It was difficult to choose a photo for the first post. I am still only beginning to get to grips with my new Lumix FZ-45 camera. The experience of photographing a beautiful village such as Datchet was exhilarating. Walking around on foot meant so much more could be discovered that ordinarily is missed when you go through such places in a vehicle. The shot I chose in the end was of an old lamppost in a walkway by the church. Both myself and Jules were immediately reminded of the lamppost in “The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe”. So I decided for my first photo to turn the picture from the camera into a version that reminded me of the lamppost in Narnia, obviously allowing for the fact that this lamppost was not in a forest and the path to it from this world was not through a wardrobe! J The changes I made to the photo were fairly straight forward. I turned the image sepia to give it a dated look, I softened the image and also tweaked the brightness and contrast and hey presto the image before you was formed. I have so much to learn, techniques to master and skills to develop, but I am pleased with this first effort.
Here are some of the other photos from the session including the unedited lamppost:
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