I wanted to share some more photos from the Kite Festival that we went to in Brookings, Oregon last Saturday. I took only my digital camera that morning since it was so drizzly. I had to keep it in my jacket and whip it out when I wanted to click off a shot. Maybe it's time I invest in a plastic camera jacket for both cameras.
My standard MO is that I don't manipulate my photos. I'm not saying there's not any room for improvement, it's just that I like the result of the photographic image to be what was actually seen by me. For instance, the one photo of the seagulls on the beach with the sunset mist that I posted yesterday, on that one I could have done a 'Levels auto fix', which I tried, however, it removes the 'mist' and it just looks like a more clear, stark photo of the beach at sunset, and that's not what I saw. The ethereal mist is what the photo is all about.
The black and whites I took that day at the kite festival came out mostly gray. But that's the way it was - it was misty and foggy - not clear. Now some of the B & W's were okay the way they were, some I used 'Levels auto fix', some it was a little contrast adjustment, and some needed an exposure adjustment, and some I made the adjustments manually. They weren't all the same, and sometimes none of the above did them any justice so I left those untouched.
As I mentioned, I also took a roll and a half of B&W film, so I'll need to develop those. Plus my son's been bugging me about developing the rest of his! He doesn't stay with the same film speed, so I've got to the change the timing every time for each single roll of film! I guess I'm just procrastinating on that one! Enjoy the photos today.
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