Swan song
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One of the reasons I've been so quiet on the blog this year is that I've really had very little time to take any pictures. I was looking through my images from this year so far last night, and it made for very depressing viewing. My images are split into years - 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 etc. Looking in this latest year folder, the number of sub folders was substantially less than previous years. It made it blindingly obvious how I've neglected my photography over the year due to the pressures of freelance life.
But what difference does it make? Well, as with everything, once you get stuck in a rut it's very hard to get out. This year I've been stuck in a rut of lots of project work but not much photography. Actually going out to take pictures has been hard. Finding time or inclination is almost impossible. However, after my realisation last night, the back on of the year will be different. I'm going to take every opportunity to get out and take pictures and hopefully I can make my 2008-09 folder look a little more like it belongs to a photographer rather than someone who dabbles in it!
This image is one those few I've taken this year. Taken on a warm summer evening walking along Strand on the Green. The warm evening sun was bathing the swan in light and the yellow really stood out against the blue of the water.
Technically, there's not much to this shot. I spot metered off the dark blue and set it to be -2stops darker than a mid-tone. Focus on the eye and shoot.
With animals, and in many cases people too, it pays huge dividends to get down to the eye level of the subject. Here I couldn't get as low as I'd have liked, but any lower and the reflection in the water would have been minimised.
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