Photography Thread

briantrumpet

Nothing remotely clever today, but I like the way the magnificent Chittlehampton tower seems to grow out of the village. (If you're interested, it's a classic c.1500 Somerset church tower, but in Devon - a real outlier.)

masjer

I cancelled any sunset pics, but bumped into Gatey Mcgateface.

briantrumpet

masjer said:

I cancelled any sunset pics, but bumped into Gatey Mcgateface.

I got a couple out of it, just.

briantrumpet

I think this almost gets the contre jour greenness about right.

masjer

I took a stroll along the coast path to try for a sunset. The sunset was a disappointing affair. Oh well, pack up and go home. I then notice the spare camera battery was missing. Unwisely, I decided to retrace my tracks to try and find it. A stroll turns into a 2 hour walk. Battery still missing. On a positive note, I saw a small seal, 2 birds of prey, a fox and cub and lots of bats.

briantrumpet

masjer said:

I took a stroll along the coast path to try for a sunset. The sunset was a disappointing affair. Oh well, pack up and go home. I then notice the spare camera battery was missing. Unwisely, I decided to retrace my tracks to try and find it. A stroll turns into a 2 hour walk. Battery still missing. On a positive note, I saw a small seal, 2 birds of prey, a fox and cub and lots of bats.

Bad luck.

It's little comfort, but the sunset here was rubbish too. Didn't even try, and that only involves a two-minute walk.

pblakeney

masjer said:

I took a stroll along the coast path to try for a sunset. The sunset was a disappointing affair. Oh well, pack up and go home. I then notice the spare camera battery was missing. Unwisely, I decided to retrace my tracks to try and find it. A stroll turns into a 2 hour walk. Battery still missing. On a positive note, I saw a small seal, 2 birds of prey, a fox and cub and lots of bats.

This is what photography is all about.
Sometimes there may be photos taken. 🤣

Pross

Forgot to take my camera with me today and actually stumbled across some nice photo opportunities. Did a really bad job with my phone instead.

briantrumpet

Pross said:

Forgot to take my camera with me today and actually stumbled across some nice photo opportunities. Did a really bad job with my phone instead.

Once you realise what you can't do with your phone, you'll keep on seeing all the photos you miss because you haven't got your camera with you.

Pross

briantrumpet said:

Pross said:

Forgot to take my camera with me today and actually stumbled across some nice photo opportunities. Did a really bad job with my phone instead.

Once you realise what you can't do with your phone, you'll keep on seeing all the photos you miss because you haven't got your camera with you.

Yeah, could have done with a zoom lens today to get the swans from a better location. There was chest high grass on the riverbank so could only get close at a couple of locations that didn't let me get the angles I wanted.

briantrumpet

I was glad I did take my camera to work...

masjer

All this talk of a heatwave inspired me to drive east to get a fix of sunlight before the monsoon tomorrow.
This was taken before the clouds broke, hence the b/w. Mmm the warmth.

briantrumpet

With selfie apology, but the shapes on this one just worked out so nicely... the only attempt.

Charlie_Croker

briantrumpet said:

With selfie apology, but the shapes on this one just worked out so nicely... the only attempt.

Good effort Brian

Shame the guy on the right is holding the saddle differently

pblakeney

Charlie_Croker said:

briantrumpet said:

With selfie apology, but the shapes on this one just worked out so nicely... the only attempt.

Good effort Brian

Shame the guy on the right is holding the saddle differently

Is that some kind of a test? 😉

masjer

An ash tree that's seen one too many westerly gales. More of a winter vibe, but that's a Welsh summer for you.

Pross

Anyone else got a really strange red sky tonight? It's cleared here and no pics but my parents captured it (not a great image though unfortunately). Slightly annoyed I missed it.



Edit - this one is stolen from Becky James' dad on Instagram

briantrumpet

Pross said:

Anyone else got a really strange red sky tonight? It's cleared here and no pics but my parents captured it (not a great image though unfortunately). Slightly annoyed I missed it.

No, but it was weird last night, with a massive sun...

briantrumpet

I still can't wrap my head around the size/distance involved, when I remember that it's 93 million miles away, and is still enormous.

masjer

There were some funky colours here too.

pblakeney

There was a promising moment tonight, then the inevitable cloud cover... 🤬
Last night though...

Edit - Shame I can't be bothered with a photo sharing website...Colours are woeful. 😣

rjsterry

briantrumpet said:

Pross said:

Anyone else got a really strange red sky tonight? It's cleared here and no pics but my parents captured it (not a great image though unfortunately). Slightly annoyed I missed it.

No, but it was weird last night, with a massive sun...

pblakeney

We also had this in the mid afternoon yesterday.

masjer

Giant sun and red skies were due to Saharan dust in the atmosphere. There was even a pink and yellow rainbow.
https://bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-61856676

masjer

Getting some exorcise done

briantrumpet

masjer said:

Getting some exorcise done

A grave mistake.

masjer

briantrumpet said:

masjer said:

Getting some exorcise done

A grave mistake.

Well, it lifted my spirits.

briantrumpet

masjer said:

briantrumpet said:

masjer said:

Getting some exorcise done

A grave mistake.

Well, it lifted my spirits.

Just when you didn't think you had a ghost of a chance. I hope you're OK, and not coffin.

Pross

Saharan dust doing its thing tonight. I realised that whilst it makes for pretty good sunset photos it is actually the light it affects the most and you can't really capture it.

This one is probably the closest to reality



This is more what I was getting straight from the camera no matter what settings I was using, the sky is pretty close to how it was but foreground should have been lighter

pblakeney

Pross said:

This is more what I was getting straight from the camera no matter what settings I was using, the sky is pretty close to how it was but foreground should have been lighter

If you were shooting RAW then you will be able to pull the details back out of the shadows. NB - Always shoot RAW unless you need to share immediately as the camera dynamic range is much less than the human eye. (Or use HDR if available.)

As an example, here is my shot from my post above as it would be if I didn't pull the shadows.