Back to Black

Today was a really good opportunity to go out and take a walk over some previously unexplored hills. I took my 85mm lens with me in hopes of finding subject matter for my Photography assessment next week. Whilst out, I noticed that the weather kept on changing and being out on a higher ground, you can see just how much clouds block out the sun of areas below. I decided to try and capture some of this by purposely underexposing my shots. Of course, with the light constantly changing, I had different effects. Here are some of the better ones I had from today.

I really like how the sun is angled in this and the shadow of the Eildon's makes it look like the town is lit up.

Personally I find this boring, though it may appeal to someone (probably on Facebook)

I think this has to be my favourite of the day. I will agree with anybody that telephone poles in the country side are a bit of a distraction from nature, but I really like the way they fade off into the distance, giving additional depth to the area. I also like that the further I had walked, the hills had become somewhat hidden in sun glare.

While not the greatest of subject matters, I do like the leading lines here and the way the metal reflects by the sun, adding contrast to image. The detail in the wood also stands out due to the power of the sun too.

The reason I took this was simple; I liked the shadow cast by the tree. Quite a nice tone change between the light and darks.

Playing around with depth of literally a field. For me, I liked the idea that by having the distance out of focus, it almost blended the landscape into one and made it look semi continuous. I think maybe I should have edited out the black blob middle right however, I find it a tad distracting.

This tree on its own really stood out to me. It was old, crooked and branching off all over the place. It reminded me of the White Tree of Gondor from Lord of the Rings, overlooking the land. The hill behind myself helped provide even more shadow, so it stood out quite prominently against the town back drop.