Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?

This is really not what you want or expect of midsummer. The small hours of 22 June heralded by sound the inevitable sights of the morning. A solstice come and gone; a 'supermoon' obscured (although my Mum saw it); a scene perhaps better captured on video but, as I am no master of that, I faced the challenge of still photography in which you can not hear or see the effects of the wind.

I wanted to go further than I have in previous similar shots and called upon the resources of my new X20 and its ability to shoot partial colour which I can not currently do in pp.

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Hope Springs Eternal

This is really not what you want or expect of midsummer. The small hours of 22 June heralded by sound the inevitable sights of the morning. A solstice come and gone; a 'supermoon' obscured (although my Mum saw it); a scene perhaps better captured on video but, as I am no master of that, I faced the challenge of still photography in which you can not hear or see the effects of the wind.

I wanted to go further than I have in previous similar shots and called upon the resources of my new X20 and its ability to shoot partial colour which I can not currently do in pp. I am absolutely thrilled with this shot SOOC in which my exact intent has been fulfilled by a wonderful camera. In this image, an optimistically red car peers from behind a suburban garage to defy the unseasonal elements and anticipate a joyous excursion later.

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Archie is one of several bears who live in my house. He was born in 2005 and is a Kent Air (Ambulance) Bear. I wanted this shot to be different and have used the wonderful partial colour function of my X20 to make Archie look very striking.

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Making Art of Art (5)

Backstreet Art District, South Cherokee Way, Palm Springs. A playground for artists, a playground for the photographer. There are compositions waiting to be seen. This continues the theme of the previous four pictures using selective colouring.

Concept by Gregory Halse.
Photograph by John Oram.

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A new candid from Southampton. One of three chosen from a rather large series - and given a twist.

Original photograph and art direction by John Oram
Photoshop (selective colouring) by Gregory Halse

Gregory had to work to some very exacting requirements until I got the results I wanted and I am extremely grateful.

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Tags:   Candid Southampton Selective Colouring

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