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Although I love tropical gardens, photographing them can be a challenge: there’s often so much greenery that isolating a subject becomes a real challenge, and since most are closed during the “golden hours”, you can be battling quite harsh light and very high dynamic range. My previous visits to the Andromeda Botanic Gardens on Barbados have always suffered from this – I’ve come away failing to do justice to the beauty in front of me.
This year, however, luck was with me. We came round a bend to be met by this amazing sight – a Malay Apple tree (Syzygium malaccense), coming to the end of a dramatic blossoming, with the discarded blossoms forming a wide pink carpet.
This shot is pretty much as it came out of the camera, just a slight tweak to vibrance and curves – no HDR trickery needed on this occasion. I have done an HDR treatment which lightens up the shadows a bit, but I’m not sure it’s an improvement. I might post that as well and see what people think.
Score 1 to the Andromeda Gardens!
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We’ve just got back from our trip to Crete. Nice people, but the weather was a bit deficient considering this was supposed to be a “week in the sun” :(. Here’s an early version of what may be my best Continue reading →
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 in Uncategorized
Well, I’ve finally finished processing my shots from last year’s trip to Santorini. As expected, lots of blue church domes and sunsets over the caldera, but a few more unusual images as well. The sunset light there really is quite Continue reading →
Saturday, October 2, 2010 in
Photography,
Santorini
Sorry there was no photoblog post last week, but I was busy processing my shots from the wedding of my good friend, Dave. Here’s a third (and, I promise, final) “Caldera Sunset” shot from my Santorini trip. This one works, Continue reading →
Monday, September 27, 2010 in
Photography,
Santorini
If you’re wondering why agile methods don’t work in your organisation, look no further than this. Very funny, but scarily accurate. In the words of the Tao of Lao-Tsu, “If you want to control something, you must first let it Continue reading →
Saturday, September 18, 2010 in
Agile & Architecture
I’m making good progress on sorting out my photos from last year’s Santorini trip, with the intention of getting them finished before the anniversary… 🙂 I was going to publish a series of the Caldera sunsets in weekly instalments. I Continue reading →
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 in
Photography,
Santorini
I’m finally getting round to processing the shots from my Santorini trip – only about a year late! The sunsets over the Caldera really are quite amazing. Here’s one, and I’ll post a couple more over the next few weeks. Continue reading →
Thursday, September 9, 2010 in
Photography,
Santorini,
Travel
Ruminations on leadership, and how leadership responsibilities change with your perspective Continue reading →
There are lots of great car museums in the world, and I’ve visited more than a few. However, the majority are difficult or impossible to photograph, unless you’re a “down in the details” sort of photographer, which I’m definitely not. Continue reading →
Saturday, August 14, 2010 in
Photography
I’ve been developing andrewj.com for about 15 years, and although I’m not that prolific I’ve built up quite a lot of content. I recently converted my blog from an old bespoke (= “custom”, for my American friends) solution to one Continue reading →
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