Fast Tracked II

This second post (there will be a few 'fast tracked' posts to catch up) shows pictures (JPEG) also taken with my Canon PowerShot SX10 and altered in PhotoScape. I was having fun playing around with PhotoScape, trying all different filters and tools to understand what each were and just simply to try to be more 'creative'.

The 'tap' is a shot of my kitchen tap and was altered with the 'Pictorialisation' and 'Watecolor pencil' (I think), with of course a reflection effect. 

The Tree Vignes was taken along the Brisbane River and I used 'region out of focus' filter in PhotoScape to create the black and white contrast with the coloured centre (You can choose different 'effect' within the 'Out of focus' tool).

Brisbane City with its CityCat used the same process as the Tree Vignes one.

The 'Water feature' is located in South Bank, Brisbane. I can not remember exactly what I did so won't bother trying to explain. But I do remember saturating the colours before using a filter in PhotoScape.

 

So here you go, these are a few more shots taken a year ago. More will come of course, but let's spread them through time. 

Baby Steps in August 2011

These are my first steps into the world of photography. I took these shots in Brisbane, in the Botanical Garden and along the Brisbane River in August 2011 with a Canon PowerShot SX10. This buy was a debutant error as I was convinced by my lovely other half that I did not need an SLR at that time, but ended up spending almost as much as if I did. So if you are unsure, go straight for SLR.
The shots were taken in JPEG and then retouched in the freely available software PhotoScape. This is a  nice software with quite a number of filters and other typical tools to enhanced photos.

Looking back at these photos it is quite clear that these were completely average (to be polite), but this is how I started and it is a good place to start this blog.