Peter Bargh

Sights & Sounds
March 22nd, 2011

Photo365 – Day 81 – Daffodil and flare

My second Photo365 picture of a daffodil. The last one was as the sun set, this one was late afternoon. The garden was full of colour the sun was brilliant, the sky deep blue. All the daffs were glowing. I took a variety of shots from low angles using the Olympus E-P2 and 17mm lens and deliberately shot into the sun to get flare. I liked this one because of the multitude of vapour trials. I guessed the composition on all the shots as it I couldn’t see the LCD because the camera was low to the ground and pointing upwards.

Exposure was 1/500sec at f/11 and ISO400.

 

March 17th, 2011

Photo365 – Day 76 – Spring is here

Later nights, daffodils and sunsets, all signs spring is here! And all captured in this shot taken 30min ago. I also tried out a new filter technique I’ve been meaning to do using wedding veil material over the lens to give a soft mesh diffuser. It’s made an interesting muting of colours but also added a very fine pattern to the highlights.

The low angle ensured the setting sun is present in the background adding a golden glow to the shot.

This is part of my Photo365 project – a project I started on January first where I take and upload a photo each day.