2010 - Day 95. Apr. 5, 2010. Daily Shoot - Blue is the color of sky and water. Many call it the color of hope. Make a photo with blue and what it represents to you ( http://dailyshoot.com/assignments/141 ) . Don't let the Caribbean colours of Nottawasaga Bay today fool you - this is seriously cold water! Just two weeks ago it looked like this ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/dibytes/4448304711/ ) . Blue to me represents water - cold, powerful, soul-nurturing, life-giving. It can be beautiful and serene, like today, or violent and threatening. Whatever its shade of blue or mood, I don't think I could live anywhere else but close to it. Although the water was crystal clear today, my circular polarizing filter blocked out the glare so you can see the rocks clearly.
2010 - Day 80. Mar. 21, 2010. Daily Shoot - Sunday challenge: It's a new season (Spring up north, Fall down south). Make a photograph that illustrates the change ( http://dailyshoot.com/assignments/126 ) . It's a pretty dull day today - not the best conditions for taking landscape shots. Iceflows dominate our weather (the temperature in particular) in the spring. Some days the ice will be blown way out into the bay; today is one of those days when it's back in the harbour. It will come and go many times before it finally melts.
2010-14. Jan. 14, 2010. As I mentioned when I uploaded take #1 of this photo ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/dibytes/4275119748/ ) , I was experimenting with HDR today and wasn't really happy with the result. I'm not a fan of over-the-top HDR and my photo looked a little unreal to me. I would like to use HDR to broaden the tonal range but still look realistic. When i went to reprocess the three original shots, I realized I'd left my white balance on 'the incandescent light" setting - duh! Once I adjusted the white balance for daylight I was happier with the results! HDR to broaden the tonal range but still realistic!
