Light leading the way...

I decided to have another night out last night, doing a bit more night photography, this is my first attempt at photographing car trails, so I'm quite please with the results, I would of like to be above the road but I had to make to with a road side shot.... I hope that you all like it...



Thanks Lee Harrison...

Time Lapse, Panning Room...

Recently I'v really wanted to have a go at some time lapse photography but not been sure what projects to undertake so as I was sat around thinking, I thought I'd have a play around.

First attempt and a long way to go but its a start, tomorrow I'm buying a plant :)

A Night On The Dock...

Since I have moved to Preston I've wanted to got and photograph the Dock as night but never had chance to due to weather or work but with a day off tomorrow and the weather dry and calm, I headed down for a little photography session.

As this is my first ever attempt at night photography, I an quite happy with the results...

Something a Bit Different...

I took this shot to see how it would come out, never really taken many shots like this but see many other taking better shots than this so I have a long way to go...

Snow snow snow...

Well the promised snow eventually arrived and it came in force, this photo saw taken at 2am in the morning just as it started to ease off, amazing how much a bit of white can brighting up the place, this was only taken with a 1 sec shutter speed...

BONFIRE NIGHT...

Well I love bonfire night and fireworks are possible my favourite "toy" (used very loosely) ever but because I moved out this year we celebrated firework night a week and I have been so jealous tonight it's been driving me crazy but here a pic that I took last week when we had fireworks,



Lens: sigma 18-200 @ 200mm, Aperture: F.6.3, Shutter Speed 2secs. ISO: 400,

Thanks Lee Harrison, Happy Days and Happy Snapping.

Heading For The Evening Roost...

The clocks have gone back and the evening are closing in quicker than ever, I spend this evening looking over the wetlands at Martin Mere, watching the Geese coming into roost, with a hazy evening sun slowly creeping towards the horizon I decided to take a few silhouetted flight shots,



Lens: sigma 18-200 @ 200mm, Aperture: F.6.3, Shutter Speed 1/4000. ISO: 400,

Thanks Lee Harrison, Happy Days and Happy Snapping.

An Evening Silhouette...

With the recent influx of Waxwings, it has inspired me to have a look at the pictures that I took two winters and have a bit of a mess around,



Lens: sigma 18-200 @ 200mm, Aperture: F.6.3, Shutter Speed 1/500. ISO: 400,

Thanks Lee Harrison, Happy Days and Happy Snapping.

Eyes To The Skies...

I Took this picture while walking along the River Ribble as I passed under a pylon so I decided to take a picture looking up from the centre,



Lens: sigma 18-200 @ 200mm, Aperture: F.14, Shutter Speed 1/160. ISO: 400,

Thanks Lee Harrison, Happy Days and Happy Snapping.

From A Different Angle...

I went for a walk around an open gardens and wanted to try and capture the plants in a different way, I hope that you like it,



Lens: sigma 18-200 @ 18mm, Aperture: F.14, Shutter Speed 1/200. ISO: 400,

Thanks Lee Harrison, Happy Days and Happy Snapping.

Shadows Of Summer...

This shot was taken while walking around White Coppice, this is by far one of my favourite places ever to walk and no more than 5 min away from my home,



The technical information of how I took this photograph;
Lens: sigma 18-200 @ 200mm, Aperture: F.8, Shutter Speed 1/1600. ISO: 800,

After I had taken the picture, I upped the shadow which gave a large contrast between light and dark because I liked this effect I decided to have another play around with the colour splash, once I had finished with this I added a black gradient boarder,

I hope that you like my picture,
Thanks Lee Harrison, Happy Days and Happy Snapping.

Dasies In The Dark...

This shot was taken today while sat in my back garden, we don’t have many plants in our back garden, but I try to make the most of the ones we do have from photographing the Bee and Butterflies to taking photos like this,



The technical information of how I took this photograph;

Lens: sigma 18-200 @ 200mm, Aperture: F.8, Shutter Speed 1/2500. ISO: 800,

For a close up shot like this, I would usually use a lower f. such as F.6.3 as this is the lowest my lens will let me go but for this picture I left it as F.8 to give a better depth of field across the petals whole keeping the contrast of light and dark,

After I had taken the picture, I added a little bit more shadow to black out the background more and then added a boarder...

I hope that you like my picture,
Thanks Lee Harrison, Happy Days and Happy Snapping.

My Friend, My Car and My Girl...

Back from France and many photographs to share, unfortunately my last post dated blogs did not automatically post so these will be pre-dated to keep up with the 365 days, these pictures wont have to many details but after these 4 posts all information will be provided...

This was an experimental shot that I took at the port while waiting for the ferry, I took this picture in my friends glasses, if you look closely you can see me on the left taking the picture (the friend) the Audi in the centre of the left lens (the car) and his partner in the right lens(the girl).

I like the effect that I got from the photograph and I am hoping the experiment more with it...



I hope that you like this photo, Happy Days and Happy Snapping

Mothing with a Difference...

A Reflection of Pink...

