Sheffield station, one summery day. The best part of sheffield station is that, despite it being relatively large, the whole atmosphere is primarily created by the light at both end of the track. Unlike a lot of stations in cities, where the main train lines are hopped onto from inside, you are still outside when you're in sheffield station. The day was very beautiful - it was around 17 degrees, which for me, I consider perfect. The ground was damp from the previous nightly downfall of rain and the shadows from every direction from the above lit sky, made the whole composition feel almost conspicuous. I left the over-all image primarily raw; however I dropped the shadow by, somewhere around, -4 and added a little more highlight (around +3/4). I did raise the saturation a little, to add a little more emphasis on how beautiful of a day it was because phone camera's tend to dull the whole colouration down a little.
Antique books in the hostel I stayed over in. They had a little room named 'the book swap' where you could chill in complete happiness and swap books with strangers. Unfortunately, I didn't bring any books with me that I'd finished (and I just can't part with "This Modern Love" by Will Derbyshire.) The books were wrecked, but they held so much love. The only editing I did for this photo was heighten the exposure and drop the shadow around -2. I wanted to keep it the way I could see in person to really capture a happy memory.
Bright, blooming plants in winter gardens. For this one, I did a little editing on snapseed. I couldn't resist exploring what I could do with the saturation. I also added a filter, that literally heightened the saturation and added (what I can only assume) and heightened colour highlight also. The over-all image looks so happy to me. It creates such a positive ora for itself.
Another one from the hostel I stayed in. Beautiful antique window they have kept from the original building. The most interesting concept about the hostel, was that it was once an all boys work house; you really felt like you was stepping into a surreal, taste of the past since they kept any part they could. I took this photo whilst awaiting my key; the light was shining in from the door and the window, leaving only the window at an advantage of being bright amongst the very dark open space. I only edited the photo slightly, by brightening the centre to give a better idea of the beauty within the window detailing - I darkened the shadow until it was around -15 and kept the original 'filter' raw. I did add a slight touch (around +3) of fade and around +2 of grain to sharpen the image up.
In the summer, I visited Liverpool. Although I'm not a huge fan of Liverpool, the locks were absolutely incredible as the sun was coming down. This is literally the photo untouched - I couldn't edit it without ruining it's natural beauty. The boats situated on the left, so comfortably that it compliments the sky and I adore how the water is rippling. The sky looks as if it's on fire but meeting water - which could only leave an absolute air head like myself; in a complete day dream.
Here's my cats. Both have a filter on, one that auto edits the shadow and highlight. I added grain onto the photo's, because I find it compliments a dark image and creates a more raw, somewhat candid composition and feel. The bottom, Teddy, has a little +3/4 on saturation because her image was slightly blurry and without it, I felt as if it just wasn't overly appealing. The above image, Clive, was him laid asleep so naturally on me. I barely edited that image at all, maybe a little shadow drop here and there.
Another random section of Sheffield. This place you legitimately wander through a forest and I'm a massive fan of forests (like seriously.) and this was an opportunity I couldn't miss! The colour saturation and sharpness was edited but other than that, there really was no need to add any other effect! So unconditionally beautiful without any actual editing. Aw!
Back to the hostel, you got free tea and coffee any time of the day. I tried to capture the tea and coffee on it's round platter, relatively central to the composition. I can't look at without thinking about how unbelievably tumblr it is, but I kinda love it for that. I lowered the white's and heightened the rest of the colouration. The shadow was dropped, and I adore it so much!
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