I have been zooming in and out on a tree this week. Zooming and being disappointed when I see on my screen what my eyes think they have seen.
I see this beautiful splash of colour over the fence every day.
But this is not what my eyes and mind see.
So I darkened the picture.
But it’s still not right.
Then I cropped almost everything out to concentrate my mind on the colour of the tree.
Still not right, and having cropped it so much it’s out of focus.
Then I remembered my friend Lisa Gordon talking about a picture of a lovely lilac (I think), she had seen while out walking but when she saw the picture on her screen it just didn’t look like what she had seen in the street. So she played with the picture until it looked like what her eyes and mind had seen.
I did something similar. I used an app called Glaze and this is how I see the tree every day.
And this is it ‘waterlogued’
I love how your eyes can focus on something while blocking out all extraneous detail. Something the camera can’t do unless you use your long lens and a tripod and a set of steps which I don’t have handy this morning and I just remembered that it is Wednesday and time to link up with Helena. Pixel magic, I love it!
Thank you Helena for this wonderful meme. I can hardly believe we have been zooming around all over the world for a year. I wonder if you might do something similar next year?
I love what you have done to make the photos what you see! Now that I have access to waterlogue…I will be playing with that app alot!
PS: your link from Helena’s page links to week 48..but I snooped and found week 49!!
yes so frustrating when the camera doesn’t capture what the eye saw – love your pixel magic versions. I’ve been thinking about next year and have some ideas for variants that I’ll share soon when I’ve collected examples.
ps your linky is to your previous zoom post
Great point about how the mind seems to ignore all the distractions and zoom in on what it wants to see! I love the way you processed your photograph.
GLAZE. Ooooooo…..
So really you saw it as a painting in your mind. I love the thought of that
Oh yes – this is very much like the tree at the bottom of my hedge, I block out the walls nearby and focus on that splash of colour. I like the waterlogged version.
I’m always a fan of Waterlogue! No pretty trees here anymore. The leaves are all brown, and most are on the ground.
Wow – that’s really cool!