden in the misty weather we've had for the last couple of days.
BoB for sure.
And here we are at the end of another year: on 1 January 2019 I wrote in my profile, "I still haven't decided if I want to do a sixth year but whilst I'm making my mind up, I'll carry on posting...". Well I never did make my mind up but I kept on posting! And now, in principal at least, year 7 starts tomorrow... Hmmm - we'll see!
I hope you stay but understand it might be something you just don't want. You can always just post when you have something you like. Many of the people I follow post sporadically. Like our good friend @jborrases.
@joansmor It's 365 and the need to post that make me pick up a camera every day and without that stimulation photography would take a back seat in my life. I don't really want that but I'm so out of inspiration, I really don't know what to photograph any more... so 365 becomes a chore instead of a pleasure. Most 365ers will have been there and we all have to work it out in our own way... thanks for your encouragement.
Such a wonderful neighbor to have. You've captured such a gentle softness. I hope you continue to grace this community for many a moons to come. Hope you and Mrs. S. have an exceptional New Years.
Your comment made me realize that tomorrow starts my Year 8. Where the time went, it's hard to imagine, and how quickly. For what it's worth, I also find that 365 is what gets me out with my camera, even if not daily anymore. And it's nice that I feel no obligation for a daily post taken from that day. I've found I like working with clusters of photos from whatever happens to have come up (like the amaryllises at the moment, or a trip, or a walk. I do hope you carry on as well. I enjoy your compositions and learn from your b&w work.
Happy New Year! I really like your project and I hope you stay with us. I am here only two years but I can see how my approach to photography has changed. Actually, I always have the camera with me and I seize the opportunity. Your works are very inspiring to me.
I know what you mean about times when 365 can become a chore, but I find that it challenges me to look more thoughtfully at the world around me. That is a wonderful gift from 365 - that and seeing the work of many inspiring photographers on here.
I've just clicked the follow button for your project, but I'm sure that I had already done so some time back!?
It would be good if you decided to continue to post your images, even if only now and then. Happy and Healthy New Year to you and Mrs S.
@runner365 If it helps Claes, I'll explain my thinking. As shot, the foreground took up over a third of the image and being much closer to the camera - and thus out of the mist - it was very dark but with lots of light foliage detail. I couldn't tip the camera up any further without running the risk of having converging verticals in the farm buildings, so a crop was in order.
I hesitated between a 'letterbox' crop and the one you see here. In the end I went with this one as I wanted the weight of the largely featureless negative space to reinforce the effects of the mist. The final step was to lighten the remaining foreground and blur out some of the otherwise eye-catching detail... voilà!
Ironically, it probably took longer to type this explanation than it did to do the edit!
@vignouse Thanks a lot Richard. I learned a lot from that explanation - especially about how to handle converging verticals in the future. Something that have annoyed me for some time now.
When it comes to the cropping itself I have a tendency to go for "keep this format" and sometimes you just need a push in order to remember to 'break out of the box'
Thanks!
I know what you mean about times when 365 can become a chore, but I find that it challenges me to look more thoughtfully at the world around me. That is a wonderful gift from 365 - that and seeing the work of many inspiring photographers on here.
Happy New Year!
Ian
It would be good if you decided to continue to post your images, even if only now and then. Happy and Healthy New Year to you and Mrs S.
What the picture concern, I love the subtle grayscaling. And I realise that I'm to conventional in my cropping.
I hesitated between a 'letterbox' crop and the one you see here. In the end I went with this one as I wanted the weight of the largely featureless negative space to reinforce the effects of the mist. The final step was to lighten the remaining foreground and blur out some of the otherwise eye-catching detail... voilà!
Ironically, it probably took longer to type this explanation than it did to do the edit!
When it comes to the cropping itself I have a tendency to go for "keep this format" and sometimes you just need a push in order to remember to 'break out of the box'
Thanks!