![The Boat](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3032/2939172522_927b567265_b.jpg)
Etikettarkiv: B&W
Three Designs
Grindtorp Brutalism
![Twisted Architecture](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2249/2112235279_bd86e86199.jpg)
Frosty Neomodernism
![Frosty Bench](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2061/2122786612_6409a7b3c7.jpg)
Residents
![Sumpan in IR](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2024/2422898288_3ce18bdbbc.jpg)
Black Hats & White Hats
A Peninsula Called Shoe
There are many historical grounds not ver far from where I live. One such place is a Peninsula called ”Sko” in Swedish which means ”shoe” in English. The name probably comes from that the peninsula resembles a shoe from the air, or when viewed on a map. Check out the google map of the area and you will see what I mean.
The weather was not very nice for photography, a thick cloud layer making all the photos very dull and bland, to the point of being completely ”flat”. Sometimes I use a flash as a tool to fix this, if you have a dull landscape in the background, place a person in the foreground and use a flash properly you can get a very nice effect. Especially with some gels that gives yellow color. When you compensate the white balance for that yellow colour you get a very nice blue cast on the sky even if it was completely dull when you shot the picture.
But today was different, I decided to work with contrasts and black & white photos instead to the point of almost making them cartoonish. Here is the result of today’s little excursion…
![Douglas DC-3 in Skokloster](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3053/2745121680_b00e8edd6e.jpg)
![Idealbyn](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3028/2744285285_9a07df39b3.jpg)
![DC-3 insignia](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3090/2744284587_1a2c4105af.jpg)
![Upplands runinskrifter 676](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3130/2745125078_e776a2efb8.jpg)
Infrared of Dalälven
![Infrared shot of the river Dalälven](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3229/2680165283_d67439a79a.jpg)
I am presently at the Sommarhack 2008 conference in Skutskär but we had time to also do some photographing in the night. This is an infrared shot I took of the river while the others kept on hacking. Since the light was very low it is a little grainy even if the shutter time is over 2 minutes and ISO set to 200.
Infrared photography is a passion of mine and there will be a dedicated article on how to get started taking infrared pictures. It is not so hard, but it does require a little understanding on the physics behind it and how to use the camera in a completely manual mode.
Post processing was quite heavy, contrast and exposure adjustment, added vignetting, adjusted ”clarity” in lightroom and a few more touch-ups here and there. I like the result even if it is slightly grainy due to having to ”lift” it quite heavy in post-processing.