Sculpture Park Tauwhare

The Sculpture Park

Whale Bay Storm Clouds

Storm Clouds

First effort using the Curves layer in Photoshop

Whale Bay Gulls

Closer crop of shot 2

Reflections at the Lake

Water Striders

Raglan Beach

A Grey, Grey Day

Happy-ish with these photographs.

I have always wanted to take photos of a wave crashing against a rock and of a bird flying,

and more recently been keen to take photos of rain.

So I am pleased I got the opportunity to take these today. Still want to be better.

Auckland Waterfront

Original shot from the Waiheke Ferry

Crop, Rotate and Paste

A bit of Abstract fiddling

Barn Wreck

Original for future reference

Rotate-crop and experimenting with shadows, blues and greens

B/W and then used dust/scratches filter to make the shot look old-school

Photoshop Pics - Phunky Barn followed by Pholorn Barn

Fiddling around with the colour and effect tools. Still a long way to go but had fun with this one.

green eyed monster

The Rose Gardens

Always wanted to take shots like these so I am very happy and excited about my photographs.

Photo number four, the last one, was my very first shot and then it all went downhill from there for a while. I love them all but if I had to pick it would be number 3 followed very closely by number 2.

Niggle's Cat (Set 1)

Okay, here I go with a bit of Photoshop-101 (with some help from Carl) on the cat picture.

The Original Shot

After Cropping and Colour Adjusting

Black & White Background

Bright Orange Leaf Colour Added

I think I might try some other things with this shot... maybe with a different crop.

Watch this space.

Raglan Jaunt

I start with the crop to emphasize the subject and to position it better (using the law of thirds as a basic guide).
Then I adjust the colour, tone and contrast to personal preference.

Yeah. The starting shot for the day.

Minimal cropping etc.

Bottle one third in from the right.

Bridge Jumper

Cropping allowed zooming in and better emphasis on jumper. 

Boy cropped to one third from the left and to get boy facing in to the frame.

Note that the water colour is much flatter here.

Glider

Colour adjustment made sky bluer, making the glider pop out.

Glider cropped to one third from the bottom and positioned more to the left so it flies into the frame not out of it.

Tone adjustment made bottom of wings stand out clearer.

Big Bird

You get the point about cropping now... closer and law of thirds.

Bird facing into the picture frame.

Contrast makes sand stand out more.

 Coming in for Landing

You see how the crop focuses the subjects much better and removing surrounding distractions.

The top bird's wings also follow law of thirds.

 Gnarly Scooter

Cropped in to subject and placed law of thirds from the left.

Note stronger colours after adjustment.