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At least the slates are still on the roof! I always dread a big one hitting. It's certainly more likely with all that extra energy in the atmosphere.briantrumpet said:masjer said:Post Ciaran. Just clipped the edge of the coast here, so got away lightly.
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Charmouth looked quite hairy.briantrumpet said:masjer said:Post Ciaran. Just clipped the edge of the coast here, so got away lightly.
Absolutely nothing here - had hoped for proper overtopping at 9.30 high tide, but the wind was completely in the wrong direction, and it started tipping down. Predictions of late afternoon sun in between showers didn't hold out. Played the trombone at the laptop and went on the turbo instead.
Apparently it tiddled down all day exactly a year ago too, and all I did was take screencaps of the rainfall radar.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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rjsterry said:
Charmouth looked quite hairy.briantrumpet said:masjer said:Post Ciaran. Just clipped the edge of the coast here, so got away lightly.
Absolutely nothing here - had hoped for proper overtopping at 9.30 high tide, but the wind was completely in the wrong direction, and it started tipping down. Predictions of late afternoon sun in between showers didn't hold out. Played the trombone at the laptop and went on the turbo instead.
Apparently it tiddled down all day exactly a year ago too, and all I did was take screencaps of the rainfall radar.
Yeah, I saw later that Seaton and Sidmouth were fairly lively too, which is slightly weird since it was a WNW wind, not a southerly of any description.0 -
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'Dyeing', 'decaying' ?! Odd misconception. The leaves on the tree are not 'decaying'.Pross said:Really like the middle one, it's captured the stages of the leaf decaying really nicely.
Low light levels and ambient temperature trigger a chemical response from the tree.
It 'shuts' the leaf down so the tree does not loose too much water. These chemicals dissolve the starches in the leaf and this is stored in the branches and trunk.
So the tree is preparing itself for winter and already preparing for spring.
The leaves on the ground are decaying.
https://forestryandland.gov.scot/blog/trees-in-autumnseanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
That's brilliant.Pross said:Trip up to North Wales, had to run a marathon to justify the trip (scenery was beautiful but didn't stop to take photos!). As I was there I had to photograph the 'lone tree' which is probably the Welsh equivalent of the tree that go chopped down in Northumberland as an Instagram cliche if a little less old (but more scenic IMHO). Llyn Padarn extending in front an Yr Wyddfa / Snowdon shrouded in cloud to the right
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Most of the one's on p167 were. I did not make any reference to 'that leaf'.briantrumpet said:
Bloody pedant.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
pinno said:
Most of the one's on p167 were. I did not make any reference to 'that leaf'.briantrumpet said:
Bloody pedant.
Given that Pross referred specifically to the second photo, a little pedantry was in order, methinks, given your "Odd misconception" comment. 😜 I'd not want Pross to take offence...0 -
'Middle photo' ^.briantrumpet said:Couldn't be bothered with big things this morning, so made do with little things dying and thus giving life to littler things.
Leaves attached.
[insert blowing raspberry emoji]seanoconn - gruagach craic!1 -
pinno said:
'Middle photo' ^.briantrumpet said:Couldn't be bothered with big things this morning, so made do with little things dying and thus giving life to littler things.
Leaves attached.
[insert blowing raspberry emoji]
"Decaying" leaf not attached to its tree - it was about 6 inches from the ground, caught on a twig of another plant. That's why it was decaying.0 -
I do like pedantry being called out for pedantry. 🤣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 -
I’ve tried taking this spindleberry tree when still in full leaf, but the colour was too overpowering. Now, with 90% of the leaves dropped, I think it works better. By eye, the leaves are much brighter, but i kept it (straight ooc) with a softer look.
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masjer said:
I’ve tried taking this spindleberry tree when still in full leaf, but the colour was too overpowering. Now, with 90% of the leaves dropped, I think it works better. By eye, the leaves are much brighter, but i kept it (straight ooc) with a softer look.
