Friday and Saturday had been a complete wash out in terms of any plans I had of getting out for my weekend photo walk, can there be any rain left to fall I ask?
Sunday morning and much of the same, as I enjoy my first brew of the day and a bacon butty, the skies are a grey wash of mediocrity, the gentle sound of rain against the windows, is this to be another ‘stay in’ day?
As I finish breakfast, I look out to see that there appears to be a break in the rainfall, without further ado, I decide to get some fresh air, even if it is only for a brief time.
The rain may have stopped but the sky still shows intent, so I set a brisk pace as I head towards my undetermined destination.
It is on these spontaneous forays that I find myself becoming more creative, looking for shots that I have not taken before, which in a city I have lived in for over twenty years, can be a challenge.
A lot of today’s shots will be black and white, to capture the mood of the day, but keep an open mind.
It has been my intention this year, to spend less time editing my photos, attempting to capture the mood with in camera presets or ‘recipes’ I have been creating over the last few weeks.
With today being such a dull day, monochrome and desaturated colour images, with contrasty shadows are the order of the day, with only a little cropping as needed done in post processing.
Despite the short duration and distance of today’s jaunt, I feel that I have salvaged something from this weekend and look forward to my next outing.
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great choice of black and white -and splashes of color and art
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Thank you, I was trying to find colour amongst the murk! 🙂
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you sure did find it!
and side note – the choice of using a gallery of squares allowed me to see more of the series – was nice
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Nice! I feel the same about shooting black and white on days like that. The moodiness and overcast-ness obviously shows comes through in color, but making a black and white photo in those conditions really emphasizes the mood when the days feel rather monochromatic.
I like the color of the stree art though! I’ve been playing with “recipes” lately too. Fujixweekly.com has so many good ones. I’ve pretty much settled on a few that I use all the time. Where you using one for your color shots? They look real nice.
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I use a custom one with classic chrome, colour -1 shadow +1 highlight +1
More and more I am using jpegs from the camera
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