Looks Expensive?
At first glance this photo looks as if it was shot and edited with expensive equipment – the camera was a budget point and shoot and the editing was all done on Snapseed which costs $20. No special skill or expertise was required. The conversion to black and white was straight forward with a little contrast being added and the blur was created using the tilt shift filter. The decision to have the bins in focus more or less made itself.
The point I’m trying to make here is that you don’t have to invest $100′s of dollars or, just as importantly, hours of time watching how-to videos before a decent image can be produced despite what the photography industry and its disciples will have you believe.
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wow a lot of snow :) long ago since we had that much
+David Kaiser We usually get a few falls like this a year – not last year though.
Love this one.
Superb shot!+++++
+M Mallory +Margo Rita Thanks appreciated :)
Lovely shot!
is this your neighborhood Steve? gorgeous snowy capture, lovely leading lines and snow capped wheelie bins : ))
Rhanks +Nikola Nikolski appreciated :)
+Jules Falk Hunter Yup – 100 yards from my house. I'm a sucker for wheelie bins, especially snow capped ones :)
+Steve Johnson makes them look kind of friendly , like they're huddled up for warmth and a bit of a chat ; )
Great shot
+Jules Falk Hunter I will never look at a wheelie bin in the same light again (Or curse mine when I tip ice and snow all over my feet when I put them out on trash day ;)
Thanks Lon :) +Lon Miles
This is great! What awesome textures in the snow…great processing…love the blur :) Well done +Steve Johnson !
Lovely pre – Xmas capture and atmosphere +Steve Johnson !
insta fav Steve, beautiful!
Thanks +Dave Renz Snapseed (Windows version) :) so-called tilt shift and a tweak on the contrast.
Thanks +Aleka Iakovidou I'll be happy with less atmosphere this year :)
Thanks +Sam Weinstein really do appreciate that :)
Love it Steve, wonderful tilt shift snowy goodness!
Thanks +Jeff Smith was worried that I'd overdone the fake tilt shift a bit :)
Beautiful!
Perfect processing mate! It really compliments the mood of the shot.
I love everything about this, it's grungy and magical and evocative and sublime!
Thanks +Ted Vieira :) appreciated
Thanks +Jeff Smith to be honest I was just going through my Flickr stream to find something to test the desktop version of Snapseed on. The tilt shift filter is as good as anything else I've used other than the PS one but that is much more work :)
Wow thanks +Evelyn S. Lamprey coming from you (who in my book owns grungy – and that is a compliment btw) that means a lot thank you :)
Thanks, I want to own grungy, so I'm delighted you think that. +Steve Johnson
+Evelyn S. Lamprey in my mind you also own gothic (that is also a compliment)
:)
YES! Those are the pictures I live for.
Though I have to say, +John Sutton is my rural gothic hero. He makes brilliant images of all the dark, lonely, old places.
Agree completely re +John Sutton - I don't have to see a name to recognize yours or John's work instantly.
Thank you for that , Evelyn. +Evelyn S. Lamprey :)
Beautiful shot.
Thanks +justine morgan much appreciated :)
This is fabulous! I love the oof area at the top. Nice one!
Thanks +Sinead Sam McKeown much appreciated – the oof was software produced as opposed to a dof effect in this case though :)
+Steve Johnson Still counts and I still love it ;)
Thanks – I only had my point and shoot on me at the time :)
+Sinead Sam McKeown
Fantastic work!
Thanks +mindy mcgregor appreciated ;)