https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-plants/how-to-grow-a-spindle-tree/
Yes, spindle trees are great in autumn/winter (berries still hanging on) as you see the orange berries, nice bit of colour when everything else is drab.2 -
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Thank you, as I mentioned the composition has become a bit of a cliche but most cliches happen for a reason. Even so I was really pleased with how the picture turned out on a long exposure. It’s by far the best photo I’ve taken, I just wish it was an original idea.pinno said:
That's brilliant.Pross said:Trip up to North Wales, had to run a marathon to justify the trip (scenery was beautiful but didn't stop to take photos!). As I was there I had to photograph the 'lone tree' which is probably the Welsh equivalent of the tree that go chopped down in Northumberland as an Instagram cliche if a little less old (but more scenic IMHO). Llyn Padarn extending in front an Yr Wyddfa / Snowdon shrouded in cloud to the right
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Pross said:
Thank you, as I mentioned the composition has become a bit of a cliche but most cliches happen for a reason. Even so I was really pleased with how the picture turned out on a long exposure. It’s by far the best photo I’ve taken, I just wish it was an original idea.pinno said:
That's brilliant.Pross said:Trip up to North Wales, had to run a marathon to justify the trip (scenery was beautiful but didn't stop to take photos!). As I was there I had to photograph the 'lone tree' which is probably the Welsh equivalent of the tree that go chopped down in Northumberland as an Instagram cliche if a little less old (but more scenic IMHO). Llyn Padarn extending in front an Yr Wyddfa / Snowdon shrouded in cloud to the right
Sometimes photos have just got to be taken, even if thousands have taken it before. All you can ask is that the weather gods shine on you, and that you are happy with how you capture it.0 -
I agree with that on the whole, but a bit of advice I’ve heard goes, ‘don’t try to take better (than others), take different’. Basically, with billions (trillions?) of photographs floating around the ether (many incredibly accomplished), you might as well try for something novel.briantrumpet said:Pross said:
Thank you, as I mentioned the composition has become a bit of a cliche but most cliches happen for a reason. Even so I was really pleased with how the picture turned out on a long exposure. It’s by far the best photo I’ve taken, I just wish it was an original idea.pinno said:
That's brilliant.Pross said:Trip up to North Wales, had to run a marathon to justify the trip (scenery was beautiful but didn't stop to take photos!). As I was there I had to photograph the 'lone tree' which is probably the Welsh equivalent of the tree that go chopped down in Northumberland as an Instagram cliche if a little less old (but more scenic IMHO). Llyn Padarn extending in front an Yr Wyddfa / Snowdon shrouded in cloud to the right
Sometimes photos have just got to be taken, even if thousands have taken it before. All you can ask is that the weather gods shine on you, and that you are happy with how you capture it.
I’m certainly not saying this is applicable in every situation, but variety and all that…
Who came up with this advice, I don’t remember.
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Yeah, don't disagree to an extent, but sometimes the weather/lighting does that for you. Not sure how, for instance, you reframe an 'iconic' view such as this...
Small variations to be tried, for sure, but when a composition is just there in front of your eyes, supplied by nature and human intervention...2 -
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Not a bad spot to be marshalling a trail race this morning. Lovely view south over Newport, Uskmouth and out to the Severn Estuary. Had a full panoramic view south to the estuary and north towards the Beacons.
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Cracking view... the air was so clear today (when it wasn't raining). Nice flare too.Pross said:Not a bad spot to be marshalling a trail race this morning. Lovely view south over Newport, Uskmouth and out to the Severn Estuary. Had a full panoramic view south to the estuary and north towards the Beacons.
I hope you'll forgive me, but I had a bit of a play around with the colours, just to see what Irfanview's auto-correct might do, then carried on twiddling. I took a few photos myself today on a weird auto setting by accident, and found them quite tricky to correct.
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Might be a screen calibration thing, or personal taste, but I prefer the original.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.1 -
Mixed bag. A diffused light waterfall and a promising sunset which was hidden by cloud then gave a final peak as to what might have been just as I was packing up.
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.3 -
pblakeney said:
Might be a screen calibration thing, or personal taste, but I prefer the original.
It was as much as anything a little exercise in tweaking, to see what's possible. I sometimes get a green or yellow haze when shooting towards the sun, and sometimes the auto adjust setting on Irfanview gives a one-touch improvement, and other times nothing. There's certainly an art to tweaking, which I'm no expert in... all trial and lots of error. Sometimes I come back to something the next morning, and wonder WTF my eyes were doing the night before.0 -
A trip to WInkworth Arboretum
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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This is something that I have noticed. How a photo is viewed is very mood dependent.briantrumpet said:
... Sometimes I come back to something the next morning, and wonder WTF my eyes were doing the night before.
I am convinced that I would process the same photo differently 5 days out of 5.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 -
Something I recently read is that when editing photos close your eyes for a while when you think you've got it right and then reopen them especially if you've been flicking through a few different presets. The sky on that one of mine was a bit frustrating as to bring out the foreground in such a high contrast image the sky darkened and I couldn't get a colour that reflected how I'd seen it. I should have taken more time and masked out the sky to edit it separately but I'd spent hours editing and uploading nearly 500 images from the race and got a bit lazy.briantrumpet said:pblakeney said:Might be a screen calibration thing, or personal taste, but I prefer the original.
It was as much as anything a little exercise in tweaking, to see what's possible. I sometimes get a green or yellow haze when shooting towards the sun, and sometimes the auto adjust setting on Irfanview gives a one-touch improvement, and other times nothing. There's certainly an art to tweaking, which I'm no expert in... all trial and lots of error. Sometimes I come back to something the next morning, and wonder WTF my eyes were doing the night before.0
