Steve Bennett

Thanks Pat.
Here’s the rest of the street for context.

The shadows are fun too on a sunny day.

Thank you Dahlia.

Great use of contrasting colours Pat. Nice work.

Very nice Gail. I love the detail up close and the depth of field. 👏🏻👏🏻

Take your iPhone real close to a subject and the later models switch to macro mode. I find that mode great for getting detail up close and occasionally some bokeh in the background.

Hi,

Maybe this is just one the edge of the topic, but I figured some folk may be interested.
How often have you guys wanted to take a shot that is just too full of people?
Enter Adobe’s recent addition to Lightroom – the Generative Removal tool. I’ve had some reasonable success with this AI assisted tool and I post an example here.

I show the…[Read more]

Taken through a coffee shop window on a recent day in Oxford.

I liked the lady reading a printed newspaper verses the gentlemen reading his digital laptop.

The reflections in the window seem to add a layer of interest. I hope you like the image.

Thank you

Hi all,
Thanks for the kind words.

Sometimes it’s the simple background Bokeh that sets an image alive.
Personally I find that using a tight Focal Length at distance often gets me a nice gentle Bokeh that allow the subject to pop a little more.
Here’s a couple of examples taken last week whilst walking in the local fields.
The yellow plant is Rape Seed, the white flowers are…[Read more]

Umbrellas – Holding “hands”.