I finally had chance to go for a walk today, and as usual I
took my camera with me! This is probably my favourite image of the day, and
perhaps isn’t quite as edited as you might expect at first glance.
Towards the end of my walk around the local nature reserve
it was starting to get dark and was beginning to cloud over. I found some
strange looking flowers, and decided to take a photo of them up the stem to
make them seem bigger in the image. However, the camera metering got a little
confused and for some strange reason, it came out black and white!
Although I hadn’t intended to take an image in black and
white, I liked it and how it made the clouds look more ominous. To try to make
this effect more dramatic, I increased the contrast in Photoshop. I increased
it to the point that you couldn’t see the stems of the plants to add mystery. I
also decreased the brightness slightly. The combination of this made the clouds
look much moodier and added a general sense of ambiguity to the entire image.
I’m really pleased with how this image turned out; it just
goes to prove that sometimes the camera knows best; even when it doesn’t have a
clue what to do!
Bex
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