There I was walking down Broad Street in Oxford a couple of months ago when I glanced through this arch to see some students lining up. Experience told me they'd throw their mortar boards in the air so I went running up to the gate, quickly framed the shot just in time to see the hats go up in the air. Looked at my screen and thought I'd nailed the shot, exposure was spot on and the hats were perfectly placed, just as well because there was no repeat performance. As I started walking back to my car feeling pretty pleased with myself I zoomed in for a closer look only to find my oh so clever auto-focus had snapped onto the building leaving me with one of my worst 'ones that got away'.
Having now got a couple of months distance from the shot I thought I'd see what I could do in post-production (the answer, not a lot) I thought I'd still upload it. I could post-rationalise and say that for me the sharpness of the building represents permanence and the blurriness of the students demonstrates their transience but I think I should just settle for accepting it's a good reminder not to take things for granted.
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Resident cat at Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.
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This shot of the Rage Rollercoaster at Southend on Sea was taken just as it was getting dark. I was trying out some panning and whilst this could have been a bit sharper I do quite like the overall feel of the shot and the simple uncluttered composition.
Maybe I should push up the saturation, blur it a bit more, add a funky border and then pretend it's an Instagram shot ;-)
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This is somewhat of an accident (as you may have guessed) as I was actually trying to get a candid shot of the three men. So as not to be be caught I took it without actually looking through the viewfinder and it autofocused on the chairs in the foreground. Having said that it somehow works well for me but I appreciate it won't be to everyones taste.
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Feel free to tell me if I'm losing it a bit with todays two cycling uploads. Both of these have failed on a technical level, mainly for being too close with too wide a lense, but there's still something about them I rather like. The casual observer might not realise this shot features a couple of Copenhagen Icons, the copper Knippelsbro Bridge control tower and the Christiana Bike Company child carrier.
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