Smartphone Photo Challenge – Week 9 – Mood

….thanks to Maranto Photography for hosting the Smartphone Photo Challenge

The mood here is serene and calm. I tried to capture the warmth of the setting sun even though the temperatures were hovering around freezing. I added more saturation and vibrance to this photo.5-D85-FA51-D92-C-4280-8490-BAAE7-B9-CEF5-C-1-201-a

For this one I added more contrast and vibrance. This intensified the colour of the water and helped to make the foreground and swan stand out more. Capturing the swan between the branches gives this photo a bit of a mysterious mood.
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Mundane Monday Challenge – #148

…..this week’s theme is hanging clothes – use a simple frame

Every week Trablogger challenges us to take better photos.

I like the contrast with the diagonal lines in the top to the horizontal lines on the wall.

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A Word A Week Photograph Challenge – Contrast

….a challenge from Sue Llewellyn

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To me contrast is not just complementary colours, side by side, but anything that makes something else stand out. Black and white and neutral colours make bright colours stand out and unusual groupings provide contrast. I love the dachshund surrounded by the bright pink flowers over the black and white stripes.

For more photographs that feature contrast go to A Word a Week Photograph Challenge.