What a fun technique! I had to try this quite a few times before I was successful, but I learned a lot along the way. ISO 400, f/9.0, 1 sec using tripod.
This photograph was taken during the evening golden hour at the Burton Memorial Baptist Church near Bowling Green, Kentucky. The current stone sanctuary was built in 1911, although the church was consecrated in 1850. It was very hot and muggy during my visit. The family members who travelled with me sat in the air-conditioned vehicle watching me sweat for an hour as I explored my photography options at this picturesque location. The sacrifices we make for our craft! Haha. ISO 400, f/22, 1 sec, tripod. Adjusted typical LR sliders before taking the PS steps for this week’s assignment. I used 70 pixels for the blur level (tried several others) and the desaturate option. Adjusted the orange saturation and luminance very slightly once back in LR. I considered cropping some of the grass on the left side, but decided I liked that the line of headstones had a place to lead the eye.
I was in a sort of stuck in place mode for the week, so I had been looking for opportunities in my MIL’s yard. One morning I woke to a heavy fog, lots of heat and humidity too. I hustled outside and began shooting all kinds of things. I did not have to wait for my camera to adjust to the outside environment because her house is kept quite warm! For me, the emotion I evoked in my images that day was awe of Mother Nature. I had several I was thankful to capture. This was taken of a portion of a 6-inch square board that holds an old, large wind chime. These tiny lichens were hard to see without the extension tubes on my lens. (I believe they are Cladonia cristatella, commonly known as British Soldier Lichen.) ISO 400, f/7.1, 1/15 sec, tripod. Basic LR edits, cropped a slice off the bottom to remove a partial nail head, some spot healing in PS to remove two small wisps of spider web.
