Day 28 - Thoughtful

One more shot from the Barcelona trip. This one is heavily photoshopped although I can't find the original for now. To start with, it was a head and shoulders portrait, vertical orientation with her face framed by her very black hair against a bright green hedge . I cropped in very close to get rid of the greenery behind her and then extended the black to make it a landscape format. I love this one but the camera club judge felt the wrinkles on her forehead were somewhat distracting. I can see it now and will be aware of that in any future shots like this but it doesn't take away the magic for me - I am very proud of this one :)

Day 27 - Blue Boy

Another portrait shot, this time in Barcelona with about 40 other photographers, 30 models, pro lighting equipment, pro makeup artists and some really cool locations. This young man was actually posing for some other photographers so I snuck in with my 300mm zoom and didn't interupt their shoot at all :) Result! Photoshopped into a blue tone and slightly cropped.

Day 24 - Under the Arches

I'm working in a building that used to be a railway station - ornate iron girders/beams in the office and everything :) These arches are at the front - taken on my mobile phone again! I've converted it to mono and added a texture layer with a linear burn blending mode. I quite like this effect - bit darker and moodier than my usual stuff, that's for sure.

Day 22 - Clouds, Birds and Texture

Lovely white fluffy clouds, lots of starlings swirling around and a texture overlaid - I'm never quite sure about my photoshop experiments but I do quite like this one :)