One of my albums is dedicated to sky shots; actually, two of them, but I plan to start a new one each year.
I’ve been fascinated by the sky since I started photography in earnest; this is one of my first and favourite shots:
Fig 1
and it contains a lot of the features I’m looking for: a sense of depth and distance, shadows, and one more thing:
Colour.
I had to give up on that for a long time while I was using a Casio, because the colours didn’t come out very brilliantly there.
Then I got micro 4 3, and the few evening sky shots I did manage got me going again
Fig 2
But in general, I was rarely happy with the shots until I realised that I didn’t have to shoot the images as the camera saw the world; I could fool around with the colour settings on the EP3 to get a cool tint on the world, which led to some effects that I was rather happy with:
Most recently, my discovery of how to play with exposures and histogram in a (basic) photo editor has allowed me to start taking more control of the images. I don’t always have to wait for that perfect moment any more. If the shapes are there, if the texture is there… I can shoot it.
And so even when the world won’t indulge me in the spectacular, saturated sunsets that I appear to crave and desire
Fig 4
I can still reach into the image and create it.
Fig 5
I maintain, as always, that the world is beautiful. Sometimes that beauty is hidden.
But if you can see potentiality… then you can make it real.
Fig 1: Manchester Royal Hospital from Burlington towers. Extremely compressed because my camera was only 2 megapixels AND my memory card was tiny.Full album here
Fig 2: Sentosa, Siloso beach. Same album as above
Fig 3: Trikora beach, Bintan. Full album here
Fig 4: Port Dickson, Malaysia. Full album here
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