Any how I have been trying over the past few days to get a sunset shot that I am really happy with. After numerous attempts I still was not happy with the outcome so I turned to Photoshop Elements. I am still ropey with this software and currently STILL with a borrowed book, studied at ways of making the shot look that little bit better. And thanks to shooting in RAW there was a way by correcting the white balance and adding some saturation to the image.

So as you can see the image turned out quite well and one that I am particularly happy with. This was taken once again up at North Shore in Blackpool, plus I wanted to get the edge of the kart track in the image with the sunlight slightly bouncing off it. Getting shots like this make me want to continue plus start to put money away for more kit…. donations anyonr hahahaha.

Image Details:

Camera: Sony A200
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure Time: 1/25
Aperture: F10
Extras: ND4 Filter

After remembering reading an article about trying to get a few shots fired off underexposed and overexposed, I had just over 40 shots, all taken in the space of 10 minutes. We headed back home as Liz only has a small lung capacity (her words not mine hahaha) but then again she is carrying our first child, so i’ll let her off…only this once mind you. Brew in hand and sat in front of the PC I then went about trying to get the best image of the bunch converted into black and white. With help from a book that a friend has lent me, I found the best way of doing this with the original image being in RAW format and must admit I am very happy with the end result. Let me know what you think, with a comment or two.

Image Details:

Camera: Sony A200
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure Time: 1/500
Aperture: F9

Once again I forgot about shooting into the sun so the majority of my shots of lines and lines of grave stones turned out really bad (must beat self until I remember this lesson!!!). After a few more shots of grave stones I came across a flock of Redwings skitting around in the cemetary, if you do not know what one is well… its a migratory bird that spends its Winter in the UK, anyhow the flock was quite far away and not a good enough shot to add am afraid to say.

Decided that I would head over to Stanley Park and check out the scenery in the fog and I was not disappointed, the light and the imagery was amazing. As soon as I walked into the entrance of the park I fired off a few shots and after a bit of cropping this is what I got.

This was starting to make my day as I could see images all around me, therefore fired off shot after shot after shot. The ones I liked the most you can see from the front page of my site, or select the Landscape section from Browse a Category.

Please let me know what you think as this was a great day for me, plus it made me think alot more about my photography.