Photowalk 28 - Near The Explosion Museum

I had to return some overdue books to my local library, so on the way back I detoured to one of my favourite Photowalks, which snakes along near the Explosion Museum in Gosport, and got a few shots in.

All Tapped Out Taken With Fujifilm S5700, Aperture Priority, F3.5, 1/120th, ISO 100, Focal Length 6mm, Hand-held

Simple shot, just playing around with depth of field and composition.


You Wouldn't Want To See This In Colour... Taken With Fujifilm S5700, Aperture Priority, F3.5, 1/160th, ISO 64, Focal Length 24mm, Hand-held

Outlet that flows into the sea... poor fishes!

223 Taken With Fujifilm S5700, Aperture Priority, F3.5, 1/320th, ISO 64, Focal Length 17mm, Hand-held

Tribute to the 08/08/08. Oh. Wait a minute... where's my clone stamp?

Rains A Comin' Taken With Fujifilm S5700, Aperture Priority, F3.5, 1/900th, ISO 64, Focal Length 11mm, Hand-held

I did quite a bit of masking in this one. I wasn't happy with the contrast in the sky or foreground - so I applied levels to each separately, and brightened up the lamp-post on the left, and added a sepia tone.

Ultra Violet Taken With Fujifilm S5700, Macro, Aperture Priority, F3.5, 1/120th, ISO 64, Focal Length 6mm, Hand-held

I saw these brilliantly coloured flowers at the side of the path and had to take a few photos. Played with levels, hue, and cropped to square.

Siblings Taken With Fujifilm S5700, Aperture Priority, F3.5, 1/420th, ISO 64, Focal Length 6mm, Hand-held

I really liked the relationship between these two flowers. I've started to play around with blend modes in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. I create my normal levels and hue adjustment layers, but change the blend mode to overlay or soft-light - then adjust the opacity of the layer to tone-down the effect.

Log Taken With Fujifilm S5700, Aperture Priority, F3.5, 1/200th, ISO 64, Focal Length 6mm, Hand-held

Depth of field and composition.

On A Barbed Wire Taken With Fujifilm S5700, Macro, Aperture Priority, F4, 1/1000th, ISO 64, Focal Length 6mm, Hand-held

This is a great example of where I saw the flower on the barbed wire, but didn't see the obvious leaf in front of it!

Quite simply, we see the subject, but the camera sees the distractions! I should have double checked and re-shot.


I really enjoyed this Photowalk - it wasn't planned, but I came across some interesting subjects. It wasn't that they weren't there before (apart from the flowers), but I think I'm getting better at seeing subjects, and applying composition. Light still to come...

Thanks, rob.