Focal colour on buildings opposite Louvre
downtown Paris 2002 Olympus OM-3. Sigma 21mm. Fuji 200 film
Taken with a Minolta 5xi on Agfa film One of the dozen or so cats living in the apartment my friend and I stayed in. Lucky I adore cats!
Taken with a Minolta 5xi on Fuji film
From a magical winter afternoon on the Isle of Capri near Naples, Italy. It was our last day in the area, and we only had a few hours on Capri. When we reached the summit to see Villa Jovis, home to the ancient Roman Emperors, it was closed, but through the kindness of a local, we got in anyway. / This view must be why emperors of ancient Roma built palaces here, and I know it’s why this will not be the last time I see Capri.
Galeries Lafayette,40, boulevard Haussmann,Paris,France sold / 20×16” matted framed print / 13- 10×8”matted prints / clients – federation square The city of lights,Paris is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, with over 30 million visitors per year. La Madeleine / Arc de Triomphe / / Joelle / / Galeries Lafayette /
European Red Squirrel
The Colosseum in Rome, Italy during a sunrise.
Taken on a very rare snowy morning in Bristol on my way to work. / Its the first time I have shot in the snow and the first time I have used my new tripod, so I was able to get nice slow speeds with a tight aperture. / A little work in PS to correct the colour and sharpen etc. Taken with a Nikon D70 and a CPL.
Looking down on Paris from the Eiffel Tower. Taken a few years back on our awesome European vacation. :)
View at the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia / National Heritage Site /
Featured in Unwanted, Abandoned and Saved Through Preservation August 8, 2009. / Featured in Dimensions May 17, 2009. / Featured in Digital Brushstrokes May 15, 2009. / Featured in The Compact Group May 15, 2009. Best Viewed Large One of the most striking aspects of Venice, Italy, apart from the glorious cathedrals, famous bridges and other magnificent and historic structures … are the intriguing dwellings lining the canals. The romance and mystery reach out and grab the imagination by the heart … some of us leave our hearts there … hoping someday to return!! Image taken in July of 2005 with the hand held Olympus C-5000 zoom point and shoot. Post processing included some Photoshop tinkering and a trip to Photomatix for hdr with a single image, eval +/- 2. I subsequently put the image into Corel Paint 11 for some brushstroke work on the flowers.
London 2009, Capital city of England ! View from the Tower Bridge !
Shot in the little village of Tropea, Italy Nikon d70 with with Nikkor AF-S DX 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
We spent a weeks holiday in this area, and the weather was pretty poor most days, I had a hard time pulling anything good out of my Canon 40D !! / However, on the last morning, I woke early to a glimmer of light, and planned to shoot the early morning light falling on the Summer Isle. Of course, that didn’t work out, so feeling despondant, drove around the corner to turn around. / Glad I did, for less than five minutes, the light played ball ! / I knew I couldn’t shoot for a conventional shot, far too much contrast with those sunbeams, so I settled for a three – shot , hand-held, HDR image. There wasn’t time to set up the tripod, but I didn’t need it, since great depth of field was not required on this occasion. Luckily I had my IS ( image stabilisation ) lens already fitted ! The light rapidly disappeared under a big blanket of cloud, which remained with us in the North West for over a WEEK !! / It was however, a magical moment, filled with adrenaline ! Shot on my Canon EOS 40D, Canon 17-85mm f4.0-5.6 IS USM lens set at 79mm, 0EV, -2EV, +2EV, RAW, iso 100, cloudy wb, then processed in Photomatix, and further enhanced in Adobe Photoshop CS3, where I had to do some more selective Tone Mapping, in particular the moorland, where I wanted a little ‘pool’ of light. I also helped along the sunbeams with a subtle use of ‘dodging and burning’. / LAB colour was also employed, gently. The ‘warm up ’ photo filter was also used in Layers, and eradicated from areas not required by using Layer masks and painted out. / The result was what I had in my mind when I saw the scene, and could not be described as a true record of the scene before me. / This is the Digital Age, let us enjoy it, and use it to advantage !! FEATURED IN / http://www.redbubble.com/landscape-photography / AND / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/europe-united / AND / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/the-women-photographer / AND / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/rebel-group / AND / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/northern-landscape / AND / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/style-class-elegance / AND / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/dimensions THIS IMAGE IS ON THE FRONT COVER OF MY ” NORTHERN LIGHT ” CALENDAR 2010…... How this image appears on black laminate…. SEE MORE OF MY ” SCOTTISH HIGHLAND IMAGES HERE…..
