Photography Thread
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The difference to what you see in photos compared to with the naked eye really caught me out when I first saw them last year. If it’s dark enough and you give your eyes 20 minutes or so with no light you start to see them properly. I see a lot of people saying the photos are Photoshopped as they don’t how cameras soak up more light and ‘see’ more detail (although some people definitely crank up the saturation to a horrible level). It’s hard getting no light if taking photos though.
Last night I’d read that activity was going to be very high and got alerts so was looking out for them whilst walking the dogs. I was surprised I was able to spot them with all the light and never would have if I hadn’t experienced it previously.
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Cranesbill.
The sky has turned hazy here at present. Forecast is for clear skies, so still might be worth an aurora attempt.
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Skies are clearing here but my app is showing the levels have dropped. Can all change pretty quickly though
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Yeah, I didn't bother last night because I'd seem some post that there was a very low likelihood of anything at all. In fact, there were good scenes all the way down in my French haunt, I saw.
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Looks very similar to a photo I’ve been planning to take all week.
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One of those annoying provincial tourists
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1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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Trying to be clever, taking a long exposure shot on my phone whilst walking through a street with well lit restaurants. I quite like the effect but think I was walking too fast, if I’d gone a bit slower I may have got more of an impressionist effect.
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Trying to be arty with the London tourist cliches today. Didn’t bother taking my camera but wanted to capture the hustle and bustle through movement so tried the Slow Shutter app and my little Gorilla tripod to do some long exposures. I was really impressed with how well the iPhone and app coped with long shutter speeds (I tried up to 15” but most are between 2” and 8”) in broad daylight. My camera couldn’t do that without an ND filter.
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These went a bit wrong as you have to clear the previous capture or it will put one image on top of the other. I forgot with these which gave an abstract effect I quite like.
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I like those. I quite fancy a change of scene and try something different.
The abstract crowds remind me of some photos I’ve seen from Alexey Titarenko.
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I think the people ones are the most effective, as they somehow suggest how transient we all are, already ghosts while we're still actually alive. They remind me a bit of really old photos when peolple unintentionally moved during the long exposures... in those cases, giving the impression of still being alive, despite being long, long dead.
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Yep, I quite like them. My original plan had been to go out last night and I think vehicles work much better in the dark with the light trails. However, by time my daughter’s show was over and we’d got back to our hotel it was around 11pm and I was too lazy. I feel I wasted an opportunity though as I think big cities are at their best photographically at night.
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Not sure Stratford is the best place for a nighttime stroll with your camera/phone out.
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Though the vehicle-type ones are OK/pretty, it's a bit clichéed now. And to my mind, not nearly as interesting as ephemeral/ghost-like people.
Re people - I'm not really much good at photographing them (other than silly cycling snaps), so enjoy the efforts of people who do it well enough that you have a small window into their souls.
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I was going to go into the City and maybe do some around the Barbican. My shot of St Paul's across the bridge was something I'd iinitially planned as a night shot too. I did wander around the Olympic Park and Westfield taking photos as we walked back to the hotel though. I really like that area and it feels safe.
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Sadly with this forum, you can no longer highlight bits. "It feels safe" is the reason I was making the point about Stratford. There are very much two sides of Stratford.
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An attempt at getting artsy today.
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I'd never noticed the rickety staircase leading down to the beach until today. Probably closed, but worth further investigation when I'm wearing my Daredevil outfit.
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Hmm, looks doable from the photo, but only in the dry, and maybe with some very long legs.
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Found this on YT
The shale looks slidey in the wet.
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Oo-er. Even if the steps have since been cleared of some of the rubble.
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Love a pylon.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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A rambling post rather than photos as old tech won’t share till I get home.
A miserable grey flat weather day while on holiday. A perfect excuse for the wife to recuperate but boring for me so I went out with my camera.
Challenge set was to use my 50mm 1.4 set at f1.4 in B&W mode, ISO 100 (base), and manual focus. Took a while to adapt and ‘see’ photo opportunities but turned out to be a very worthwhile experience. Going by what I see on the back of the camera.
Lesson for all there, turn a ‘bad’ day into a good day. 😉
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^ A similar experience to mine- 50mm prime, manual focus, overcast, and change of plan.
These were just a few meters apart in the rock face.
A sneaky one that went undetected despite my wildlife spooking shutter thwack. A bit of artistic licence with the sky^.
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