A Photo a Day 2020 #299

A Photo a Day 2020 #298

A recycled photo from 2017...I'm struggling to get stuck into it this month.

Triptych of the Week #3

January Reflections

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These three photos were all taken on the same day, with photos 1 and 3 being taken on a cold evening walk. Last year, when I was doing my 'Photo a Day' challenge I realised that reflections were a subject that I was drawn to photographing. These reflections convey the coldness of the time of year due to the colour theme, but also perhaps there's a allusion to the hope and 'wonder' of the new start.

Photo 1 is a reflection of a reflection of someone looking in the window at a shop's January sales. There's something a bit miserable about January sales to me! I'm a hypocrite, because I will hunt the sales (particularly online), but it feels sad to see the presents that you carefully chose for people on sale as if they are discardable objects. I guess, in the grand scheme of things, they are! 

The other two photos are reflections in water (it's been quite rainy in January). Photo 2 is obviously colour-enhanced in editing to give it a more whimsical style. Photo 3's sky is a contrast to the colours within it and bleak. I could have photoshopped out the car, but there's some element of narrative to be had with it being there. 

Overall, I'm quite pleased with the photos, but I'd like to get better at using Photoshop to get a more professional finish. Any tips anyone?_____________________________________________________________________________________

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Festive Window

A lovely window display from our trip to Lewes last weekend.

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Little Antique Shop

A lovely looking shop in Lewes, edited with the 'miniature' feature to give the display an 'other worldly' vibe.

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Bookshop

This bookshop display in Lewes high street caught my eye.

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Window shopping

A man regards the display inside a Bric a Brac shop on a Saturday afternoon with his dog. 

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Holy

1/125     F7.1     ISO 320
Some reflections in an old church building window.

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Long Delivery

1/160     F1.8     ISO 250
This was a eye-catching door with a story to tell. The shop had closed down permanently and the signs in the window told of an indefinite delivery.
Of course, the blue is cranked up a gear which I felt worked with the quirkiness of the image; it was a vibrant door anyway, so it was really fun to play about with changing the colour, before leaving it at its original hue.

A Photo a Day #13

The Shop Across the Street

1/160     F1.8     ISO 250

A local barbers' window with the buildings on the other side of the street reflected.