A Winter sun with a silhouette of trees in front of it. The sun is always seen as a source of hope and joy, so I wanted to make an image where the sun seemed the opposite. I wanted it to appear eery and secretive. I think I achieved that through this picture.
I waited until a few days after the snow had settled to see how images would work. I found a big difference between the soft effect snow had on the environment, to how harsh it appeared after a few days of settling as ice. I much prefer the sharpness the after effect of snow gives.
My last image showing soft and sharp together. I wanted to show a hint of sun set, but I didn't want the sun being the main focus, I wanted that to be on the trees. I had to position the camera to shoot just above the sun.
A soft sky and plane trail, mixed with slight sharpness from tree tops. I was hoping to only get the corner tree top, as though the plane was emerging from that, but the neighbour trees were a little too tall to be completely out of sight.
Following on from recent reflection images, I found this unknown object dangling from the tree to be a perfect test for a combination image. I'm going to combine the two to create one picture. One showing the subject, and the other showing its reflection.
The name of this bush escapes me, but I love the sharpness against the soft sky. As the closer plants are blurred, it looks as though it is emerging from a cloud of black smoke.
These three images were simply tests at the different Depth of Fields. I am considering doing more like this one, but more professionally.
