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Ha ha ha ha ha thud.
I made a couple more ‘shadow’ pictures.
These are pretty much ‘straight out of the camera’ (save for cropping / slight exposure tweaks) and were taken using the “average” white-balance setting.
I’m beginning to think though that what’s really interesting is not the shadow - it’s the fan that’s casting it and, in particular, the way it’s lit.
Watch this space…
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8-bit popup cards from Minieco
These are cool - follow the link (above) to find out how to make ‘em.
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When this shadow crept across my living room wall I knew I only had a brief window of opportunity in which to capture it (about ten minutes). I’d tried before, but the results were miserable - too shaky / blurred. This time I tried something different: changing the sensitivity (ISO) setting. I knew that overriding ‘auto’ and using a higher setting would give me a faster shot, which should work better in low light conditions, but it would introduce more ‘noise’. Would it be worth it?
In the end I think it worked out quite well. I still need to think some more about the composition, but at least I feel like I’m getting somewhere and, more importantly, I’ve learned something. Next time I’m taking pictures in a gallery, or similar ‘less than ideal’ lighting conditions, I’ll at least have some idea of how to get more usable shots.
If anyone’s interested, there’s another picture here.
Incidentally, the exaggerated ‘honey’ tones are a result of me using a ‘shadow’ setting for the ‘white balance’. I knew it would turn out like this from previous experiments, but I set it this way because I kind of like it.
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Today’s ‘Google Doodle’ is a functional synthesiser!
I would advise people to stay away, unless you’re prepared to give over the whole day to messing about with it.
Right, must dash - got waveforms to modify!
“The old perv’ - he’s looking at her underwear drying on the washing line!” — Dr. Lucy Worsley (historian and curator of historic royal palaces) commenting on an entry in Samuel Pepys’ diary.
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