Happily Ever After
Life in The Rural Retreat with a beautiful wife, three cats, garden wildlife, a camera, a computer – and increasing amounts about running
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The Camera Never Lies
by admin - 16:59 on 13 February 2011
This was the day I was determined to fill with constructive activity, either in the garden or behind the Pentax.
But day-long rain, interspersed with showers of sleet, left me reluctant to stir from the warmth of The Rural Retreat. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow.
Avian activity has been intense – at one point there were woodpeckers on both peanut feeders at the same time – but the gloomy light meant there was no point in pointing the camera at anything.
So I whiled away an hour or two improving my Photoshop skills by trying to make something of a snap I took four years ago that's always left me frustrated.
The picture, at Kirkcudbright Harbour, was taken at a time when I was so new to digital snappery that I often had the Pentax on auto settings, which is why it struggled when pointed into the sun and at a large expanse of water. Whether I'd have done better had I full control of the camera settings is debatable.
The result was hugely under-exposed but I've always liked the atmosphere and the ripples and have tried several times to rescue the image, to no avail. Today's effort isn't brilliant but I suspect it's the best I'll get from the poor original.
Of course, there's probably some flashy program that will turn it into an award-winning snap at the click of a mouse. The camera might never lie, but software can. Have a look at Portrait Professional – you'll never believe a picture again.
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