When I first looked at the fireworks photos I took from the King's birthday celebration back in December, I mostly remembered having fun taking the photos (except for Nalin's nut allergy reaction) and being disappointed in how the photos turned out. Going in, I knew the photos might not turn out well, as I was going to play around with using the bulb mode.
In bulb mode, you manually control how long the shutter is open my holding down the shutter release. I would press the shutter button when I saw the firework start to explode, and then kind of estimate how long I should keep it open. Fortunately, the viewer on the camera gave me good immediate feedback.
The problem with the photos as I saw them was the smoke. There was so much smoke in the photos. There was a colored smoky cloud in so many of the shots.
When I looked at the shots again, I took the Lightroom paint brush and darkened the fireworks area. After I did this, I was a lot happier with the shots.
Showing posts with label Night photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Night photography. Show all posts
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Canyon X Photos Revisited
I've started to play around again with some of my photos from the summer. Some are photos that I had already shared, but processed a little differently, while others are photos that I had not yet processed.
Part of the reason for this is that often when I look in a folder, I'll see the photos differently than the times before. I'll see a photo and think, "I like that one, why haven't I done anything with it" or "it would look better if I ..."
I look back at a lot of the HDR images that I made of some photos and while I think they look "nice", the color is often oversaturated.
With this photo, the colors, while vibrant, are less saturated than others. I also tried to bring out contrast in the layers of rock. I really like this one. Hopefully you do too.
Part of the reason for this is that often when I look in a folder, I'll see the photos differently than the times before. I'll see a photo and think, "I like that one, why haven't I done anything with it" or "it would look better if I ..."
I look back at a lot of the HDR images that I made of some photos and while I think they look "nice", the color is often oversaturated.
With this photo, the colors, while vibrant, are less saturated than others. I also tried to bring out contrast in the layers of rock. I really like this one. Hopefully you do too.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Inspired
A few days ago I was looking at some older photos. I have so many that I'm looking through and uploading to Flickr. I enjoy it, but sometimes it seems like I have way too many.
In any case, I found a photo that I had forgotten about that I took from the back of a tuk tuk. I converted it to black and white. I found that I really liked it. So last night I took my camera out and hit Sukhumvit. I had a cab drop me off at Sukhumvit Soi 1, and walked up to Soi 30. A soi is the name for a side street.
My plan was for the photos to be black and white, and I didn't use any flash. That meant that I had to use a high iso (1600 and 3200), which makes for more noise in the photos. I didn't care because I wanted a bit of a gritty look.
i took about 130 photos. As I was riding home, I didn't have a great feeling about what I'd captured. I'm not always comfortable taking candids of people on the street, but I did do some of that.
When I loaded the shots onto my PC and converted them to black and white, I was really pleased. I found quite a few that captured the mood that I was looking for. The photo with this post was one of my favorite.
In any case, I found a photo that I had forgotten about that I took from the back of a tuk tuk. I converted it to black and white. I found that I really liked it. So last night I took my camera out and hit Sukhumvit. I had a cab drop me off at Sukhumvit Soi 1, and walked up to Soi 30. A soi is the name for a side street.
My plan was for the photos to be black and white, and I didn't use any flash. That meant that I had to use a high iso (1600 and 3200), which makes for more noise in the photos. I didn't care because I wanted a bit of a gritty look.
i took about 130 photos. As I was riding home, I didn't have a great feeling about what I'd captured. I'm not always comfortable taking candids of people on the street, but I did do some of that.
When I loaded the shots onto my PC and converted them to black and white, I was really pleased. I found quite a few that captured the mood that I was looking for. The photo with this post was one of my favorite.
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