Encinitas Garden Festival 2012 - B&W

[Chris Dodkin]

It's that time of year again - the locals in Encinitas CA open up their gardens for us mere pions to walk around and gawp at - and take photos of course!

Here's a selection from today - X-Pro1 - 18mm lens - PP in Silver Efex Pro

20's Lifestyle

Through the magic doorway

Vintage Man-cave

Bench & Press

Ganesha

Shake Wall

Succulent Mail

Frog Mail

 

[Brian Moore]

Sometimes I feel that BW shots are in a way more colorful that color images. I know that must sound strange. Love how that Oldsmobile turned out.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Beautiful shots, every one of them. Seems like one of the keys to taking great photos is to live in a great place. Love the first - great flower on the left - and the car.

 

[Pete Askew]

What a wonderful set Chris. The textures in Ganesh are particularly impressive but I like them all - the car is especially nice. How did you find SiverFX?

 

[Paul Lange]

A fine set it is too but the car is particularly good though. The lighting on the car and the background is really nicely done.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Thanks guys - this was the first outing with Silver FX for PP, and I found it gave a great level of control - really enjoying using it.

Agree with the B&W vs Color comments Brian - I visualized certain shots in B&W as I took them, based on lighting, texture, tones etc - and then tried to reproduce that mental image later with PP

The car was a bit special - and the owner has the whole garage set up as a retro museum display - very cool. Clearly not short of a few bucks!

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Brilliant set as always Chris.
Loving the vintage motor popping out of the darkness.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Some lovely toning Chris ... Especially the car and the mail box!
The elephant chap has a lovely sense of depth to it too!

 

[Pete Askew]

Elephant chap?!! We're not talking about John Hurt here you know! That's a major Hindu deity!!

 

[Hamish Gill]

Someone's had away with his name badge though ...

 

[Darren Bradley]

More 18mm goodness. Nice to see familiar subjects, as it's easier for me to judge the camera and lens qualities. I love that first shot of the house porch.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Thanks Darren - that whole property was amazing, Janelle just wanted to move in immediately!