Sunflowers in Low Light

Late afternoon light filtering through the dining room window offers just enough for the color to show. I couldn't resist snapping some photos of the store bought sunflowers.



The Raw Image

With a little brightness and contrast, more detail emerges along with some grain which is expected in low light.



With Brightness and Contrast

One thing which you can do with image software (Paint.net) and not just a photo touchup software (Photoscape) is to actually manually adjust the output levels of particular inputs. This can lead to some interesting effects.



Brightening the Dark


Expressing in Blue

A lot of image and photo software have interesting effects. One of my favorites is a painting effect. Add a little blur afterwards and I arrived at this.



Painted?

Of course, sometimes another exposure and a different window offers more of that it!



Another Look

Before the Rising Sun

Take 2


Take 3

Welcome to Hue and Light

I've been blogging for several years now and have taken thousands of photos. Some of those have found a place in my blog Bill's Thingees, which focuses on my happenings and general interests. That blog has never meant to be a photography showcase, though it does seem like one occasionally.

For a while now, I've been thinking of doing more with my photography, not just taking and publicizing my images, but showcasing galleries of contrasting takes on a particular subject. To this on my other blog would clutter it, so I decided to create a photography space for my work.

In this blog, Hue and Light, I intend to focus on images and only images. While many of these will be digital photographs, I plan to use more of the creative palette here. Stop by and take a look.