Not sure why you say that you're not a great photographer because these are excellent photos, much better than the best of the average- in my humble opinion anyway and desaturating them into B&W, aswell as the double exposure and reflections has given them such a freakin awesome otherworldly perspective- totally befitting of an old castle too!
Well done and thanks for sharing!
Thanks for your kind words and comments on my photos. I enjoy taking a photo now and then and get quite pleased when I get a reasonable shot. I've not had any training or instruction on how to do it though, I rely on the point and shoot and hope method. 😉
If you have natural talent, you don't need training and those point, shoot and hopes will show the potential, plus, we're now in the digital age where we can keep shooting as many as we like of the same thing until we get it right, unlike the old days when you shot on 35m film and had to pay for the prints (unless you were like me and worked in mini labs doing the printing...🤣..) so I'l be happy to stay in the digital age to keep shooting in the tens of thousands and not have to pay, aswell as having the digital tools like photoshop to play around with them- so much cheaper than setting up your own darkroom...🤣
So shoot and shoot and shoot then shoot some more till you get the money shot and that's free self service training and practice anyway...
Plus, great photos are also subjective anyway...
I don't edit my photos on Photoshop, I prefer them to be good or bad rightbiutbif the camera and have zero interest in editing. I like photography, but editing and besides, it feels like cheating. When I take a shot it's about capturing a moment in time and spending hours editing it isn't what I want to be doing.
Thanks for commenting again, I appreciate it.
Yeah fair enough, I do both, but edit to create different looks not just to improve them if you know what I mean,... and I love having photoshop to do that and I actually find it quite cathartic when I'm doing it and the feeling of satisfaction after I have created something completely unique from the original, so as with anything, some things for some things and others for others...(Sorry there is an old adage for that but I have just had a 9 hour drive from Melbourne to Bega and my brain is not thinking at the moment...🤣)
I spent the 80s and 90's working in the analogue photography world but absolutely LOVE the digital world, but whatever floats your boat, it's nice to have the options.
And now I must say goodnight.🤣