Opportunity
- When it approaches u head-on,
You have no idea what it is.
The moment it passes-by,
There is nothing behind to cling onto.
- When it approaches u head-on,
You have no idea what it is.
The moment it passes-by,
There is nothing behind to cling onto.
I remembered when I first shot this photo - a hazy afternoon, gloomy and sad. When there was a sudden break in the sky, I scrambled downstairs for this shot (see post one). It was the first IR shot I ever made, and because I planned it long before-hand, it was a success.
But just because it was a shot taken from a park downstairs, I did not treasure it, and failed to backup. A recent hard-disk crash erased it, and now it was gone.
As year end approaches, I decided to compile my best landscape photos taken this year into a 2008 calender. Browsing through the pictures on my blog, I came to realise that this, together with many other IR shots, were one of the best landscapes I could have had. Perhaps due to the trouble of setting up such a picture, each shot was elaborately planned, resulting in almost 80% keeper rate (thats a lot!). Omfg.. all the original IR shots were lost.
In my bid to retrieve at least one picture, I waited for a gloomy afternoon, and went down to the exact same location for a re-shoot. To my horror, the table is already partly damaged, and a large tree to the right uprooted sometime ago.
Moral of story - nothing is permanent. Backup all pictures you like if you haven't already done so. What is gone can never be retrieved again.
But just because it was a shot taken from a park downstairs, I did not treasure it, and failed to backup. A recent hard-disk crash erased it, and now it was gone.
As year end approaches, I decided to compile my best landscape photos taken this year into a 2008 calender. Browsing through the pictures on my blog, I came to realise that this, together with many other IR shots, were one of the best landscapes I could have had. Perhaps due to the trouble of setting up such a picture, each shot was elaborately planned, resulting in almost 80% keeper rate (thats a lot!). Omfg.. all the original IR shots were lost.
In my bid to retrieve at least one picture, I waited for a gloomy afternoon, and went down to the exact same location for a re-shoot. To my horror, the table is already partly damaged, and a large tree to the right uprooted sometime ago.
Moral of story - nothing is permanent. Backup all pictures you like if you haven't already done so. What is gone can never be retrieved again.
7 comments:
halo.
did my previous msg appear? nvm.
anw, did you add any effect to this pic? coz it looks like it's snowing.. but definitely there's no snow in Singapore..
and i know you're using photoshop to do the effect of BnW.. but where is masking icon/function? where do i click or sth? lolx.. suan le.. next time you demo to me bah.. =)
Ppl usually dun leave msgs on my blog, hence the low freq of me signing in to check.
Picture is taken in Infra-Red. Leaves and grass reflect the most infra-red light, hence they are white. Diffusion filter added for artistic glow.
For the masking, it's not easy to explain online. U could do a search on photoshop techniques. I could also demo should there be a chance.
lolx.
then next time shall not leave a comment then. ha. =P
but at least i learn sth!
"Picture is taken in Infra-Red. Leaves and grass reflect the most infra-red light, hence they are white. Diffusion filter added for artistic glow."
WOW!! ha. k. shall be my last msg then. heez.
hmm... do i sense a bit of frustration?
Comments are encouraged. Problem is due to lack of comments, i've gave up signing in frequently to check, so comments will take time to be approved & published.
For others reading this blog, do comment. I know who u are.
ha. no frustration, no frustration.
sorry if i sound offensive x)
perhaps you want to add a tagboard so tt you can interact with your readers?
=)
i tried including a tagboard b4. Nobody used.. end up looking messy only.
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