Spent most of today on a fixed 100mm macro, which served surprisingly well. It seemed to be the right focal length for natural-looking people shots, without being right up in their face. The long-exposure couple were both on my 15-35mm as I was experimenting with my ND10,000 (!) filter. It turns out that you do not really need fifteen minute exposures for anything, but it is great at removing people. You can’t really tell but Westminster Bridge was heaving for its whole length, but the exposure removed nearly everyone.
South Bank Day Out | Gallery
Rosie-Lee Watching the Snooker
Portal
Kolari Sunrise
This image, blurred, duplicated, layer-flipped, layer opacity 50%, sharpened, texture-increased, desaturated, and vignetted. Improved.
Bamboozle | Gallery
More ICM vegetation in the custom dark box taking up my desk. A bamboo stalk with just a couple of leaves on. Less really is more with this approach. If there’s more than a couple of leaves or branches, the motion exponentially clutters the image.
Anglesey Abbey | Gallery
Untitled
Plaid EC3
Hypermobility
Palette Knife Effect
Experiment to use over-sharpening for a palette-knife / oil-paint effect. I guess whether or not you parse it as painterly or oafish use of Topaz depends on your photographic experience…!
Tree 23
Ivy Dancers | Gallery
Resonance | Gallery
More ICM practice. This time with a whisk and bi-colour processing.
Brown Rubber | Gallery
These all click bigger, but I am still liking the grid business. I’m thinking of a panel for these…. All ICM images of the same dried rubber-plant leaf.
Green Rubber | Gallery
After Bert Stern
For competition themed “Constructed Beauty” in 2024.
Suilven | Gallery
…and four others.
Wirework II | Gallery
Another go at ICM with wires, this time - SCART!
Christmas Tree
From two ideas - count ‘em: TWO - from Penny Reeves.