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Monthly Archives: February 2021

Spring Musings in black and white

You can use color filters to obtain the black and white image you want straight out of camera. A filter will lighten the color that is the same of its own color.

Posted byAlessandra ChavesFebruary 28, 2021November 26, 2022Posted inBlack and white Photography, Botanicals, PhotographyTags:Black and white Photography, Botanical Photography, high contrast black and white, tulip flower photography, wall art5 Comments on Spring Musings in black and white

Cloudy ocean

Sometimes a photograph becomes so abstract that it is no longer a representation of reality.

Posted byAlessandra ChavesFebruary 24, 2021May 15, 2022Posted inBlack and white Photography, PhotographyTags:Black and white Photography, long exposure photography, Ocean photography, Patrick's Point State Park4 Comments on Cloudy ocean

Anatomy of a monocot leaf

The leaf of a monocot plant is characterized by major leaf veins running parallel.

Posted byAlessandra ChavesFebruary 19, 2021May 15, 2022Posted inBlack and white Photography, Botanicals, PhotographyTags:Black and white Photography, Botanical Photography, leaf photography7 Comments on Anatomy of a monocot leaf

Ocean view

Many contemporary landscape photographers try to balance the natural beauty of the land with the imprint of humans in a movement loosely known as “contemporary landscape”.

Posted byAlessandra ChavesFebruary 14, 2021November 25, 2022Posted inBlack and white Photography, Land and dreamscapes, PhotographyTags:Black and white Photography, long exposure photography, Ocean photography, Portuguese beach, Sonoma Coast photography5 Comments on Ocean view

Spring musings

Selective lighting and darkening the background are among my favorite tricks to make a flower picture stand out

Posted byAlessandra ChavesFebruary 10, 2021November 25, 2022Posted inBotanicals, Color photography, PhotographyTags:Botanical Photography, California Poppy, lightening techniques in photography, photography tip9 Comments on Spring musings

The Mermaid’s face

I have been to the Marin Headlands a number of times, but last Saturday was the first time I saw the face of the Mermaid.

Posted byAlessandra ChavesFebruary 5, 2021November 25, 2022Posted inBlack and white Photography, Land and dreamscapes, PhotographyTags:Black and white Photography, long exposure photography, Marin Headlands, Ocean photography9 Comments on The Mermaid’s face
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