I tried to make this look a bit more stark in processing, in part to bring out more of the rocks’ details, and I think I did alright there. Also in part to make the image more striking.
I hope you enjoy.
This is another photo I’d like to retake to see if I can do better.
I’m almost certain that I can as it’s not exactly a spectacular photo, but I never know unless I try.
I do like the contrast between the clouds and the visible sky. If the clouds were darker I think it’d be more emotively contrasting too.
I hope you enjoy.
Taken around the same time as the last few photos.
I’ve photographed North Sydney before and I think this photo feels quite different to the prior one. Partly due to the time of day, I think.
I think here this feels a bit more ominous, though at the same time not. The buildings really stick out and they’re quiet in a quiet space. But they’re also awake.
This is my submission into Leanne Cole‘s “Monochrome Madness” for this week.
Participating is pretty straightforward and something I recommend. If you do, then include the tag “monochrome-madness” in your post. If not participating, then at the least check out Leanne’s photography as well as what other people submit.
I hope you enjoy.
Another bit of experimenting.
I was trying to create some smooth light lines with this one, but it didn’t quite work.
Instead I ended up with this, which I think worked out better than my original intent.
I hope you enjoy.
The last time I was at this particular spot there were a few balloon-like objects that had been left there. I don’t know if they blew in from somewhere else or if someone dumped them there; either way, it was a bit aggravating.
I took a few photos including this one where I was trying to frame one of those objects in a way that didn’t immediately catch the eye. I think it may have been too shiny.
Once I was done I grabbed the rubbish. It shouldn’t have been there and it was a shame that there was a high likelihood of other people walking past and not doing anything before I was there.
I hope you enjoy.
A few hours ago I got up to head to where I took this photo to take photos of Sydney CBD at sunrise. Had an idea pop into my head which led to the below photo, which I plan on redoing. That said, it worked out well enough; I think it gets across some sort of aesthetic appeal, and also the sense of lack of space that comes with a lot of cities.
On top of that, in a way the image plays with iconography. It’s ever-present, even if you’re not looking at where it is, and often it can end up just blending in with everything else, regardless of how striking it can be.
Perspective and all that.
The first image is the end result and the second is what it was processed from. Adjustments were minimal, but they are there, and I think the first ends up being a good deal stronger for those adjustments.
This is my submission into the two hundred-and-ninety-fourth Lens-Artists Photo Challenge. The theme for this one is “Before and After“.
The host of the Lens-Artists challenges cycles weekly between the following people:
John is curating this one. Next week Donna is curating.
I recommend participating in the challenges as they provide a fun way to interpret theme. If not participating, then at least you should still check out what others of the Lens-Artists community are submitting.
I hope you enjoy.
Not much to say about this one. I was trying to get a specific feel across and I think it would’ve worked better with more trees, or if I’d framed this better. Still, I like the eeriness that came through. I think it’s fitting.
I hope you enjoy.
Just clouds being clouds.
I hope you enjoy.
One listen.
I queued this song up a good few weeks ago and then sat on writing about it because no good reason. Right now I’m trying to get things all neat and tidy so I can be caught up on things and so I threw myself in… after procrastinating on throwing myself in for a few days.
Anyway, I think I wasn’t loose enough with my writing here. I also feel like I was sort of rehashing stuff I’ve written before. Still, I think I covered the song well enough. There’s a good enough idea of it here.
Masashi Hamauzu’s (浜渦 正志) “Luxerion” (“光都ルクセリオ”) is from the soundtrack for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Original Soundtrack. The soundtrack is comprised of compositions from Masashi Hamauzu, Naoshi Mizuta (水田 直志) and Mitsuto Suzuki (鈴木光人).
I hope you enjoy.
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Strings move back and forth, grow loud and quiet, and build some sort of anticipation. Keys and percussion enter and keep themselves gentle, though obvious. Woodwind approaches and drifts gently, though it also tightens and rises above everything for a moment.
The melody keeps expanding; it keeps developing layers, though those end up disappearing and leave mostly the strings which seem to have risen upward as the melody changes whilst remaining familiar. It all then ends on a brief strike of keys, and now things seem a bit more sentimental in a sense. There’s space and the strings come and go, seemingly pushing inward, or perhaps revealing things.
A new beat comes in and the strings drift and float over it, as do the other sounds, and that beat then pulls away and there’s a bit of eeriness creeping in. but there remains a sense of sinewy beauty. Then a return to the start.
The strings move back and forth and gently press and urge, and other sounds return, and it all builds, and that urging is there, but it remains gentle. It seems almost as though there’s a teasing of the revelatory, or a suggesting.
The melody changes and it ends at that striking of the keys, and the sentimental sense returns, and maybe it’s not about the sentimental, but rather taking a breath. Maybe it’s about having a pause, and the following percussive change is the same.
Things seem slower, and vocals float on in and are low and mostly blended into what is going on, and maybe they were there before, but now they are more obvious.
The strings draw long and they seems to fade out among other sounds for a moment. Then a return to the start, but it doesn’t last. It quickly stops and leaves a trailing of sound at the song’s end.
Taken a few weeks ago whilst walking along the coast.
I framed these bolts intentionally, and now I realise I may have fudged it a bit, but I’m still happy with the results. I like how there’s these emerging marks (which I don’t know if they are part of the structural decay, or some sort of growth) and all these cracks, and I like that there’s still a coldness to the structure.
This is my submission into Leanne Cole‘s “Monochrome Madness” for this week. This theme for this one comes from Dawn of The Day After, and it is “Decay“.
Participating is pretty straightforward and something I recommend. If you do, then include the tag “monochrome-madness” in your post. If not participating, then at the least check out Leanne’s photography as well as what other people submit.
I hope you enjoy.
Stupidity Hole 