It was a bit of a busman's holiday for me when we had a camera club outing to Saltaire, but I still enjoyed it very much: good company and satisfying photography. We were set the challenge of keeping our lens on its widest aperture, which, put simply, means that the area in focus will be much more restricted than with a narrower aperture. My lens only opens up to between 4.3 and 5.6 (depending how 'zoomed' it is) so it has a limited effect unless I'm focusing on a small detail. Nevertheless, I relished the challenge and it was interesting to see where it had an effect and where it made little difference. As I've said before, placing a restriction on myself often helps me to be more creative and I found that to be the case this time too.
I've called the picture above 'Soon there will be blackberries'. There are brambles aplenty along the side of the railway line, though I wouldn't normally bother taking a photo of them. I was, however, quite pleased with this effort.
Similarly, the railings between Salts Mill yard and Victoria Road made an intriguing image that usually I'd walk right past.
Ah yes, the bins. A lot of people find them a compelling subject for a photo, ranged down Saltaire's back alleys. In this case I was pleased to find a small length of yellow twine on one, which made a good focal point for my photo: 'Tie a yellow ribbon...'
A few pretty, purple flowers tucked into the top of a wall tempted me to try focusing right on the front edge of my photo, not a particularly conventional approach but I think it worked here.
I like how you've chosen to have the perspective of fading things going into the blur of distance. So different from the usual flattened photo where everything is in focus.
ReplyDeleteNice results from the challenge.
ReplyDeleteThat was quite a challenge and you found some interesting subjects. I remember doing that challenge when I went to camera club. I didn't find it that easy but enjoyed the challenge. I used rows of bottles of wine and salami sausages hanging in the shop and a row of agapanthus.Our camera club folded so I don't go anymore. Also I mostly use my iPhone now while my beautiful Canon 5 languishes in the cupboard. Old age makes me lazy.
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