silverflight8: Different shades of blue flowing on a white background like waves (Fractal)
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Doesn't seem to be an easy way to shift pictures around galleries (I had to sort a number of SW gifs out of my unsorted gallery) so this is all under the "Unsorted" album.

[Note: if you're viewing this on my journal on LJ, you will need to use the scrollbar...900px is too wide, so Expressive side-scrolls instead. You can also "View Image" to see the original sizing.]


This time I tried to take pictures of people. It was not exactly the most successful of attempts. First I sat in the green, leafy walk between the music department and the stadium, and tried to take pictures there. I have a DSLR, so it's not like my camera was inconspicuous or anything. Then I walked past the wedding party, stumbled upon another wedding party, and took pictures of flowers and things.

boy walking past car, clutching a blue book
Sitting on the sun-scorched steps of one of the colleges. I just like how his book was exceedingly blue.

the back of a curly-haired man with a guitar case and a bike, standing in sunlight
While I was sitting on the metal benches that were clustered around an intersection, this gentleman arrived and set himself up with a guitar, a music stand, and used a clamp to pin music to the stand to practise.


empty cobblestone space, with a path leading off ahead surrounded by leafy trees
This is the intersection I was sitting at. This little strip of land runs inside the campus, following the course of a long-buried creek. Old trees grow next to the path, so it's shady cool even at noon, when I went.


a man in yellow and a woman in red sitting together on a park bench under trees
A couple across the intersection from me. I just liked the contrast in yellow/red and the greenery.


black and white photo of a woman pushing her bike; in the background, a crowd of people strolling away
Looking south along the path, to where a wedding party was having a photoshoot. If you look closely, on the right side, there's the white blur of the bride's veil.


close up crop of green leaves with veins, the shadow of one superimposed over the other, with a faintly blue sky beyond
Aimed the camera straight up - clicked - I love RAW files. I can actually see veins in the leaves.


lighter green leaves and blue sky
This is the original photo, slightly cropped.


white flowers looking up to an open window in a stone-bricked wall
Along one of the foot lanes that connect the streets.


purple flowers on long stalks, with rippled petals and whitish hearts
Every time I go to campus on the weekend, I trip over weddings. This was in the courtyard, where there was a giant marquee and silver chairs set out in two aisles and also a flower garden. The flower garden was the better part.


wide, short shot of a brown-and-white dog running down a hill
Just one of the dogs accompanied by humans enjoying the fine weather. I like how sharp the dog came out against the background, though the depth of field was probably pretty big; I was swinging the camera around trying track the dog.


two photographers, one in a purple shirt standing, and the other one kneeling, looking through the right side of the photo
The second marriage party was shooting along K College when I passed; I sat down on a rock to think what to do next, and then I saw them pass by, the groom holding up his bride's frothy skirts as they moved to a new spot. These are the two photographers: I'm still not sure why they positioned the couple in the shade of the building (you can see how the kneeling one is in shadow) but I liked the red sunglasses and the way the sunlight fell on him.


dark green leaves and sunbeam piercing through
More leaves and sun.


purple flower standing next to a stand of small-leaved red bush
Purple/red contrast :D


black and white photo of a tall girl striding along, next to a group of three girls posing for someone out of the frame
It seems that the campus is a tourist spot. The girl on the left, however, is definitely a student.
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Date: May. 30th, 2012 03:18 am (UTC)
pipisafoat: image of virgin mary with baby jesus & text “abstinence doesn’t work" (Default)
From: [personal profile] pipisafoat
my favourites are the first leaf picture and also the dog (because dog! i love all dogs, i can't help it). apparently i don't like to look at people as much? haha.
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Date: May. 30th, 2012 03:27 am (UTC)
pipisafoat: image of virgin mary with baby jesus & text “abstinence doesn’t work" (Default)
From: [personal profile] pipisafoat
yes. i am big on detaily nature anyway. uh, we used to have this book or large magazine or something that had close-ups of all kinds of nature things, normal and unusual, and i got so good at identifying things from close-up, it was bizarre. (then i got older and learned how to have interests that weren't used by my siblings as party tricks and now i think i don't quite have that skill as much anymore. unsure if good or bad.)

i think it's more that those two in particular were so striking. the best people would pale in comparison! in my eyes at least. (then again i am the kid who got in trouble more than once for saying "i don't understand why you take pictures of people. i would rather have pictures of pretty things." i didn't mean that to be rude!)
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Date: May. 30th, 2012 03:29 am (UTC)
pipisafoat: image of virgin mary with baby jesus & text “abstinence doesn’t work" (photoshop)
From: [personal profile] pipisafoat
how would you feel if i messed around with making an icon from that one leaf picture? idk that i would be happy with anything, but if i did use it, i would credit you for photography. (and it's okay if you say no, it gives me a reason to be lazy and not open photoshop!)
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Date: May. 30th, 2012 03:32 am (UTC)
pipisafoat: image of virgin mary with baby jesus & text “abstinence doesn’t work" (Default)
From: [personal profile] pipisafoat
be our guest, be our guest, put our service to the test!
i love lumiere
and cogsworth
and chip, chip was always my favourite (though now he kinda creeps me out)

i have a brother-in-law-in-law who is named chip. he is, unfortunately, not a teacup.

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