Some shots from my visits to West Park

[Allstar#500]

Some very good shots there. It has left me wondering though how much do you play about with the photos in photoshop to add the sort of dark and dingey affects or is alot of it down to the original image? I don't know anything about photography you see and would love to produce something like that

 

[fly my pretties]

Well, in essense, everything is down to the original image. You can only work on what is already there. Don't get me wrong, the pictures look vastly different from what they do in the camera, but the interplay between light and shadow is what allows you to work on a picture so heavily.

But to answer the question of how much I play about with them, I would say a lot. But, the changes are quite subtle, and each change builds upon an element of the picture that already exists.

Essentially, I just change shit in photoshop until it looks good. Sometimes it takes ten minutes, sometimes it takes an hour. If it's paid work, it might take me three days.

 

[james.s]

Very nice photos! I look forward to more reports from you

 

[fly my pretties]

PS Can I ask what camera you prefer to use??

Didn't notice this before, sorry, wasn't ignoring the question.

I own a few cameras, but I always use the same two when in West Park. I use a Canon 5D Mark II with a 24-70L lens, and a Canon 50D with a 10-22 lens.

 

[fly my pretties]

Went back today and grabbed a few shots. Nothing to write home about, but this was my favourite one of the day:

 

[Allstar#500]

Simply... wow.. :shocked:

 

[fly my pretties]

Thanks. Got another picture to update.

 

[Winchester]

Nice one, managed to work the cocks off the wall?

Such a shame it was Vandalised.

 

[Allstar#500]

The cocks got cleaned off, shame it was replaced by a couple of strange smiley faces

 

[fly my pretties]

couple more shots from today. Going to post them as I process rather than just as one big update.

 

[fly my pretties]

A few more:

 

[mookster]

haha nice to see the walking stick I slid down the line of coat hangers is still there

stunning shots there mate, the floor buffers look like they're ganging up on that lone hoover!

 

[fly my pretties]

Cheers mate, I can't take credit for the buffer shot, I just took the picture. I met a couple of good guys there, and one of them had a stroke of genius for the floor buffers so we spent twenty minutes or so moving them to create the scene.

 

[SONAR]

great shots John, see you very soon I hope!

 

[fly my pretties]

Definitely man, looking forward to it

Another update, some old, some new.

 

[mookster]

again some of the best photos I've seen from West Park, love that first aid box one

 

[fly my pretties]

Thanks Mookster.. Here's another I just finished work on.

Taken just outside the padded cell

 

[Allstar#500]

Blimey that ones a bit gruesome, but simply brilliant

 

[mookster]

brilliant

*turns into raving fanboy*

 

[Digitographer]

What a truly stunning set of photographs - possibly the absolute best I've seen on here, and that's saying something!