Shutter-life|Adaptive photography and more, by Henrik Johansson

I’m not worried at all, originally uploaded by henrikj.

I found this old wind mill between Livermore and Tracy, close to the Altamont Speedway. I first started to photograph an abandoned and rusty water truck at the base of the wind mill. Just before leaving, I decided to also shoot the wind mill. However, my only lens was the 100/2.8 maco and it was mounted on my old Canon 40D, giving me a focal length equal to 160mm (my other stuff was in the car, on the other side of a fence). Because of the focal length I was unable to get the full wind mil into the frame, even when I walked back quite a distance.

Even though the afternoon light was pleasant, I decided to enhance it a bit in the post processing. To get a somewhat more golden tone, I used the split toning functionality in Lightroom/Camera RAW. A highlight value of about 50 corresponds very well to the last rays of the sun, resulting in a nice golden tone. I also added a subtle and a bit more red tone to the shadows. For sunset shots, you can also increase the color temperature to get a warmer feeling.

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Welcome to shutter-life. This is the place where I, Henrik Johansson, will write about my photography. I plan to not only publish photos, my aim is to also tell the story behind them. I feel that this aspect is often missing in many photo blogs. When I see an incredible photograph, a number of questions immediately pop up. Where and when was the photo taken? How was it taken?  How did the photographer think before the shot? How was the photo post processed?  That are questions like these I’ll try to answer when I post.

Enjoy!