Month: July 2016

I photographed this succulent in front of a window with a chair also in the background. It was clear that I had to remove the background completely and add a layer of texture instead.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

 

I used a 200mm lens at f4 to get this image. I focussed on the lower right hand side for maximum sharpness in this area. Then I converted the image to monochrome using the Solarization effect in Nik Color Efex Pro.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

 

Enjoy this one and keep on photographing!

 

This is my second mage in this series. Shadows and highlights are important to me. In a monochrome image they form the contrast and therefore the dynamic in this image.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

 

 

This week I challenge you in two ways. First, pick a plant with a good structure and photograph it. Second, convert the image to monochrome (black and white).

I love the structure of the root system in my first image. enjoy and start creating great images!

 

I photographed this mural at a small village at the Rhine River. The text reads “Townhall Mittelheim built 1504. See how the text is integrated into the composition! If you see this image from a more distant point the text is interestingly secondary.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

 

 

Normally our eyes go to the brightest spot in the image. This would be the headlights of the car or the street lights. My eyes go to the El Capitan Hotel sign. It is a relatively dark sign but the test grabs our attention.

Enjoy the image and keep on photographing!

By the way: I photographed this image in my hometown Merced, CA.

 

How important is text in this image? There is the “Solid Brass” label on the glass and the text behind the bulb. The “Solid Brass” label suggests that the lamp is a quality product. Obviously this lamp is a few years old. Does it hold what the label promised?

Enjoy the image and keep on photographing!

 

This week I challenge you to continue to work on text in an image. The insight is that text in an image magically draws attention to itself even if the text is small and hardly readable.

The text is partially destroyed in this image and still we would like to know what this sign is all about.

Enjoy the image and keep on working on this exercise!

 

Even if the text just takes a very small portion of the image our eyes go directly to it.

Enjoy and keep on working on your images!