Fishing in the Sunset

Hiya!

Sorry about the delay, I've been busy (posts on that later) and the WiFi died yesterday, leaving me confused and distraught.

It's alright now though, it's been sorted out and I'm reunited with my precious(ssssssss).

...anyone get it?

Anyway, I'm giving you something different today. I was messing around with the editing of this photo a bit more than I usually do, though nothing too drastic. And so I'm going to show you a few versions of the same photo with only Vibrance, Saturation, Brightness and Contrast changes.

Original (All 0)

Vibrance 20, Saturation 20, Brightness 5, Contrast 75

Vibrance 20, Saturation 20, Brightness 120, Contrast 100

Vibrance 40, Saturation 40, Brightness 100, Contrast 100
My favourite one

Vibrance 50, Saturation 50, Brightness 50, Contrast 75

So yeah, with no other editing except those, you can transform a photo loads. I'd say the fourth image is my favourite, though the darker second image is also quite nice.

This photo was taken on the jetty at my friend's farm. It's a really gorgeous place, massive, and has this huge lake with islands in it.

And also, there's a sunset. I love sunsets, that time of day is my favourite for taking photos because everything becomes golden and warm, and longer shadows make the most awesome shapes. It's called the 'Golden Hour' in photography, the time each day just after sunrise (which I would like to experience at some point if I can get myself out of bed) and just before sunset.

It's a really pretty time of the day. Try taking photos at this time if you want to (consider this a tip?), especially shooting 'towards' the light so you get cool silhouettes with light flares.

Photography may have ruined me.

♥

I love you

ttyl

xxx

Outdoor Fun!

Hiya!

I've been away recently, I spent the last week in Devon, doing all sorts of outdoorsy activities with the NCS The Challenge programme. There are three parts to this programme, the first of which I've completed.

I was pretty excited, to begin with, and it didn't disappoint. We did rock climbing and scrambling (climbing uphill over rocks and boulders) in Dartmoor on the first day. And by 'rock climbing' I'm not talking about a vertical wall with colourful lumps sticking out, I'm talking about actual rock and actual dips and grooves for hand and footholds. I reached the top on both climbs, and one was really hard, so I'm pretty chuffed with that ;)

On the second day, we hiked roughly 18 km, which sounds bad but it wasn't actually. We stayed along the same flat path with loads of shade, and even had ice-cream!

When we arrived at the camp-site we all helped cook pasta with tomato sauce and fresh veggies. It turned out surprisingly nice, considering we were cooking it over a small hob in a horse van. Later at night though, we slept five to a tent, which was really small and we were all squished together with no space to move. I guess you can't have everything, but it was alright. The stars were amazing, too.

The next day, we did water activities in a nearby lake. There was raft building in the morning, where a pretty impressive raft was made from just four barrels, logs, and rope. We then went canoeing, which turned into an afternoon of everyone trying to capsize each other and general messing about. After, we took our raft into the lake, and all thirteen of us sat on it together. It was kinda a fail, and I ended up literally sitting in the water up to my waist. But, it held together well, which I'm proud of.

Anyway, though it was all fun and exciting, I'm really tired now from all that. This week, I'm off again for the second part of The Challenge so you won't be hearing from me until next weekend.

♥

I love y'all

Goodbye!

xxx

FARM PICS

Hey, there's another post coming later today, but for now, here are a few pics from a week ago when I went to the farm!

I love this one! <3

Paddle boat!

I'm on an island in the middle of the lake...

Tiny little perch :)

These were some of the photos from the farm, I hope you enjoyed...

I'll talk to y'all in a couple of hours,

I love y'all, and goodbye! xxx