Photography Thread
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Just about got away with the reflection off the inside of the train window.
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rjsterry said:
Thanks. It looked very ordinary in colour. The van annoys me, though.masjer said:A rarity for me, a ‘woodland’ shot taken in bright light that I didn’t need to delete. I say ‘woodland’ because it’s a copse on a cliff that falls away down to the sea, hence the tinge of blue (sea) in the background.
After an unplanned seal pup close encounter (well camouflaged), I was going to hang around for a sunset, but it suddenly clouded over, so that put an end to that.
I like the bold B&W Rjst.
Call me crude (it was about 5 mins with a very poor clone tool)... maybe you need an app to remove vans too.
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A fortuitous glance to camera from an obliging ladybird.
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I doubt I'll be getting any chance of a sunset tomorrow (or a ladybird for that matter) with this on the way.
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masjer said:
I doubt I'll be getting any chance of a sunset tomorrow (or a ladybird for that matter) with this on the way.
Urghhh.
Taking one for the team (it's forecast dry in Topsham till 'sunset'), but maybe those glints of sunshine will provide something dramatic.1 -
I suspect I’ve probably missed a last chance for a decent Milky Way shot this year too. The weekend May have been an opportunity but I had too much on to go out looking.masjer said:I doubt I'll be getting any chance of a sunset tomorrow (or a ladybird for that matter) with this on the way.
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Well, the rain stopped at 5, which was nice, so I took this in the garden. I used the silver Primotar (UFO) lens, which seems to render small scenes nicely. It’s not so good at infinity (possibly the adapter mount), but at 64 years old it’s forgiven.
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At first glance on my phone I thought that was a very artistic capture of a waterfall in a forest. Think I need to start using my glasses more!0
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Crossing my fingers here. I saw a clear day in the forecast earlier in the week that coincides with a full moon. PhotoPills showed the Milky Way core rising briefly for 20 minutes just after astronomical twilight ends but it wouldn’t have got above the hills around my area. Luckily I had cross country in Pembrey so decided to take a trip down the Gower. Wasn’t looking promising earlier with 50% plus cloud cover and heavy showers but clearing nicely now. Just need the stuff on the horizon to clear ideally and the breeze to drop / change direction so I don’t get camera shake. All being well the Milky Way will rise just beind the three cliffs. Could be my best planned photo ever or a total waste of an evening!
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^ That sounds like pro photography planning. The Gower headland is looking good, so let's hope you’re in luck!
Was hoping for a more colourful sunset, but the low clouds stopped that. Luckily they still add something. The heavens opened minutes after I snagged this.
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Think I had a successful mission. I certainly got what I wanted so it’s just a case of seeing how they look on a bigger screen and doing some work in LR..
Sunset was odd, I was walking across the cliffs towards the sun and it was blinding. I found a spot to take a pic but the sun went behind a cloud and stayed there so it never really lit up the sky.
The walk back to the car was spectacular, the path ran through dunes and bits of woodland that blocked what little light there was and when I turned my head torch off the sky was incredible, definitely worth the detour just a shame it’s a bit far to go to more regularly.0 -
Darn it, couldn't see exactly what was on the screen, and chopped off the R.
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Hopefully the results look OK on here and aren't too dark (look fine in Lightroom but dark on Flickr). I was pleased with the result but will go around with a catapult and shoot out all the lights in Oxwich before taken the photos next time I think the other lights are cargo ships as there's no land out there). 5 x 30" images ISO 3200 f2.8 11mm wide lens taken on Canon 250d with Tokina 11-16 f2.8 lens, stacked in Sequator and processed in Lightroom.
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^Good job!!^
Having a good plan and an equipment upgrade looks to have paid dividends. To me, It appears very naturalistic. Nice composition too. I quite like the lights across the water.
The aurora will be a doddle now.
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A walkabout in the Gwaun valley, travelling light with just a prime lens. Not much autumnal colour about yet. Maybe it’s because they’re still using the Julian calendar* down there, and it’s not autumn.
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Nothing of any merit from me today to match Pross or masjer. Just something snapped en route.
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Standard snapshot of a robin, it was the background story that got me.
