One of the often overlooked features of photoediting software is the ability to correct perspective. These buildings looked like they were falling backwards because of the camera pointing upwards when I took the picture. A little tweaking, and all looks great again.
Purists might say I should correct the overexposure in the sky as well… but how far should I take editing this?
Sometimes, photography is about taking your time to compose a shot and make sure every detail of the image and camera settings are prefectly adjusted before hitting the button. Othertimes, you just have to have the camera in your hand, switched on, and in something that approximates the settings you need before hitting the button. This was one of those times, I just turned and shot the picture as soon as I saw what had happened.
This was taken on Boston Common, where a bunch of people were feeding the pigeons, and I just took pictures.
There’s a whole bunch of things “wrong” with this image. Most notable the sun on the grass at the back is completely blown white, and the image isn’t as sharp as it might be. That still doesn’t mean it’s a bad photo.
I’m in the US on business right now, and had some time to kill in Boston this weekend. I decided to spend part of the morning wandering around Boston common taking pictures. I had a great time, which lead to some introspection. It’s very easy to think that being on your own means you have less interaction with other people, but I spoke to several people during that morning that I’d probably never have taken the time to speak to otherwise.
First up was this guy, singing along “Spare change, can anyone spare some change” while feeding the squirrels.
Something struck me as odd about this guy: though it sounds hugely dismissive to put into words. He seemed far to clean to be setting in the park begging from passers by, and the squirrels seemed to be doing better than he was – he was feeding them. I put a dollar into his cup, took his photo, and took a few of the squirrels as well, because they’re cute. I have visions of him going home to his wife with his profits from his morning in the park!
Now I don’t want anyone to jump to the conclusion that me having a bath is sufficiently noteworthy to justify a blog entry!
The city of Bath is a stunning place with it’s Georgian Facades and Roman Antiquities. Well worth a visit if you find yourself in the area. We were there yesterday, playing at being tour guides for an American colleague of mine and her husband.
I spotted this lovely, and clearly well used, Land Rover on wedding duty outside the Abbey. It makes a lovely change to see a vehicle like this “dressed up” for wedding duty. When we got married, we found it quite difficult to find stuff that made the day different without being tacky. So full marks to this couple, though I think the Land Rover was actually the transport for the bride’s father!
As if that wasn’t enough, later in the day in the same area we stumbled across this stretched, open top VW Beetle. I think the Beetle rivals only the Land Rover and the Mini for sheer icon status — not to mention being modified — and this was a particularly fine example.
We finished the day with a rather fine dinner at the Crown and Garter pub in Inkpen – recommended!
This Mud-Club Photo is priceless.
This was posted on John Brabyn’s excellent rangerovers.net forums. Superb pictures of the car doing what it was built for.
…. on holiday in Canada last year.
I was reminded of it by this post on the “Creating Passionate Users” blog – I remembered that sign in the park in Sydney, but this one is just as fun.
