Following on from last post, I present the same series of images only this time in monochrome. I have chosen to use a sepia toning at a slightly higher strength to previously, in this case I think it works well. Visible from Space? How many times have we heard that the Great Wall of China is the only man made structure visible from space? This statement has been repeated so many times that many people are unshakeable in believing it. […]
A visit to an historic gold mine in regional Victoria. The mine has long ceased operations but the ghosts may still be present! They left their clothes hanging in the old change room….
Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen. 2023. I invite you to look closely at this one, there’s a fair bit happening (despite the main subject being chizelled out of stone)
Svalbard, 2023. Moody skies can really make a photograph. Other than the black and white conversion, this image is almost straight out of camera. ~KD
Early morning in Kahna Tiger Reserve in India, not a breath of wind and the pond has a glass-like reflective sheen. It’s worth pausing from our pursuit of tigers and other wildlife to take in the scene and consider the photographic possibilities. Considering composition. The early light picks out the foliage of the trees on the far shoreline and is evident in the refection of course. There is a blackened dead tree, standing stick-like and reflected perfectly in […]
Following on from yesterday’s post, some further panoramic shots of Bangkok taken during a hazy sunset. Today I’ve decided to go with the sepia toned monochrome treatment. The first image is a 5 shot stitched panorama. Made using the 102 megapixel Fujifilm GFX 100s the file size of the panoramic was a memory test for the computer with the composite file reaching over 5 gigabyte during processing. I ended up with a file that would print at high resolution […]
The Palace of Fine Arts located in the Marina District of San Francisco was one of several structures constructed for the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition which commemorated the opening of the Panama Canal and also served to demonstrate the recovery of the city following the great earthquake and fire of 1906. The buildings constructed for the Expo weren’t intended to last long term and so were built from flimsy materials such as timber, plaster and burlap. Most of the […]
The wearing down of the stone steps by so many feet over so many years, the religious connotations of ascending towards the light….
The mount has been the subject of myth and legend for centuries. Some of these stories, recorded as far back as 495AD. I do like the blue sky but I think there is a heightened sense of drama with the monochrome. Only minor adjustments were made to contrast values.
