Photowalk 32 - A Wet Monks Walk

Its been raining hard here for the last week, but today I decided to head down to Monks Walk to try and grab a few shots.

It felt good to have the S5700 in action again, but the rain came back and I had to call it a day after about 45 minutes.

Woof Mk 3 Taken With Fujifilm S5700, Aperture Priority, F3.5, 1/90th, ISO 200, Focal Length 6mm, Hand-held

This one's for our September "Texture" photo assignment. It's part of some graffiti on a tree, so I got in close and switched to Macro Mode on my Fujifilm.

I stripped the colours out in Photoshop Elements, then played around with Levels Adjustment Layers to increase the contrast. I changed the Levels blend mode to Overlay.

Vista Taken With Fujifilm S5700, Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/80th, ISO 100, Focal Length 12mm, Hand-held

I hid under the trees while the rain came down, then grabbed this one. Added Sepia in Elements, a slight grad to the sky, and a vignette.

Paddler Taken With Fujifilm S5700, Aperture Priority, F3.5, 1/250th, ISO 100, Focal Length 63mm, Hand-held

I liked the way this little guy seemed to be looking at the camera, though it's a heavy crop and very soft. I pushed the contrast too much - you can see where the whites have blown out on the Sea Gulls head and chest.

Swung Taken With Fujifilm S5700, Aperture Priority, F3.5, 1/220th, ISO 400, Focal Length 23mm, Hand-held

Er... ropes. On a tree. Sepia. Not sure why I like it.

Woof Mk 4 Taken With Fujifilm S5700, Aperture Priority, F5.6, 1/125th, ISO 400, Focal Length 43mm, Hand-held

I know these abstracts aren't to everyone's taste, but I am drawn to the textures and shapes, and black and white seems the best treatment.


This was a short photowalk, but it was good to get out again with my camera. To be honest I'm really knackered as I write this (and as I was shooting), I didn't get much sleep last night, no. 2 daughter decided to wake us all up a 3.am as she made a racket in the bathroom.... So I'll need a good nights sleep to decide if I like any of these shots.

Cheers, Rob.