I was pruning the garden and this bird followed me around for about an hour, rarely more that 3 feet from me. I don't know if it was getting insects that I'd disturbed or was waiting for nesting leftovers. At one point it flew to 2 feet from my face and hovered there before going back to the branch.
I made the decision to get my camera and it was game over after the first shutter press, typical!
. Still, it was quite the moment while it lasted.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.7 -
Quality will be awful but I got this in Scotland in Dec 2015 on NYE4 -
pblakeney said:
Standard snapshot of a robin, it was the background story that got me.
I was pruning the garden and this bird followed me around for about an hour, rarely more that 3 feet from me. I don't know if it was getting insects that I'd disturbed or was waiting for nesting leftovers. At one point it flew to 2 feet from my face and hovered there before going back to the branch.
I made the decision to get my camera and it was game over after the first shutter press, typical! . Still, it was quite the moment while it lasted.
A friend and I call each other a robinw⚓ (#rw) if we post a photo of a robin on FB on a group where they always get lots of likes... what the groups don't realise is that we're really taking the michael out of the likers, when they ignore much better photos of more interesting birds.
It's still quite fun to get a technically and artistically satisfying shot of a robin, I'll admit.1 -
A couple of golden hour shots taken on my way to set up on Saturday
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Facebook groups are strange, I've moaned on here before about the gushing praise the Welsh landscape photography group I follow gives to massively over-saturated photos, especially of sunsets but this one has over 3,000 likes and 65 comments along the lines of "absolutely beautiful fab photo" that I find baffling.briantrumpet said:pblakeney said:Standard snapshot of a robin, it was the background story that got me.
I was pruning the garden and this bird followed me around for about an hour, rarely more that 3 feet from me. I don't know if it was getting insects that I'd disturbed or was waiting for nesting leftovers. At one point it flew to 2 feet from my face and hovered there before going back to the branch.
I made the decision to get my camera and it was game over after the first shutter press, typical! . Still, it was quite the moment while it lasted.
A friend and I call each other a robinw⚓ (#rw) if we post a photo of a robin on FB on a group where they always get lots of likes... what the groups don't realise is that we're really taking the michael out of the likers, when they ignore much better photos of more interesting birds.
It's still quite fun to get a technically and artistically satisfying shot of a robin, I'll admit.
I'm beginning to wonder if it is me with the strange taste but that just looks like a random quick snap on a phone. The sort of thing you have as a memory of a trip somewhere but not something you'd share as an example of landscape photography. They haven't even straightened the image although it's not as bad as another Tenby shot on there where the building looks like the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Maybe Tenby photos are their equivalent of your robins.
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I totally agree.Pross said:
Facebook groups are strange, ...briantrumpet said:pblakeney said:Standard snapshot of a robin, it was the background story that got me.
I was pruning the garden and this bird followed me around for about an hour, rarely more that 3 feet from me. I don't know if it was getting insects that I'd disturbed or was waiting for nesting leftovers. At one point it flew to 2 feet from my face and hovered there before going back to the branch.
I made the decision to get my camera and it was game over after the first shutter press, typical! . Still, it was quite the moment while it lasted.
A friend and I call each other a robinw⚓ (#rw) if we post a photo of a robin on FB on a group where they always get lots of likes... what the groups don't realise is that we're really taking the michael out of the likers, when they ignore much better photos of more interesting birds.
It's still quite fun to get a technically and artistically satisfying shot of a robin, I'll admit.
I would delete that shot unless it held a specific memory. 🤔The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Same page and someone posted this saying they were pleased with a half decent shot which I agree
Someone commented that it was a good shot that could be a great shot with a little crop and a tweak. This was their suggestion
I agree the crop has helped by removing a slightly out of focus rock at the bottom but those colours are horrendous and look far more natural in the original.
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The Devon photo FB group I left includes this recent classic, with 350 likes. It's difficult to know where to begin...
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Nice capture of the rare downhill sea to be fair. You don't get that in many locations. I do wonder if either the person posting the photo or those giving the likes are being satirical.0
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I think people just like photos of places they recognise with no real consideration of the actual artistic merits.
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A quickie... it shelves too gently to make much of what waves there were, but the cloudage was quite good for a relentlessly grey afternoon.
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1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition4
Yeah, my eyes have gone a bit like that too.
