Success!

I have worked it out now so I will continue to blog as normal.

Although, I have just realised that all the comments I was trying to enable were in fact spam, and consisted of people trying to advertise their own blogs. Where are the interesting comments people?!

Help?

Okay so, I went on my gmail for the first time in forever and I've noticed that quite a few people have commented on some of my posts, but when I view the posts I cannot see the comments. Would someone be able to help me? I'm fairly new to is so I'm still learning.

If you can help, please email me at laureeengray@gmail.com

Thanks x

#9 shadows

This is my absolute favourite picture that I took while on holiday/vacation in America. It was taken from my hotel balcony and about 6am while we were suffering from jet lag after just arriving. I loved how the sun was reflecting off the water and into my camera, creating a sort of over-exposure look; I also loved how the beach umbrella was the darkest object in the image, and how it's not surrounded by anything except sand, sea and a couple of people. I felt that this created a contrast within the image and meant that the umbrella is the main focus, rather than anything else.

This is unedited (as are most of my photographs)

Hope you enjoy :)

#8 leopard-print slug

This was taken by me on a walk with my family last year. I tend to walk looking at the floor (because I'm a bit clumsy and don't want to trip over) and while I was doing so, I spotted this rather unusual leopard print slug. I just had to get a picture of it because I've never seen anything like it in my life and thought it was fascinating. 

Unfortunately the pictures didn't come out as clear as I had hoped, but the pattern is still visible. Enjoy!

#7 sunrise

These are more of my images that I took this morning at sunrise. I thought the shape of the clouds was  so pretty and the way the light from the rising sun highlighted them beautifully, so I needed to capture it. The first image was an accident, as I tried to focus on the sky by my camera focused on the trees and the sky ended up over-exposed. I liked the effect it had, as it sort of made it look like it was taken on a film camera rather than digitally. The second one is the sort of image I was going for. I like how I've got the whole shape of the clouds, and some branches and the bird in full flight. The colours are also all deep and warm and compliment each other nicely.

Hope you enjoy!

#6 local art

This again is one of my photos. I really liked it because I've captured a local event that is close to home for me. It was taken at the Hop Festival in Faversham, Kent. I thought that by editing the background as black and white because I wanted to highlight the pieces of local art.
Although, I feel that if it had been taken from a different angle, and perhaps with some people enjoying the art, it would have been a stronger image.