Trapper's Swamp

"Mitts and Booties" - Canon EOS 5D Mark II and EF 85mm f/1.8 USM; 1/40 sec at f/2.8, ISO 800. All rights reserved.

Sometimes you have to look very hard for a compelling subject or a pleasing composition; at other times, the planets seem to align and the subject and composition present themselves, and the visualisation just works. This is one of those times. I used an orange filter, and used Fill Layers in Photoshop CS 4 to quadtone the picture to get the tonality I like. It may be digital, but it doesn't feel as clinical.

It's my next personal photography project, mixing together my need to keep my creative juices flowing and my love for black and white photography. For this one, the goal is to make and post no less than 100 black and white pictures over the course of a year; since there are 52 weeks in a year, that works out to be about 2 pictures a week. The pace is much less stressful than my 35-35 Project, but it will be no less challenging or enjoyable.

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I started this personal project 12 days ago, to make and post one picture a day taken with my 35L for 35 consecutive days.

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