Post 18- No more holiday snaps.

I have become bored with visiting Cornish beauty spots every year to take the same old holiday snaps with my latest camera/lens combination using our latest skills. Instead I have started to look more closely at my surroundings and spent time studying plants, flowers, insects, clouds and sunsets.
I have moved away from the straightforward representational shots and tried to get closer to the subject to capture images which I find more interesting. The shots I have taken on this holiday are very different from previous years and I hope people will like them as much as I do.

Post 17- Changing Moods

We are on holiday in Cornwall and the weather has been awful. Most days we have been trapped in the van sheltering from the rain so photographic opportunities have been rare. When I look back on this week I notice my shots have been very different from the last time we were here. I have particularly noticed the clouds and the very different moods created when the interact with the light. As a result I have capture some very different images to add to my portfolio.

Post 16- That's a First

Driving through the estate (Oakwood Housing Estate not our Country Estate!) yesterday I spotted some poppies on the side of the road and thought "That will make a nice photograph". So, I parked up and walked back to find red poppies mixed with blue and white flowers.  I got out my mobile phone and took a few snaps.
I cannot believe that, having been on this journey for just a few months I am now stopping to take pictures of flowers.
I guess this can be counted as progress towards my goal of visual literacy????

Initially I just cropped the original images and was pleasantly surprised by the result.

Later I was inspired to see some of Moy's double exposure images and decided to merge a couple of the shots in Photoshop. The overall result was very pleasing but then small areas attracted my attention and I cut these out to make three different images. I think that I have managed to create a pleasing tapestry effect.