Random Photos

Today I'm going to take a break from exhibitions and art, and post some photos I've been taking lately. Most likely I'm not alone with this, but i like to take photos whenever I see a nice scene, landscape or something that seems interesting to me, store the photo, then post them on Hive, from time to time.

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The last post in which I posted random shots was God knows when, I can't even estimate how many months have passed, so there's time to write one today.

These photos were captured last year in November, when the weather was a bit cold, but still nice and sunny. Compared to other years, when I literally went out autumn photo hunting, last year I only captured scenes that were in my way, if I saw any. It's not like I lost interest, but had no time for such adventure.

This photo was taken in October last year and clearly remember my thoughts and intention. I said it's a good photo to be turned into black and white, so here it is.

But seeing it both, I don't know which one is better, honestly.

Experimenting with different filters has been a fun game for me, but again, it's been literally ages since I've done that. I remember when I started out with this account on Hive, I had a challenge called "Color, Black & White, Sepia" (I'm not sure this was the order of the words though) and posted all 3 versions of a set of photos each week, just for fun.

Sepia is not really appreciated, or less used I think. The reason could be various, but we have some photographers who are good in this regard.

This photo is not 100% sepia, but I think it gives you the feeling that it it.

We had very nice weather before All Saints Day and on the way to the cemetery, I took this photo. There was no way to see the house behind the trees, but the rusty color combined with the yellow-brown fence looked great.

Black and white dis not look good, so I made it sepia and I like it. It gives the photo a more dramatic tone, but it's not bad at all, it makes the eye focus on the fence I think.

This photo may seem strange, but for me, this is the gem of the post. It is not staged in any way and not edited either, except for the signature. This is the type of photography I'd like to focus on, but for that, I need to go out of the city as here streets are cleaned regularly, so there's zero chance I can find leaves on the ground, unless I'm lucky and I don't like to stage such scenes.

I love the contrast between the rusty leaf and the grey cobblestone.

Back to my favorite place of relaxation.

I could literally sit and work from here if I'd have access to power. I've seen several people doing that, but once the battery of your laptop goes to critical levels, you can go home.

This is my theory, but reality might be slightly different. I don't know if I'd be able to focus knowing people are walking around me and the other factor that must be taken into consideration is light. I've seen traders showing off with photos showing them trading on the beach or in a pool, then one guy posted that whoever is posting such photos is a liar as once you get the strong sunlight on your screen, you see literally nothing, and he's right.

Last, but not least, another favorite of mine. Most likely, for most of you, there's nothing special in this photo, but for me it's still precious. It's a coffee shop with a nice terrace, but what it makes it interesting is the golden leaves and the light in the upper side of the photo.

This is it for today, I hope you have a favorite among these random shorts. Let me know in a comment.

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