Photography Thread
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The photographic merit is considerably less importance than the quality of the beer at the best pub in the world.
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Are you on the West Coast?pinno said:
That coastline is so similar to here.masjer said:I thought I'd be wasting my time bringing a camera, but it was the type of grey day when the colour/tones stood out.
Ramsey island
The area in the pic (Ramsey Sound) has a tidal race between the mainland and the Island (Ramsey) which can be quite a spectacle in the right conditions (wrong if you’re sailing). The partly exposed rocks in the channel are aptly known as The Bitches.
They’ve tried an experimental tidal electricity turbine, which broke after three months on the seabed.
Whilst living in Jersey and being into boats/diving, going through The Alderney Race was an experience. It’s a huge tidal race where the sea gets squeezed between the coast of France and the Island of Alderney. With a large tide (40 foot+) the tidal pull can reach 14MPH.
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Yes.masjer said:
Although the sea isn't as clear. It gets churned up by the Irish sea as it narrows and therefore, speeds up. Plus there are many river tributaries feeding sediment into the sea along the Solway coast.
I couldn't believe how crystal clear the water was around the Isle of Skye.
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Similar geology as well, I think.pinno said:
Yes.masjer said:
Although the sea isn't as clear. It gets churned up by the Irish sea as it narrows and therefore, speeds up. Plus there are many river tributaries feeding sediment into the sea along the Solway coast.
I couldn't believe how crystal clear the water was around the Isle of Skye.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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What with the monsoon weather (paddling as much as pedalling), I decided on a technique (not ICM) to create what I’d describe as abstract grim. I quite like the results considering the weather.
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I just had to stop a rehearsal and take a photo... especially after today's weather.
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Black out all the lights in the foreground and you would have a post-apocalyptic scene.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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Choppy out again. Possible 70MPH winds tomorrow.
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Did you travel to the 1970s for the bottom photo? The colours look like every photo from my childhood!0
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Love these.masjer said:What with the monsoon weather (paddling as much as pedalling), I decided on a technique (not ICM) to create what I’d describe as abstract grim. I quite like the results considering the weather.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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Hey, thanks.rjsterry said:
Love these.masjer said:What with the monsoon weather (paddling as much as pedalling), I decided on a technique (not ICM) to create what I’d describe as abstract grim. I quite like the results considering the weather.
I thought I’d try to capture the atmosphere of bad weather -plenty about! The ‘technique’ I used was to smear a light coating of vaseline (not joking here) on a filter and pop it on the front of the lens. This scattered the light, causing softness/blurry distortion.
I think filmmakers used to do something similar to create a soft glow.
I took some inspiration after reading about photographer Todd Hido. His landscape stuff is very atmospheric, possibly shot through a rainy car windscreen?
This guy does great YT vids. Not Hido’s landscape stuff, but a good watch nevertheless.
https://youtu.be/D5XOkeNmciU?si=ju_uY8rxL7EMElB1
Ha, the 1970s one was a similar thing with less vaseline, accentuating the glow. I used a 1970s lens with a blue skylight filter which filters out some blue too. How very retro.😎Pross said:Did you travel to the 1970s for the bottom photo? The colours look like every photo from my childhood!
I use these old school lenses a lot, but usually process the photos in a non vintage style, which thinking about it is dumb.
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Ah, I'd wondered if you'd zoomed a bit while the shutter was open.
Apparently they *didn't* use Vaseline for the soft-focus in Star Trek.
https://www.metv.com/stories/ever-wonder-why-the-women-on-star-trek-appear-out-of-focusYes, the philosophical Star Trek was aggressively progressive when it came to race and politics, but it could also treat beautiful women like delicate flowers, softening and idealizing them. Though the show was set in the 23th century, it was a techique steeped in the early days of Hollywood.
The soft focus was often paired with romantic, swooning music. While the crew members were shot heroically in blazing light and sharp focus, love interests, on the other hand, looked more like watercolors. To achieve the effect, thin layers of plastic, or diffusion filters, were placed before the lens for those shots. No, as far as we know, Vaseline was not smeared on the lens. The technique came to be known as "The Gaussian Girl," named for the Gaussian blur.1 -
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There were some passable waves at Budleigh, but as it shelves so steeply, you miss the opportunity to line up several incoming ones, relying instead on individual ones crashing onto the pebbles... makes the composition rather more hit & miss, I think. This was the best that come out of the wash today.
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Just trying plan C for photos... if there's nothing below you can assume my guess at the HTML was incorrect, which won't be a surprise.
If it has worked, it's my new dingaling.
<html> <body> <p><img src="https://topsham.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/dsc02309.jpg" alt="goatbell"></p> </body> </html>
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Nah, a few different edits, and it's no-go. Looked at CC to see if their code gave any hints, but it looks entirely different.
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That doesn't work either, @TheBigBean - that was one of my attempts.
My bright idea was to quote a post with the relevant code in, so I could see what was working in previous posts, but as the quote function isn't working, neither did Plan B.
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Right, used Chrome ctrl + U to look at source code, and it's a longer string... let's try:
<img src="https://topsham.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/dsc02309.jpg" alt="" class="embedImage-img importedEmbed-img">
Nope, but as that was taken directly from a post with a displayed photo, and all I've done is change the linked file, I've no idea what's going on, though that's no surprise as I stank even at Basic, let alone Fortran.
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You could do it the old school way, but then you never know what you're going to get
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I'm guessing that is a posting fail by BR TBB? 🤣
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 -
That's what happens if you copy and paste a photo. I can't edit and remove it either.
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That 56th 'e' should not be a capital letter Bean. That's why it failed.
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Now that the quote function is working, let's try a photo again... one from my ride down to Lidl this morning to get the bits for my Christmas Day cooked lunch picnic:
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Ooh, that's more like it, and actually an improvement from the old platform. That's an uploaded photo (I haven't seen an option to link to images yet...)
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Big improvement!
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 -
Handy that dead badger for propping your bike up.
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Right. So the direct upload option is limited to a file size smaller than my phone produces 🙄. Above is a cropped so smaller file. Still a marked improvement on the previous thumbnails. Will try linking from Flickr next.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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