Fishing

I love these shots. I took a lot of pics this weekend in manual mode. These are one of the first photos where my intentions were fully captured in the final product. This was taken in a bright afternoon sun. I wanted to see the light on the water and the silhouettes of my friends fly fishing and I was able to accomplish that. I am sure a year from now I will think of all the things I could have done better but for now I am content for the next step in my learning.



Here are a couple of others that really show the light and water that I also wanted to capture. I think this weekend was definitely a success.

Maybe I was wrong...

It happens. Okay, I have been playing with photoshop. It is actually really fun. But does it make a difference. Yes and no. The type of effects I am posting you can't really get from straight out of the camera. I think this improved on the photo.It was boring and now, well, it has a little character. Well you be the judge...what do you think?

Before



After

These are all steps in the discovery...

So it finally stopped raining for one day. I headed out to get pics. Let's just say I had visions of magnificient landscapes. I didn't quite get that. I got some really boring boring landscapes. The area I live in is known for its beauty but I didn't capture any of it yesterday.

This is a learning process I have to remind myself. If I don't make mistakes and boring picture I can't learn and progress, right. I also need to remind myself that these are straight out of the camera shots. I want to learn to take a good picture manually on my DSL. The photo software will come later when I don't need it to make mediocre pictures good. My fear is that I will learn the software but I will never learn the photo technique. Maybe I am a photo fundamentalist.

Posted is the one good shot I did get. Well the one I really liked. I will show some more later this week. Just to demonstrate what I am doing not because they are any good and I am okay with that for now. Maybe landscapes aren't my thing. Maybe I do like the little details of life. I will try again as soon as it doesn't rain again in three or four days. Not kidding.