09-19-2023, 09:09 AM
Oh, nice one, Don.
I hope you brought more like this back from last week’s trip. A lot of nice details and colors in that composition.
Good luck with your presentation to your photo club. I get nervous when I have to do things like that.
My photo club’s meeting is this Thursday evening. Here is one of six photos that I will bring for SHOW AND TELL on Thursday.
This is on the Detroit River.
I think this boat does practice exercises several times a week, if not every day on the Detroit River. Last year we were lucky enough to see this exciting demonstration when our club took a photo field trip along the Detroit River Walk.
I was reading a recent publication of Amateur Photography magazine and there was a good article on B&W photography. There were two tips that think will stick with me when it comes to selecting subjects, photos, etc., for black and white and also for post-processing.
1) If you are going to take a photo in B&W of a landscape or seascape, make sure your sky has clouds in it. A blue sky does NOTHING for a black-and-white photo's composition. I got lucky in this shot since those were the real clouds in the sky that day. It certainly does add a new dynamic to this composition, I feel.
TIP #2) When processing your B&W photo and adjusting the contrast, highlights and shadows, etc., turn the photo upside down in your software to examine those details and not be distracted by the subject. I think that is a great idea.
I hope you brought more like this back from last week’s trip. A lot of nice details and colors in that composition.
Good luck with your presentation to your photo club. I get nervous when I have to do things like that.
My photo club’s meeting is this Thursday evening. Here is one of six photos that I will bring for SHOW AND TELL on Thursday.
This is on the Detroit River.
I think this boat does practice exercises several times a week, if not every day on the Detroit River. Last year we were lucky enough to see this exciting demonstration when our club took a photo field trip along the Detroit River Walk.
I was reading a recent publication of Amateur Photography magazine and there was a good article on B&W photography. There were two tips that think will stick with me when it comes to selecting subjects, photos, etc., for black and white and also for post-processing.
1) If you are going to take a photo in B&W of a landscape or seascape, make sure your sky has clouds in it. A blue sky does NOTHING for a black-and-white photo's composition. I got lucky in this shot since those were the real clouds in the sky that day. It certainly does add a new dynamic to this composition, I feel.
TIP #2) When processing your B&W photo and adjusting the contrast, highlights and shadows, etc., turn the photo upside down in your software to examine those details and not be distracted by the subject. I think that is a great idea.