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Under African Skies
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October 4 2004:
Under African Skies

Well, the trees remind me of the African savannah, although I have, of course, never been there.

I’d like to re-take this shot with the benefit of a higher shutter speed and the use of RAW. Meanwhile, you can see the original colour version HERE


Photoshop:
Resized
Converted to monochrome via Channel Mixer
Adjusted Grey Channel in C Mixer: Red +98% and Blue +34%
Framed: using # FFFFFF


On 4 October last year; ‘Tårnby at Dusk’

Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel
1/80s f/10.0 at 24.0mm iso100 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time04-Oct-2004 16:50:07
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 300D DIGITAL
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length24 mm
Exposure Time1/80 sec
Aperturef/10
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Program
Focus Distance

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Mike R05-Oct-2004 13:35
Brilliant. I love mono and this is great.
Argishti Khachik05-Oct-2004 12:11
wow, this is wonderful shot Ray. Excellently done!
cheers
René Gysi05-Oct-2004 11:25
Very good composition. Beautiful b&w picture.
virginiacoastline05-Oct-2004 02:58
This is much better in B&W . . and I too thought from the thumb that you'd somehow gotten to Africa =]
jude05-Oct-2004 01:43
I prefer the black and white as well. This looks like it belongs on my.. er .. a wall. I think of the trees in Africa as well... Nicely done, Ray
Pepe Zyman04-Oct-2004 22:53
I like the B&W better. Is more dramatic.
northstar3704-Oct-2004 20:58
Looks like the Savannah, you might expect to see a herd of wildebeast in the distance!
Katie Chew04-Oct-2004 20:42
Excellent!
Bill Miller04-Oct-2004 19:32
This is lovely and B&W works exceptionally well here.
brother_mark04-Oct-2004 19:30
Excellent. It does look like an African savannah. The grasses aren't very tall though. Neat composition, the way the trees fit together.
Carol E Sandgren04-Oct-2004 18:41
Wow! Hard to believe this is England! Not exactly the view you normally see there, or what I think of. Having just watched that film "Out of Africa" coincidentally last night I do see why you have entitled this shot African Skies. The color version is also good but I do like the crisp black and white here, which gives a bit more drama to the effect. Beautiful!
Guest 04-Oct-2004 18:40
I like the conversion. I thought I was the only one that liked to add up to over 100%.
Guest 04-Oct-2004 18:25
Great sky ya got there!! Very pretty, nice weather, I want a coffee! (no reason that I said that other than a basic JHR need!)
Guest 04-Oct-2004 17:42
Oooh, Ray, I like this a lot!! Great tones. Excellent minimal composition.
yosi aptekar04-Oct-2004 17:40
excellent shot, b&w and the grays are perfect.