Two of my friends from the running club, Sally and Helle, asked me to do an action shoot for them. This is one of the results. We're going to try and submit this to Runners World magazine for inclusion int heir monthly "Rave Run" feature.
Strobist info. Bare 580EXII @ 1/2 power camera right just out of shot set to wide angle and triggered with Cactus V4's.
The Light was failing rapidly so to balance sky and get a decent shutter speed I had to ramp the ISO up to 800 and do some noise reduction later.
They've got 17 shots to choose from (this is my fave) so I've not done any post processing other than raw conversion until I hear back from them.
A great learning experience... including don;t shoot with a polarising filter on as a 2 stop reduction sucks up the power of small strobes.
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Heavily Textured Bluebell
I've not posted much recently but have been playing with textrues... with what I think is a great result.
I'm thinking about having this printed out onto a canvas to grace our hallway.
I'm thinking about having this printed out onto a canvas to grace our hallway.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Spelbound Win Britain's Got Talent
The Gymnastics group, "Spelbound" have won, in spectacular fashion, the Britains Got Talent TV show.
I feel very privileged to have seen some of these performances in the groups Christmas display before they "hit the big time" and acheived countrywide recognition, through the auditions, the live semi an then the final itself.
As a result of their success my Flickr stream, with a set of photos documenting their Christmas display, has got lots of hits due to the Spelbound tags.
You can see their winning performance from Britiains got talent below, it is truly amazing !!
I feel very privileged to have seen some of these performances in the groups Christmas display before they "hit the big time" and acheived countrywide recognition, through the auditions, the live semi an then the final itself.
As a result of their success my Flickr stream, with a set of photos documenting their Christmas display, has got lots of hits due to the Spelbound tags.
You can see their winning performance from Britiains got talent below, it is truly amazing !!
Monday, May 31, 2010
Watching the World Go By
An ND110 (10stop) filter can turn a mundane garden scene into a spectacular array of streaky clouds on a windy day.
@f/22 this was a 1/15 second exposure but add the 10 stop ND110 and a 2 stop polariser and it added up to a 3 minute exposure in broad daylight.
@f/22 this was a 1/15 second exposure but add the 10 stop ND110 and a 2 stop polariser and it added up to a 3 minute exposure in broad daylight.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Just Chillin
More fun with a borrowed wide angle lens. It's a Tamron 10-24mm. I attached a circular polariser witht eh deliberate intent of getting a close up portrait to distort the legs, making them look even longer and having a super satureated blue sky and grass (courtesy of the polariser) I used some fill flash to lighten the harsh shadows from the direct sun.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Valley Gardens, Punch Bowl Panorama.
I've been meaning to get this shot for the last 3 years.... but have always been foiled by arriving too late in the season or bad weather. I'd have liked a wider angle lens to have done it more justice.... but resorted to a stitched panorama.
This is a panorma stitched from 7 shots. The "Punch Bowl" in Valley Gardens (Windsor Great park) is full of amazing colours at t he moment as you can see.
The stitch was done in Photoshop and then the blown out white sky was replaced for a more dramatic sky from a streaky cloud shot with an ND110 filter.
The sky was replaced using alpha chanel layer masks and a refine edge plus multiply layer blend mode to ensure the detail around the trees, leaves and twigs was not haloed. I'm quite pleased with the result.
I also added a velvia film effect using the channel mixer upping each channel individually to 130% whilst compensating the other two by -15% to give a balanced tone with no colour cast.
This is a panorma stitched from 7 shots. The "Punch Bowl" in Valley Gardens (Windsor Great park) is full of amazing colours at t he moment as you can see.
The stitch was done in Photoshop and then the blown out white sky was replaced for a more dramatic sky from a streaky cloud shot with an ND110 filter.
The sky was replaced using alpha chanel layer masks and a refine edge plus multiply layer blend mode to ensure the detail around the trees, leaves and twigs was not haloed. I'm quite pleased with the result.
I also added a velvia film effect using the channel mixer upping each channel individually to 130% whilst compensating the other two by -15% to give a balanced tone with no colour cast.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Surreal Santa wishes You a Happy Fractalius Friday ... Ho Ho Ho
Surreal Santa wishes You a Happy Fractalius Friday ... Ho Ho Ho
Originally uploaded by Mark1970Vintage
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