B&W: Rural living scenery

I took these photos of my local scenery for Sally D’s Mobile Photography Challenge: Black & White, using the Nokia Lumia 530 windows phone. Turned B&W in IrfanView, scaled down but not cropped. Clicking will open a larger image in a new window.

Sally has a lovely pair of B&W photo montages this week. Using photographs of the same subject over different time periods and then combining them in interesting ways is an exciting idea. Sally’s have a wonderful abstract feel.

22nd July 2016

These first photos overlook the farm next door to our place. I don’t know how much rain we had recently because I’ve forgotten to empty the rain gauge. When I’ve looked at it from a distance, I had been fooled by a reddish stain at around the lower end where old water sat for ages. Only after we had a huge downpour did I discover that the gauge was full. So I know we had at least 5 inches this winter. It may well have some possum piss in it, too. 🙂

23rd July 2016

24th July 2016 Foggy, cold morning

These last two images look back towards town. It is a very cold day, today the 24th, beginning with fog and drizzle. Almost 1:30pm before getting a glimpse of the sun and the temperature is almost 7 C.

24th July 2016 Foggy, cold morning

I hope you are having a great weekend. Thanks for reading. 🙂

Sally D's Mobile Photography Challenge

Macro: Barbed wire snags

For Sally D’s Mobile Photography Challenge: Macro This week, Sally has an interesting treatment for a Gerber Daisy – you would hardly believe they are the same image.

My close-up images were taken with the Nokia Lumia 520 Windows Phone, on auto. The featured image (above or at the side depending on your device) was colour adjusted and sharpened in IrfinView before being scaled in GIMP.

The next one seems boring in comparison … maybe I have been fiddling with the settings and I only thought it was on auto…