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April? Yes, that was quite a long time ago! I took a lot of photos in April and, by the time I finished deciding which to keep it was already part-way through June!

There were a number of images I was very pleased with but decided to award this one the honour of being my favourite picture from the month. It is on the bawdy side; it is suprising what you see when you start paying attention round a supposedly refined place like Oxford! I was particularly pleased how it came up with a bit of processing to fine tune the contrast and colour palette.

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I am still trying to catch up on processing pictures from April but here is a photograph I took on Thursday, showing the glass atrium at the front of the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford. The building as a whole has a layout like a windmill, when viewed from above, which fits its location on Windmill Lane. However, I think the ribs and joints perfectly match the work which is done there, dealing particularly with fixing bones and related problems.

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Here are the fruits of last night's labours at the Joint Ventures lecture:

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By now, I should have picked my favourite photo from April 2009. However, I am still working through them!

The consequence of having a backlog of photos waiting the keep, process or discard filter is that I'm less inclined to take new photos to add to the burden. As a consequence, getting a favourite photo from May 2009 should be easier. There is very little to choose from so far!

I am taking my camera out tonight though. I will be attending the inaugural Joint Ventures lecture at work. That is one of my shots from earlier this year that you can see reaching across the page. Maybe I will come up with one or two more to keep.

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This morning I posted a very condensed guide to using manual mode on a DSLR camera on the Digital Photography School website, which I thought I would repeat here:

If the pictures are too bright, stop down the aperture, reduce the ISO or increase the shutter speed (vice versa if they are too dark). If the parameter you pick gives unwanted side effects (eg. you can't hold the camera still enough if you make the shutter speed any slower) pick one of the other parameters. If you can't get a decent exposure without hitting limits then you need to think about the overall lighting situation (eg. add flash or wait until a cloud passes in front of the sun).

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You may have seen my favourite picture from March 2009 before when it featured as one of my 7 Days shots. I was trying to represent how the muscles on my legs have become more defined with all the cycling I have been doing and, after a spot of post-processing, was very pleased with how the above shot turned out.

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It is the final day of the spring 2009 7days project and I'm wondering what I should turn my magic brush to today. It takes some time but is a worthwhile subject of contemplation; part of wisdom is taking time to think about who you are and how you show yourself to others. The images on the table are pasted in using the Gimp; I spread out blank sheets of paper to mark places for the other six photos I have taken this week.

Ps. I think I'll have a couple of days of from blogging - lots going on this weekend.

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