Westcountry wanderings » rust http://www.totnesolutions.com Some views from a walker with a camera... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:41:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Colour http://www.totnesolutions.com/2009/11/colour/ http://www.totnesolutions.com/2009/11/colour/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:54:21 +0000 nigel http://www.totnesolutions.com/?p=184

The course I am doing has made me look at photography and my photography quite differently.  Driving can now be quite awkward – I sometimes see things I want to take a picture of .

A little while ago the week’s assignment was to find “colour” – bright and not necessarily identifiable.  Two of the images [...]]]> Reds

The course I am doing has made me look at photography and my photography quite differently.  Driving can now be quite awkward – I sometimes see things I want to take a picture of :) .

A little while ago the week’s assignment was to find “colour” – bright and not necessarily identifiable.  Two of the images here are ones I used on the course directly. Of the three remaining,  two are related to course ones and, with the final one, were ones I got yesterday.

The top image is similar to the course one but has a little more in.  When I took it for the course the sun was on it but as it had been dry there were no fresh water streaks on it and I like this one too.

The interface between rock and sky Close to the spot I took that I also took this one and it was used for the course.  It is a very tight crop but I liked the combinations of texture, sharpness and colour.

I like this blue one in some ways.  It is just so blue.  I would not have dreamed of taking such It's bluean image even a couple of months ago.

 

Rust I guess I find decay interesting photographically and so rust can draw me.  The sun was on this and it stood out well.

 

Finally – a self portrait in a manner of speaking.  I used this object on the course but decided to introduce a different aspect here.  I like the idea of shadow photography at times.  Whatever else my style is wider than it was :) .
Self potrait

]]> http://www.totnesolutions.com/2009/11/colour/feed/ 0 The effects of the sea http://www.totnesolutions.com/2009/10/the-effects-of-the-sea/ http://www.totnesolutions.com/2009/10/the-effects-of-the-sea/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:06:28 +0000 nigel http://www.totnesolutions.com/?p=114

The photography course that I am doing is extremely rewarding and without it the images for this photo shoot would be quite different.  I now look at things with a somewhat different eye.  Someone has suggested I am getting a ‘house style’ but I haven’t spotted it for myself yet!

This was from a [...]]]> Under the Peir

The photography course that I am doing is extremely rewarding and without it the images for this photo shoot would be quite different.  I now look at things with a somewhat different eye.  Someone has suggested I am getting a ‘house style’ but I haven’t spotted it for myself yet!

This was from a short stroll along the beaches at Preston and Paignton in Devon.  I was hoping for some good seas but the water was quite calm although it was windy and, at times, cloudy.

Walking around the harbour I found this one.

Tyres at the harbour

The geometry and the colours appealed.  Seaweed on the tyres, rust on the metal and sun on part of it.

 

Paignton Pier

I did manage a conventional image of the pier however – this is a stitch from three images created with Hugin.  It should make it on to Commons in due course.

 

And finally

Talking telescope There should be a competition for this one. What would you like a Talking Telescope to say to you? :)

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