Moody Scone

Definitely not a jam and cream scone with tea 😉 I hope this brings out the dark side of Scone where the
Kings of Scotland were crowned. As anyone who has read Shakespeare and in particular the tale of MacBeth will understand, this remains a place of destiny.

This is a shot where I did most of the work in the camera – deliberately underexposing to bring in the moody sky and using the Fujifilm Acros setting with a simulated red filter. Camera was the X100F and the original exposure was ISO800 f8 at 1/1900th. I then ran the jpeg through the free Nik software to get the effect you see. Please note that Nik is once again not free as google have sold it on so new versions will cost money should you wish to experiment 😦

8 responses to “Moody Scone”

mz&cho

August 8, 2018 at 4:44 pm

The intrigue of it all. Love the photo! MZ

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1. 2e0mca
  
  August 8, 2018 at 4:46 pm
  
  Thank you 🙂 My Father being from Dundee makes many things Scottish very poignant for me!
  
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Sarah

August 9, 2018 at 8:39 am

Stunning shot of a historical site! And I love the play whose name must not be mentioned.😉

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1. 2e0mca
  
  August 9, 2018 at 11:04 am
  
  Thanks Sarah 🙂 My Son doesn’t like the play as he had to study it for his GCSE English 😉
  
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  1. Sarah
    
    August 9, 2018 at 2:46 pm
    
    LOL! 😁
Photography Journal Blog

August 14, 2018 at 6:15 am

I scrolled past this last week in my reader, but it stuck with me, so I’m back to comment. I like this a lot, interesting that most of the work you did in camera, what I really like here is the sky.

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1. 2e0mca
  
  August 14, 2018 at 2:58 pm
  
  Hi Amy – I was anticipating what I wanted to achieve in the final picture. I could probably have got the same effect from a correctly exposed image when I processed it but the noise caused by the processing might have been more obtrusive. I have subsequently done a colour version from the RAW file for the Geograph website and I had to work quite hard dodging and burning to achieve something resembling normality 😉
  
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  1. Photography Journal Blog
    
    August 14, 2018 at 5:28 pm
    
    Yes, there is a lot to be said for knowing in advance what you want from the final version.