This proved to be an exceptional challenge … in the end, as I was forced to address some oversights in my camera settings and the way I imported my shots into Lightroom. I’ve written about this elsewhere, so won’t repeat the lessons learnt. Suffice to say I’ve learnt a lot more about colour and white …
Note what you can do with a little help from Photoshop and the sky replacement tool.
The first of a set of images celebrating Cardiff – here the arcades and the old Library are showcased
Along Westgate Street opposite the Millennium Stadium are a number of “trendy” bars. I asked whether I could go in to them early and take some pictures. I was delighted they said “yes” and even allowed me to wander around the brewing equipment. Some nice shots – and I didn’t even have to buy a …
A relatively recent addition to the square outside the new government offices and the BBC building in what is called the Central Square area of Cardiff is this statue of Betty Campbell – a truly special and inspirational person. I include the text from the BBC webpage … Betty Campbell was told a working-class black …
Volunteering to do a short spot on focus stacking at a u3a afternoon Photography session yesterday, I showed the following sequence of pictures of some orchids using a tripod and a macro lens … [Please note I didn’t edit the images prior to applying the software which I should have done. I could have removed …
That was the challenge set to the u3a afternoon Photography Group. I wasn’t sure I was going to meet the deadline to submit some shots, but did manage a trip down The Bay – just-in-time. The featured image (above) has nothing to do with foregrounds, but everything to do with clever perspective and creativity. There’s …
A trip to Penarth to help our daughter with child-minding and a walk along the Esplanade and on to the pier. When we got down to the shore a sea fret filled the channel, and the sun was trying to break through. You could just see Cardiff through breaks in the mist. However, the conditions …
A selection of images taken on a lovely sunny November day on the theme of “shapes” – a Cardiff U3A Photography Group “photoshoot”. I’m not sure whether this shot was a success; nice and sharp in the lens ball, but difficult to see what it actually was!! There’s quite a media village in Cardiff Bay …
A lovely sunny day and I had to catch-up on my U3A “homework” – taking photographs which could have the category “shapes” attached to them. I was however distracted by the discovery that I could walk past the BBC Porth Teigr studios and alongside the Roath Basin – one of Cardiff’s largest former coal docks. …