Some days it’s really hard to get yourself going and motivated for things. Today is turning out to be one of them. I awoke early, donned my cold weather gear, my D5000 and a frosty tripod (it had been sitting under the veranda from the night before but still had a covering of icey goodness on it) and went for a little walk to take some photos. I was especially interested in using my IR filter again, and threw it in my pocket.
What I found was the idea I had for a shot yesterday most certainly wasn’t going to work. There was way too much crap in the frame. I couldn’t Simplify and EXclude (The SEX that was promised in the title) to be able to show what I wanted you to see. Even so it wasn’t a wasted morning because I ended up taking some interesting shots (even though my fingers nearly froze off – but that’s another story completely).
Above: Dawn - 30.6.10. It may look pretty but down here it was around –10*C.
Above: Dawn II - 30.6.10. I put on the IR lens for this shot but forgot to change the settings from Vivid to Monochrome. The result? Something which I really like.
Above: The Escapee. This was the shot that I thought would be awesome yesterday, but I found out this morning that there was way too much crap in the frame. I SEXed as much as possible, and got this. I played with this shot in colour and B&W, and the colour is better (although the shots are identical). IR filter.
Above: Bonsai I. When the shot I wanted didn’t work out I went for a wander and found myself looking at some stunted eucalypts which I then photographed.
Above: Bonsai II.
Above: Ice-Flower. In summer these cousins to carrots grow huge, now they are dried up and releasing next seasons seeds.
As well as this I did some astrophotography last night. I found that there is such a thing as too much light, and that there are a lot more stars out there than I knew. I will try it again when the moon rises a bit later.
Above: The venerable Southern Cross and The Pointers. You can also make out the Coal Sack (the dark area to the left of the SC), an absorption nebula.
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