Thank you! Actually, the desert is full of colours, if you only care to look for them. As for the sun normally washing out all the colours, yes, I admit I was a bit disappointed when I got the not-printed-by-a-professional-lab print versions of my desert photos; they looked very pale. Thankfully, it seems Photoshop has no trouble correcting bright sunlight. Which is a good thing, as quite a few of my photos were taken under bright light conditions. :-)
*nods* i've moved some months ago to my actual place, and it is very desert like @_@ my eyes seem to be getting more 'acute', and there's really some beautiful things in it. i still don't know how to capture them ... -__- ^__^ moooore practice :D
More practice is always good... Keep at it and you'll end up with some spectacular photos. Said the spectacularly unprofessional photographer that is yours truly. :-)
As for your living in a desert-like place, that doesn't actually surprise me. There's something very desert-like about the pictures you post in your journal -- the sand, the impossibly white light, that sort of thing. So whereabouts do you live, if you don't mind my asking?
yes, the light is spectacular. the (little) town looks awesome when it's sunny, but sometimes it's impossible to hide from the sun. i live in the canary islands. but there's a lot of different sceneries, depending on where you are. in any case, if you want to take a look at a RAW picture (what can come out), you can click here. most of the times i don't even see what i'm shooting at :)
Ah, the Canary Islands. I've never been there (although I came reasonably close when I went to Madeira, and will come even closer when I go to Morocco in a few months), but I hear great things about them. Great walking opportunities, apparently. And I've seen some great photos taken in Tenerife, Gomera and Lanzarote, without the aid of Photoshop, so apparently the light isn't always disastrous. :-)
Colors (or add a u if so prefer)mortsleamJuly 20 2005, 16:42:42 UTC
I like how the blue in the sky is nicely mirrored in the pack and the harness on the camel and ever subtly in some of the stones in the middle patch of sand. Couldn't have done better if I painted it myself...
Re: Colors (or add a u if so prefer)mistress_elaineJuly 20 2005, 17:33:06 UTC
Well, I'd love to be able to say something along the lines of, "Duh! Well, of COURSE the blue in the sky is mirrored in other things; that's the very reason I took the photo!", but alas, that would be a lie. All I saw when I was taking the photo was a camel and a nice rocky outcrop. I didn't notice the blue accents until I was editing the photo, but then I liked them as much as you seem to do. :-)
very beautiful
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i've moved some months ago to my actual place, and it is very desert like @_@
my eyes seem to be getting more 'acute', and there's really some beautiful things in it.
i still don't know how to capture them ... -__-
^__^ moooore practice :D
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As for your living in a desert-like place, that doesn't actually surprise me. There's something very desert-like about the pictures you post in your journal -- the sand, the impossibly white light, that sort of thing. So whereabouts do you live, if you don't mind my asking?
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i live in the canary islands. but there's a lot of different sceneries, depending on where you are.
in any case, if you want to take a look at a RAW picture (what can come out), you can click here. most of the times i don't even see what i'm shooting at :)
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