The beautiful Isle of Skye. / Typical Scottish Highland weather, bursts of sunlight, lasting for three minutes if you are lucky, between heavy showers that soak you to the skin, lasting around five hours. Or more. LOL ! / You don’t have to be mad to live here, but it helps, as the saying goes ! A magic place all the same ! / Have you ever tried to set up a tripod where the heather and bog myrtle grow in abundance, teetering on the brink of a raging burn? (Burn = river) It ain’t easy ! / It causes you endless grief, for one thing, the blasted tripod wobbles around, and it disturbs those dear wee midges, which bite you to the brink of insanity, then you have a wee puppy craving attention threatening to knock the tripod/camera/you into the burn, and I can’t swim either. / Combined with Family members watching your attempts and laughing then getting bored, it is a small wonder that any images get produced at all. Professional ?? Ha Ha Ha Ha !! / Hysterical laughter ! Shot on my CANON EOS 40D, mounted, sort of, on my tripod, polarising filter, f22, 1/4 sec, 17-85mm IS Canon lens, at 22mm, iso100, auto wb, three shot RAW files processed in Photomatix, then fiddled around with in PS CS3, with some more selective tone mapping applied. LAB colour to finish. / Slight vignette. FEATURED IN / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/unlimited-quality / AND / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/streams-brooks-creeks FEATURED MEMBER OF http://www.redbubble.com/groups/northern-landscape THIS IMAGE APPEARS ON MY CALENDAR… SEE THIS IMAGE FRAMED HERE AND MORE IMAGES FROM THE ISLE OF SKYE…
Amsterdam in Autumn, October 2009 / Nikon D300 / Tamron 10-24mm, handheld on rail / HDR (-2,-1,0) in Photomatix Pro3.2 / PP in PS CS3
Well, it rains more often than not on Skye, so a chance to use a photographic opportunity ! A few breaks in the cloud, the weak sun spotlighting the Landcsape…......click, shot in the bag ! / I love the thunder of water that echoes around me when I capture a shot like this, it raises my adrenaline level, and I confess to getting “high” !! / A late evening shot. A three shot HDR, RAW files, taken on my CanonEOS40D, mounted on tripod, f23, iso100, auto wb, polariser fitted to help blur the water a little more, (a ND would have done a lot more!), then processed in Photomatix, titivated up in Adobe CS3. Further enhancement, by duplicating the HDR image, applying full strength Orton, then layering back on to the original, (HDR!) and reducing the opacity until I was happy with the result ! FEATURED IN http://www.redbubble.com/groups/the-ashes-australia-vs-england / AND / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/all-water-in-motion MORE OF “WATER”.........
Nikon D300 / Tamron 10-24mm / 1/80 f/11.00 / HDR based on one shot, handheld / pp in PS SC3 including Orton Effect
Amsterdam / Nikon D300 / Nikkor 18-200mm / HDR (-2,-1,0,+1) in Photomatix Pro / Handheld on rail support and / PP in PS SC3
This is my first attempt at creating the tilt shift effect in Photoshop. Best viewed large This is the Trocadero, Paris, capital city of France. I took this from the top of the Eiffel Tower. The Trocadero is one of the few vantage points where the Eiffel Tower can be seen in full view. I don’t have many ariel view shots in my collection of photos, but this one thankfully served as a good image for this particular effect. For details on how I created this, please see here. Anyone who has photoshop or a photo editing program can do this. Adjustment of hue saturation and brightness, increase and adjustment of curves to increase contrast and colour further. Slight crop of original shot, as seen below. Couldn’t resist adding this after pmistric brought it to my attention. Its the sing-a-long version!!: MCN:C7XFY-U98AX-BYVB6
Nikon D300 / Nikkor 18-200mm / HDR (1 raw shot) / in Photomatix Pro3.1 / pp in PS CS3
The view of Paris, capital of France. Taken from the very top of Sacre Coeur. Earlier today I had a phone call from Dean, asking if I would edit one of my existing shots for him to give to his sister for Christmas. He chose Atop Sacre Coeur, original of which can be seen below. After completing I thought I would add it to my folio. It has been a piece I have always thought about editing, but never actually got around to. I have never added a treated version of an existing piece to my folio, so this is all new to me! Let me know what you think of the two versions :) I edited the piece with a texture from www.deviantart.com free use stock, adjusted the colour and saturation, layered twice. Edited and uploaded 10pm Canon SX100IS / f4, 1/400, ISO 80 Original: / MCN: C22JM-982SS-KPBEQ
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