3/6/2009
Downtown Carinish
Just down the road from the Bed and Breakfast where we stayed on North Uist in the Hebrides. Could not resist. Something more than a snapshot, but snapshotish certainly. Still makes me smile.
It is an awkward composition, a bit. I normally would not have placed the phone booth that close to the frame, or the sheep either…but I wanted to emphasize the juxtaposition. I think it works.
Sony DSC H50 zoomed in to about 85mm equivalent. F5.6 @ 1/400 @ ISO 100. Programmed Auto.
In Lightroom, Recovery for the sky, some added Presence, via Clarity and Vibrance sliders. Landscape sharpen preset.
From Scotland.
PS.
A bit more Lighroom Work
Okay. So I was always bothered by the burned out white on the sheep’s back, and some found the sky to bright. Recently I have begun experimenting with Lightroom’s graduated filter effect, so I had to try that on the sky. And I also applied Lightroom’s Adjustment brush to reduce the brightness of the burned out area on the sheep’s back. And so…
I love the phone box in what seems to be a field. Cool shot.
There is a lone phone box on an isolated stretch of road on the Isle of Mull — it was featured in an old film (I know where I’m going). We had to visit it of course!
That sheep looks like it leaned up against the wet paint on the box. This picture is great. I love the humor.
Damn I was gonna use the word juxtapostion… ah well, I do love how the broken down box is close to the sheep…. almost like nature is winning again mankind. I would clone out the telphone wires/posts but thats just because I am becoming a photoshop junky!