January, week one:
Here's my first entry into my photo-a-week blog for 2k7. the thought of a photo-a-day seemed like an overwhelming commitment, however i think this weekly project will be a lot of fun. i can't wait to see what people come up with! This picture is an experiment in black and white. My early experience with photography was almost entirely black and white, however I haven't had much success with b+w in digital. Improving upon that is one of my photographic goals for 2k7.
Yesterday I went driving along the blue ridge parkway, just south of Shenandoah National Park. About a month ago there was a big windstorm that knocked down a lot of trees, and you can still see tons of branches everywhere. I like the way this one turned out, as the focus was great and i think it translated well into black and white. I had originally considered entering this into the DPC "Centered Composition" challenge.
I liked the title "fractured limb" because as a radiologist I usually see pictures of fractured limbs of a different sort.
Image details:
Date and location: 1/2/7 at 10:53 AM EST, Blue Ridge parkway
Equipment: Canon 30D, 17-85mm IS lens, Hoya SMC UV filter
Settings: 85mm, handheld with IS, ISO 100, f/8.0, 1/200 sec, shot in raw
Processing: crop in lightroom beta v4.1, b+w in PS7 (channel mixer)
Photo-a-week goals addressed: #1 (b+w)