This shot was taken whilst walking around Martin Mere, the wild bird life was a bit quite so I headed into the captive bird enclosures to take a few snaps;



The technical information of how I took this photograph;
Lens: sigma 18-200 @ 200mm, Aperture: F.8, Shutter Speed 1/400. ISO: 400,

After I had taken the picture, I cropped in each picture to leave it with almost a panoramic shaped picture and then combined them together in paint, I did not edit the colours or shadows in these pictures at all; after I had pasted them together I smoothed of the corners and added a small white boarder in Photobucket...

I hope that you like my picture,
Thanks Lee Harrison, Happy Days and Happy Snapping.

A British Tiger

This shot was taken whilst walking around Martin Mere earlier this last weekend, the Tiger Lilly is such a beautiful flower...



The technical information of how I took this photograph;
Lens: sigma 18-200 @ 200mm, Aperture: F.6, Shutter Speed 1/1000. ISO: 800,

After I had taken the picture, I spent a long time using the colour splash to keep the flower in full colour while changing the background to black and white...

I hope that you like my picture,

Thanks Lee Harrison, Happy Days and Happy Snapping.

Eyes To The Skies...

This shot was taken whilst walking around Mere Sands Woods, the bird life was very quiet so I took a few experimental pictures,



The technical information of how I took this photograph;
Lens: sigma 18-200 @ 200mm, Aperture: F.44, Shutter Speed 1/500. ISO: 500,

After I had taken the picture, I added a greyscale effect to add more atmosphere to the picture and then added a graduated boarded to fade into the greyscale picture

I took this picture because I liked the effect that the branches had against the sky but taking just the branches didn't give the effect that I wanted, so I thought that if I have the free reaching up into the sky, and leading you into the picture, it could create the picture that I wanted.
It still wasn't quite how I imagined it but I can call it a work in progress...

I hope that you like my picture,

Thanks Lee Harrison, Happy Days and Happy Snapping.

warhol-esk

I took this original photo whilst out and about around Pennington Flash and after a little inspiration decide to have a play around...



My original picture was an impromptu shot; I was just playing around with close focusing,
The technical information of how I took this photograph;
Lens: sigma 18-200 @ 200mm, Aperture: F.8, Shutter Speed 1/800, ISO: 800.
This is my general setup for my camera when I am out photographing wildlife but obviously I vary shutter speed and ISO dependent on the lighting.

Once I had taken the picture I uploaded it into Photobucket, here changed the picture to a pop art setting and famed it.
My inspiration for this photo came not long back when I was cleaning out an old school back and for some of my year 11 art work, were I studied Andy Warhol, so I wanted to see if I could use one of my pictures to create a Warhol-esk piece of work,

Thank for look, Happy Days and Happy Snapping.

A Fresh Start and Time For Something New...

Well this is my new blog, reading this introduction may take five minutes out of your day but if you’re an avid photographer as I am I think you will get a lot from this blog.

My aim is to upload a new, interesting and exciting image every day of the year, these could include pictures of Nature, Still life, Experiments, Portraits, old photographs of mine re-mastered so to speak, basically anything that I snap I will share with you, through this I am hoping to capture the interest and imagination of a wider range of photographers so that tips, advice and opinions can be shared.

This page will be run along side my other blog (http://leeharrisonsnaturephotography.blogspot.com/) but unlike my nature photography this blog will be run with more of an artistic influence, this may entail editing in Picasa, Paint or Photobucket but under every picture, I will write the technical information of how the camera was set when the picture was taken, if any filters were used etc. the inspiration or ideas behind the picture and editing that has been done, I will also write down any tips that I think might help; this way fellow photographer might be able pick up advice or tips that can help them progress and develop their skills.

I have been into my photography for many years now but only seriously for about two years so I still consider my self a beginner and I am willing to listen to any advice that can be given to help me to improve my pictures; So I urge and plead that any viewers or followers to comment on pictures, leave pieces of advice whether it is general to photography advice or specific to a picture any will be welcome.

To start with I will leave my comments un-moderated so you can use them for discussion purposes but obviously if any obscene comments are made I will have to change this.

Well Thank you very much, I hope that you all get as much enjoyment and advice out of this blog as I wish you all to.

This is my opening image, an experimental shot that I took a few weeks back whilst visiting family,



I set my camera up to capture the darkest possible image,
Lens: sigma 18-200 @ 200mm, Aperture: F.40, Shutter Speed 1/4000, ISO: 100.

This was a totally experimental picture, my idea was to create a totally silhouetted black image back lit by a spherical orange sun, I am very happy with the way that this photograph came out but I imagined it darker in my head.

After I had taken the picture I opened it in Picasa up the shadow to increase the darkness of the silhouetted, upped the sharpness to crisp up the edge of the silhouetted and slightly adjusted the saturation fade in the brightness of the sun.
After I had edited my picture, I uploaded it to photobucket and surrounded it with a square black and white border then rounded off the white border to it full circumference.

I have recently invested in a set of Cokin filter set, so next time I take a photo like this I will use one to darken and help emphasise the spherical shape of the sun.

Thanks Lee Harrison wishing you Happy Days and Happy Snapping.