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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 > 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 > 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 > 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
johnloguk > 29.6.08 - A Heath Spotted Orchid. Back to Whisby Nature Park today for my Daily, the same place that Steve and I visited last Thursday. It was still pretty windy, which made wildflower photography entertaining to say the least, but it stayed dry until I got home. I have just created a gallery for other shots from today, and I will add to it on subsequent visits to the Park, you can find it here; http://johnloguk.smugmug.com/gallery/5283916_hXRBX/1/321977522_aT4kT#321977522_aT4kT I don't know enough about wildflowers to know how widespread these beautiful orchids are. I have seen them before, but this is one of the best specimens to date. This is only a bog standard 200mm lens, not a serious macro, so I'm really pleased with the result. I've not had chance to look through the Dailies yet today, so now I'm going to spend a little while catching up :)
johnloguk > 28.4.08 - Elemental Power. It's been a long time since I had a sunset as my DP, but it is weird how similar this one is to the last one. I've substituted a distant power station for the Cathedral, but the golden drama in the sky is almost identical. It has been another day of heavy April showers, and these always seem to give great sunsets. It was very difficult to get the lighting in this image anything like the real thing, the contrast between light and shade was so huge, but I'm happy with this now. The power station is about 15 miles away, and it was under a big storm cloud making it completely dark. There was rain between me and it, but beyond the station was brilliant sunshine. When you compare the power of humans in the form of the power station, with the power of nature in the form of sunshine and storms, there is only one winner!
johnloguk > 3.10.09 - Ghost in the Machine Ghostly goings on at Gainsborough Old Hall. I've had this idea ever since I found out that this was called the "ghost corridor", so while I was trapped inside the PC I thought I'd have a go at creating this. It is the first time I've experimented with layers in this way, maybe I should have made Lydia even more transparent, but hey I'm sure I'll try this again. Those of you that haven't already seen my gallery of the Hall might want to check this out; http://www.lightanddreamsphotography.com/History/GAINSBOROUGH-OLD-HALL/9662694_gb4gb#652216254_Fyruu Thanks for the wonderful response to my silly SP yesterday, it was a lot of fun making that :)
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 > 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.
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.
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