previously posted as a full colour image but decided to experiment with Nik Software’s Silver Efex Pro plugin and liked the result
previously posted as a full colour image but decided to experiment with Nik Software’s Silver Efex Pro plugin and liked the result
Waimea Canyon, Kaua’i. Colour and black and white images both work well, and Adobe’s Lightroom offers some interesting image toning options
Today’s image is a six-frame stitched panorama, the 6 original frames being in vertical format and taken at 24mm. The final stitched image ended up being about 12000 pixels wide or would make up a 1 metre long high-resolution print without interpolation.
Bamboo forests are kind of spooky, with the plants often swaying in the breeze and clicking and clacking against each other.
Alarm set for 3 am! The recommended layers of clothing, camera batteries charged, torch, breakfast, fully fuelled car. Well prepared but for one thing!
a landscape of rocky beaches constantly being pounded by the sea, with trees tenaciously holding on to the rocky ground.
a tripod, cable release, and a 2 minute shutter speed records the night sky over the White Mountain.
Late afternoon and a walk along a trail to Kukio Beach provided some nice seascape opportunities.
The end of the day and the sun sets over Botswana’s Okavango Delta.
Bushfire charred trees and snow, a classic example of how the camera’s light meter can be fooled.