Kitchen Sink

[Lesley Jones]

Taken last year at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum. If you've never been, it is a wonderful place to visit and take photographs. Inside one of the worker's cottages

 

[adrian jordin]

I don't know quite what you did with this photo, but I'd swear that was a painting...
I wonder if its something to do with the lighting...I'll have to have another look in daylight.

I definitely like it, though...

 

[Davie Hudson]

I've loved all of your pictures but I have to say i don't like the frames, they put me off

 

[Pete Askew]

Very nice Lesley. My only comment would be that the view through the window is just a little bit too distinct (I guess these are merged images / exposures) and I would have liked to have seen a tiny bit selective focus. But that really is being picky as it's a lovely shot as is and I think painterly describes well the lighting of the kitchen itself.

 

[Hamish Gill]

I've loved all of your pictures but I have to say i don't like the frames, they put me off

I've thought about mentioning the frames ...
I have to zoom in and about more because of them
I wonder Lesley if there might be a smaller version you could use/create ... I feel we are missing out on some image real estate!

 

[Peter McCullough]

It's a beautiful image, but doesn't look real, weird eh....!

How's that done then?

 

[Chris Dodkin]

The toning of the interior subjects is lovely and 'retro' - the feel is just right Lesley

The blossom through the window is a very nice bonus

My parents have mentioned this place, and have taken my niece and nephew - must take a look next time I'm in Blighty

 

[Lesley Jones]

Yes, it was multiple exposures blended in Photomatix. I hated the end result (too HDR for my taste), so I spent ages trying to put it back the way I remembered it. I'll see what I can do about the frames. The action isn't mine and I have no way of adjusting it. Also, the zoo are being rather demanding today. Our diabetic cat is threatening a hypo (we blood test at home) and I'm generally stressed up to the eyeballs as I have a big meeting at work in the morning...

 

[Hamish Gill]

I'll make you an action if you like Lesley?

 

[Ronald Atchley]

Zooey, what ever you did after the photomatix , you should
bottle and sell the process
Pete may have a point about the outside but I honestly would have to
see it to compare before I changed anything. I think this is what
still life should be about.
Ron

 

[Lesley Jones]

I've just taken a look at the details and the aperture was f/11, so probably enough for everything to be in sharp focus. The tree was in the cottage garden I think and the greenery was literally outside the window.

That's very kind of you Hamish, but I've already found another option that gives me a larger image and smaller frame. I only discovered the CS5 actions last week. I'll get there in the end...