More snaps

Had a rare opportunity for a daytime walk earlier this week, and here's what I saw.


Colours of construction
Cropped a little, resized, and used unsharp mask slightly (15%, 3px radius, 2 level threshold), but otherwise left this shot untouched. I'm amazed by the naturally saturated colours; was lucky that the sun was on my side.


Cat's stare
This orange tabby stared up at me from across the stairs. Tensed for flight, it kept a cautious lookout until I moved away, never allowing me to get closer. Auto-contrast, resized, USM.


Protected
This cat lay on top of the wall, purr-fectly relaxed, unconcerned and unamused by my pseudo-stalking antics with the other cat on the stairs. Resized, USM.


All-weather cock
Weather vane, wind vane, weather cock, whatever. Deprived of wind to point against, this gangly rooster stared rigidly towards the sun instead. Resized, USM, saturation +30.


Growing out of the box
Was amused to find this metal frame nicely framing, as it were, a fairly leafy plant. Photoshop processes: resized, added Hue/Saturation adjustment layer with blending mode "Overlay" at 50%, and shifted the Hue setting (+30) on the layer until I liked the effect. Original resized version here. Really didn't expect to get results from this one, but hey.

Picked up my new 35mm f/2 lens from kenghor this evening. Going to put it through some street testing in the next few weeks to see if I like it.