In a (New) World of My Own

I was experimenting with making my digital canvas a wee bit larger. Some would say that I embiggened it.

This is a true-to-life representation of my own vision: One eye goes up and one eye goes down.

Can I say ‘win!’? Yeah, I can. I’m ordinarily humble about my photographs. I see them in terms of their flaws; softness, blown highlights, uneven horizon, blur and underexposure are what leap out of me when I review them. Recently I have been working on the ‘exposure’ part of matters by trying to nail down correct exposures in difficult situations, such as catching the sunset through a grove of trees.

In this instance I’m happy to say that I believe I’ve nailed it.

Day 15: It is now day 16. Taken on January 15, 2010.

It is now 1:04am on day sixteen and I have missed my first day. This is inexcusable – I spent most of today sitting in front of my computer working with photographs.

Day #9: Hope. Taken on January 9, 2010.

A little less back-to-Earth for today. I feel like all of my recent photos have been too dark – either a metaphorical dark in the sense that I put emphasis on the sheer starkness of a scene (see day 8), or a literal darkness in that I go out and take photos in the middle of the night. This really flies in the face of the big shot in the arm full of hope that I’ve received coming into the new year, so I’m going to indulge myself with a (marginally) more colourful photo of the season’s chill.

Day #6: A lightning storm interrupts some star trails over Galway Bay, Ireland. Taken on January 5, 2010.

Interesting piece of trivia: The celestial equator runs roughly through what is the middle of this image.

Day #4: ‘Round Polaris’ eye. Taken at Dangan, Galway City, on January 3, 2010.

Day #3: Forthill Cemetery. Taken at Forthill Cemetery, Galway City, on January 3, 2010.