johnloguk > 17.6.09 - Caught in the spotlight

This is another shot from Tuesday night, but I was still working on it last night. The guy was walking his dog, and I suddenly realised that he was going to go through the glare from the floodlights. I was disappointed with the original, because I didn't have chance to set it up properly and there was some camera shake. I decided to go with an artistic feel rather than a natural one and I hope this works. I used the watercolour filter in Elements on top of a B&W conversion and a simple frame.

Thanks for the wonderful comments on yesterday's Cathedral shot, it is one of my favourite views and I never tire of it. This was taken at the opposite end of the Cathedral, where the lawns and trees create a very different atmosphere.
johnloguk > 16.6.09 - "Because the Night"

It's been a while since I did any night photography, it isn't that easy when it doesn't get dark until about 11pm. I took lots around dusk, which I normally prefer to total darkness, but in the cold light of the morning this is the one I prefer. It is an iconic view, one I've done before many times, but no two shots are exactly the same after all. I'll post some of the others as I get chance. Have a great day!
johnloguk > 4.4.09 - Old View, New Growth

OK I've used this view before, but it was such  beautiful morning today with brand new growth on the willow tree and bright Spring colours..
johnloguk > 18.5.09 - Secret View

This is another shot from my rainy photo walk yesterday afternoon, but I like it so much I just had to share it on the Dailies. I was walking along a very muddy riverbank taking photos of the old industrial buildings on the other side of the river, when I turned round and saw the Cathedral framed between the trees up on the hill. I liked the framing, but I also liked the rich colours as though the rain had washed everything bright and clean.

I used a B&W version of yesterday's industrial Daily for my Monday Challenge shot here;  http://johnloguk.smugmug.com/gallery/7093288_hSxt4#539436712_xQFxH
johnloguk > 10.3.09 - Light at the end of the tunnel

Thanks for all the kind words and get well wishes about my "flu bug", I'm feeling much better today, a bit washed out but definitely better than I was. I took a few shots in town this afternoon, and this one seems appropriate for my Daily today.

I was blown away by the response to my Seasons Stamps yesterday, you are too kind. That started out as a bit of fun to distract my brain from the shivers and shakes I was going through over the weekend, and it is now one of my all time most popular images. Several people asked how I did it, and as usual I used one of the templates in Elements 5.0. I keep being tempted to upgrade my software, but there is so much in humble Elements that I've still not discovered. The blurred edges in this image are also from the photo layouts and themes in Elements.

The B&W conversion included increased contrast to give it extra punch.
johnloguk > 19.3.09 - Cure for Insomnia

I couldn't get to sleep last night so at 2am I was playing in Elements trying to see if I could get close to one of Bill Pador's wonderful frame within a frame shots. I had no intention of posting it at the time, it was just a bit of fun, but now I'm home for lunch and thinking that it looks better than it did at 2am and so I might as well share it :) 

The original image was taken yesterday afternoon, and I think it is apple or crab apple blossom, but I'm no expert. 

Thanks for the kind words on the "watercolour" yesterday, and I hope that those of you who asked about the technique are having fun with it :)
johnloguk > 8.8.08 - Monster Rising

Beijing might have had a very spectacular Olympic opening ceremony, but we had this :)

This actually developed into a very spectacular sunset later, but I've got lots of nice sunsets already, and not many of them include an alien monster rising below a halo of ice crystals in the stratosphere! So now it is all clear. That storm front yesterday really was the precurser to an alien invasion :)

There is a close up of the "monster" here;  http://johnloguk.smugmug.com/gallery/4053411_yY5Qg#347762913_Afagd-XL-LB  

Yes it has been a long week, and now my brain is in weekend meltdown, I'll be OK by Monday....
johnloguk > 15.1.09 - January

The last time I did one of these it was for November, because I was stunned at the amount of colour I found in a traditionally dull grey month. This is the same, from my couple of hours at Fiskerton Fen yesterday lunchtime. Light continues to amaze me, and yesterday was another of those incredible days, like a perpetual Golden Hour.

If you want to see more shots from yesterday, and there are a lot more, go to my new gallery here;   http://www.lightanddreamsphotography.com/gallery/7096993_TXGyZ#454957925_2XSCp
johnloguk > 
The Reflection Challenge...01/05/09
The Challenge: Show us your interpretation of the word, "Reflection."
The Participants: Kre8ive, John (300m), Bill Pador, Karina Boese, The Curious Camel, Creative Deviance, Karina Boese, Lady Kate, MyKey, Trevlan, MSpencer, and myself.
The Result: Time for Reflection. I seem to spend a lot of time doing this lately, must be my age, "less infront of the horse than in the cart behind", as someone once said. This was last night at Whisby Nature Park, watching the coots and grebes playing submarines, quite spectacular. I'm never sure about the pylons in this view, but this time I think they add to the image, the contrast between nature and human influence I guess.  


Other photos from yesterday afternoon are here;  http://johnloguk.smugmug.com/gallery/7009684_pYXCC#448787681_V95pJ and here;  http://johnloguk.smugmug.com/gallery/5283916_hXRBX#448809509_3poMX
8.8.08 - Monster Rising

Beijing might have had a very spectacular Olympic opening ceremony, but we had this :)

This actually developed into a very spectacular sunset later, but I've got lots of nice sunsets already, and not many of them include an alien monster rising below a halo of ice crystals in the stratosphere! So now it is all clear. That storm front yesterday really was the precurser to an alien invasion :)

There is a close up of the "monster" here; http://johnloguk.smugmug.com/gallery/4053411_yY5Qg#347762913_Afagd-XL-LB

Yes it has been a long week, and now my brain is in weekend meltdown, I'll be OK by Monday....
johnloguk > 8.8.08 - Monster Rising

Beijing might have had a very spectacular Olympic opening ceremony, but we had this :)

This actually developed into a very spectacular sunset later, but I've got lots of nice sunsets already, and not many of them include an alien monster rising below a halo of ice crystals in the stratosphere! So now it is all clear. That storm front yesterday really was the precurser to an alien invasion :)

There is a close up of the "monster" here;  http://johnloguk.smugmug.com/gallery/4053411_yY5Qg#347762913_Afagd-XL-LB  

Yes it has been a long week, and now my brain is in weekend meltdown, I'll be OK by Monday....
8.8.08 - Monster Rising

Beijing might have had a very spectacular Olympic opening ceremony, but we had this :)

This actually developed into a very spectacular sunset later, but I've got lots of nice sunsets already, and not many of them include an alien monster rising below a halo of ice crystals in the stratosphere! So now it is all clear. That storm front yesterday really was the precurser to an alien invasion :)

There is a close up of the "monster" here; http://johnloguk.smugmug.com/gallery/4053411_yY5Qg#347762913_Afagd-XL-LB

Yes it has been a long week, and now my brain is in weekend meltdown, I'll be OK by Monday....
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