February 11th: Grass and stone wall
11th February 2008
40 frames today although nothing particularly stands out. There’s this one where the idea of the picture is much stronger than the result. Dawn likes this picture of the gravel extending deep into the distance.
Shooting and processing notes
The 17-40 F4.0 L was back on the camera today. 40mm, f6.3, 1/125, ISO 400. It rained most of the day but I got outside during a break in the rain and loved how dark and glossy the rocks in this retaining wall were. This might be more compelling in the fall when it would seem like a paean to the harvest.
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February 12th, 2008 at 9:57
I like the red bush pic. I’ve been pondering how to photograph that bush since you first wrote about it, and here you go figuring it out!
February 12th, 2008 at 10:59
Thanks, Julia. I assume you mean the one I linked to above and not the other bit of a red bush that I photographed today (I wish I knew what to call this other than “red bush”). I was hoping for stronger contrast between the branches/wire and the rest of the background but there was just so much detail there in the gravel and the mulch. I could probably do some tedious masking to drop the contrast of those areas way down but I certainly didn’t feel up to it last night.
February 12th, 2008 at 23:29
I meant the one linked to, and I do agree about a little contrast but the form is just right.