Went out with a 50mm to make myself interact with folk more (!). Had a lot of fun. A great atmosphere on a freezing day.
Long Exposure Workshop | Gallery
Sunday I attended a (2:1!) long-exposure workshop with Antony Zacharias. These are my shots. I did not do an awful lot of long-exposure stuff, not least because Antony showed me some of his images (see the link to his website) and I was distracted by how wonderful and inspirational they were. Nevertheless, here they are. I quite like some of them and, regardless of the quality of these efforts, the workshop was excellent.
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Arcminute Microkelvin Interferometer
There’s probably a way to get the moon not blown out, and still benefit from the moonlight, but I’m buggered if I can work it out.
Off-Camera Flash
Experimenting with off-camera flash. I mean - really back to basics. Well, not back. Just… basics. Like… why isn’t the flash working? Oh. Electronic shutter. Dimwit. I need to play with flash more to understand it. And I need to play with kittens less, because they’re a fucking nightmare.
HERON!
Yet another image of a heron. But I like herons.
Pale Blue Dot
Street Level | Gallery
I found a remote trigger that also allows burst firing (Hähnel Captur), so put the R5 in a cage, and hung it at the bottom of a monopod for street-level captures of dogs. Click for full images.
There were some quite cool kids too.
Norfolk | Day 3 | Gallery
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On reflection, it appears that I am obsessed with groynes. Also, that I am a big fan of symmetrical portrait formats.
Norfolk | Day 2 | Gallery
Norfolk | Day 1 | Gallery
A long weekend in Norfolk, despite the weather. Minns’ book tucked under my eager little arm… Click to embiggen.
Key-lines
Frankly, just working out how to add a key-line to an image…
Flash. Ah-aaah.
Yes. I bought Nik. And am lumbering around in it.
Pep Ventosa, but table-top and therefore not
Experimenting with subject rotation and blend modes. And Nik.
I do NOT know how to do this...
Distilled water on rain-x’ed glass
I CAN’T GET TO GRIPS WITH THIS!
This one is oil in water, but I’ve been tried too with (distilled) water droplets on glass. Whatever I’m using I cannot figure out how to get the drop AND the image in the drop in focus. People seem to manage this by mistake when taking pictures through rainy windows, but I can’t decode what that means for doing it intentionally. This image is focus-stacked and it still doesn’t do what I’m after…
Walala Jazz
Canary Wharf | Gallery
A not-entirely-satisfying visit to Canary Wharf on an overcast day.
The Walala bridge:
Infra-Red:
Hawksmoor:
Jelly
Rowney Warren | Gallery
A lovely hour or so at Rowney Warren with Royston Photographic Society’s landscape group. Click images for lightbox.
Tom
Untitled
Manual Work
Gone
I’ve Got You