Thanks to Photopoly for using View of Rum in their article on how to shoot from mobile/cell phones. Check it out here.
Monday, 11 April 2011
Saturday, 9 April 2011
Under My Umbrella, Broadgate Circus
Thanks to Jack Booth for featuring Under My Umbrella and the notes about Broadgate Circus' security guards on his blog.
Great blog with some superb work pulled in from a wide network. I'm really flattered to be featured, and would recommend a visit to see the other contributions. Check it out here.
Friday, 8 April 2011
Near Mist (Southbank Bike Riders), London
There are four riders in this shot - two easy to spot, two less easily identifiable. You don't realise just how quick anything goes until you try to shoot it with shutter delay. These images were taken at 1/20s, anything slower and the trails quickly disappeared.
I'm a little disappointed I didn't try to do anything with the DOF, as the pillars and wall do merge somewhat, but with all the colour and the glorious reflective puddle, I thought it was worth posting regardless.
See Near Mist (Southbank Bike Riders), London on Flickr for additional notes and comments.
Wednesday, 6 April 2011
Sagebrush, Grand Teton
Cellphone shot from last year's honeymoon road trip. The quality suffers slightly in the sagebrush, but the sky and mountain light came out so well I thought I would post it regardless. Quite a bit of PP work - mostly rinse/repeat sharpening and noise reduction.
Great part of the world I would recommend to all and anyone. Hope everyone is having a great week!
See Sagebrush, Grand Teton on Flickr for additional comments and notes.
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Sunday, 3 April 2011
Secret Garden, Kent
Last month I was lucky to find a second hand 70-200mm lens at an affordable price. Moving to full frame I was really missing the 1.6x at the long end - my main lens (24-105mm) was quite credible at 1.6x, but kind of shot range at 1x. Now, as the season is changing and the flowers are coming out, I spend my weekends lying on my front like a seal, manual focusing, f/4.0, 200mm, etc.
When I changed camera I swore I'd never use live view, but it is so useful in situations like this when micro focusing through a narrow DOF. The 10x live view zoom is amazing for micro-focusing, though it has left me deeply insecure about the accuracy of focusing without using it.
It's strange how the grass screening the front of the lens dissolves into green smoke at the long end. In this case the lens was almost completely concealed by greenery, but it still somehow sees through it all, leaving just a tiny haze.
Not that I'll look a gift donkey in the mouth, but Self Reflection made Explore - despite getting a fraction of the views/favs/comments of other recent post. Everything was worse - ratios, totals, etc. Who knows how the donkey works his magic - but thanks to everyone who's attention helped him make up his mind.
Hope you're all having a great weekend!
See Secret Garden, Kent on Flickr for additional notes and comments.
Self Reflection (Swan On Golden Canal), Harefield
Quick shot from early evening back in the autumn, over in Harefield at the foot of the hill on the Grand Union Canal. Busy times at the moment, so apologies for the slightly sporadic appearances. Thanks to Getty Images who, over the last week, have requested a few of my images - really proud to be part of the collection. Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
See Self Reflection (Swan On Golden Canal), Harefield on Flickr for additional notes and comments.
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