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| 2012 Adelaide Hills Dam, Parra Wirra Reserve, South Australia |
So ever since I got a new toy
camera for Christmas 2011 (read about how I lost my old camera HERE),
I've been putting it through its paces.
But I wasn't consciously experimenting
with technique!
No, REALLY!!
SO … can somebody PLEASE explain why
the above January 2012 shot, among the first taken with my new camera
on a sunny Australian summer morning, looks like ordinary reflections
on an Adelaide Hills dam ...
BUT … the January 2013 shot, taken in
the same spot almost a year to the day later, looks like THIS?
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| 2013 Adelaide Hills Dam, Parra Wirra Reserve, South Australia |
The Belly Button Festival invites the
City Daily Photo Community to an introspective photo challenge: 12
months, 2 photos, 100 words. Visit the City Daily Photo Theme Meme
for other participants!
But of course rules were made to be broken ...
So my third photo - also January 2013 at the same location - shows just what can be done by pushing a couple of extra buttons. And waiting for the right moment, of course!!
I added it for Nature Footstep's Abstract Wednesday (check out the other participants!) - and because I like it!
Enjoy!
But of course rules were made to be broken ...
So my third photo - also January 2013 at the same location - shows just what can be done by pushing a couple of extra buttons. And waiting for the right moment, of course!!
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| 2013 - Adelaide Hills Dam, Para Wirra Reserve, South Australia |
I added it for Nature Footstep's Abstract Wednesday (check out the other participants!) - and because I like it!
Enjoy!
No one could tell the difference and it would be so much nicer if you could call it a billabong. Who would know differently. Regardless, dam or billabong, I have not seen blue water in either.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you held the camera upside down?
ReplyDeleteDid you take the shot while para-sailing overhead?
I somehow thought the Belly Button Festival would have photos of belly buttons.
Lovely the pretty reflections, great captures. I am not sure what I was expecting maybe photos of belly buttons. Hope you have a happy day!
ReplyDeleteClarity. Several posts ago I was commenting on your camera, hence the reality quality of your photos. You said it was just a point and shoot, etc but it must have a little photo genie inside to capture such clarity.
ReplyDeleteHard to believe they are in the same place. Light and time of day make a difference, also your more creative composition.
ReplyDeletewonderful pics! :)
ReplyDeleteI would say you just caught the reflection at a different angle, like left out the actual trees and caught only the reflection at a beach angle - Kinda neat photo. I like your abstract - sweet
ReplyDeleteBELLY BUTTON FESTIVAL YOU SAY - WHERE DO WE SIGN UP. HA,HA
The refections in the last photo take on an impressionistic view. Wonderful. Belly button festival! Don't understand the title, as usual. Do the words belly button have another meaning than the obvious?
ReplyDeleteI have to admit, I wondered what the heck a belly button festival would possibly be about. LOL>...... Your new camera takes such clear pictures. Maybe you lost the old one on purpose so you could get a new one.
ReplyDeleteHello Red. Thank you for participating in the Festival of the Belly Button on the City Daily Photo portal. I think the change in your photography has perhaps little to do with the way in which you TAKE the photo, but more with the way in which you PROCESS the photo. You have done a splendid job with this processing even though you may have nudged the saturation button a bit high for Andrew's liking. The ripple effect is quite neat, and mimics the sort of effect that a gentle breeze may have on the surface of the dam.
ReplyDeleteOnce again, thanks for participating in our first Festival.
They're all beautiful shots.
ReplyDeleteSuper reflections, very artistic.
ReplyDeleteGreetings,
Filip
I like water abstracts too. With natural ripples and colors. :)
ReplyDeleteWow! That must be one awesome camera! Does it cook dinner, too? Because that would make it perfect, I think!
ReplyDeleteMaybe you(or your camera) are going thru a Dali phase?~Mary
ReplyDeleteThat camera is the most amazing toy and you got it do gorgeous work for you! Beautiful reflections on every level, even if it's all a bit of a mystery:))
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I like all your photos. Secondly, I've decided your camera must have more buttons than mine does. Thirdly, I have no idea what any of this has to do with Belly Buttons.
ReplyDeleteWow - that's some camera! Great images. (And now I have to go and google "Belly Button Festival" - the curiosity is driving me crazy!)
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a fun event! One of the things I loved about Adelaide is there was always some type of a festival going on and it was so much fun taking in as many of them as I could while I was there.
ReplyDeleteMy best guess on the difference in your shots is you've grown as a photographer and I'm going to guess you've invested in a polarizer and you've learned how to enhance your photos and I love what you've done with the second one! Excellent work Red!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Oh, love those bright reflections!
ReplyDeleteBeing the introspective (and always slightly confused) person that I am, I loved the pictures and the story and the idea of a belly-button festival. Yup. I could do that.
ReplyDeleteI like it too Red and I'm glad you added it. Your photos are always excellent even before you lost your camera (?) I truly believe that it's in the eye of the taker rather than the equipment used..
ReplyDeleteQuite the photographic skill enhancement. I've noticed in my own photos, nature stays the same but my ability to capture it changes over time. I like your method of actually getting better at it.
ReplyDeleteThe last photo is very beautiful.
ReplyDeletePainter's real painting ;-)
Céline & Philippe