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Photo of the Day November 2018
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One for @MacRy then! Shot at WildArena in Knowsley if you want to pop up there!
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_DSC8827 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr
_DSC8827 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr
One for @MacRy then! Shot at WildArena in Knowsley if you want to pop up there!
_DSC8827 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr
And you wonder why I’ve been absent for ages
Macro-2017120311.jpg by Charles Martorelli, on Flickr
Went back to a pic I posted last month and edited it again. Bottle cap filled with water after a rain.
Used Silver Efex Pro for the B&W conversion rather than LR. Also flipped it horizontally to give a better composition: the lines of the leaf draw the eye into the image from left to right. The tones in this version of the image also draw the eye into the photo from left to right, with the bottle cap being the brightest element.
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Used Silver Efex Pro for the B&W conversion rather than LR. Also flipped it horizontally to give a better composition: the lines of the leaf draw the eye into the image from left to right. The tones in this version of the image also draw the eye into the photo from left to right, with the bottle cap being the brightest element.
The beautiful Betws Y Coed
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Leica M9 with Elmar 50mm
Leica M9 with Elmar 50mm
A bit macabre, but with the theme of the other thread being "death" this was an alternate choice. Note, the firing squad wall with the musket holes. The lower were finishing volley...not bad aim.
Four Hooded Mergansers stopped by our little lake for a visit yesterday, and although it was raining I managed to get a (heavily cropped) shot of one of them:
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At last, I have got out with the camera...
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Late Afternoon at Cliffe Pools by Hugh Russell, on Flickr
Cheers
Hugh
Late Afternoon at Cliffe Pools by Hugh Russell, on Flickr
Cheers
Hugh
Appropriately called Crooked Edge. A nice waterfall that's extremely difficult to make look good because of the weird angles - you naturally expect water to fall vertically but the underlying rock diverts it with an almost right-angle turn of direction at the bottom! Yes, the camera was vertical on the tripod. Comments always appreciated.
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Crooked Edge by another scotsman, on Flickr
Crooked Edge by another scotsman, on Flickr
Otter Pools by Night
The Otter Pools are a well known and popular destination for locals and tourists on the Raiders Road within the Galloway Forest - especially during the summer months in hot weather. The relatively shallow water is perfect for kids and adults to paddle, splash and explore.
However, it is a completely different place at night - extremely dark, cold and isolated. It is probably the darkest spot I've been to yet in the Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park although the Raiders Road is now closed for the winter.
This image is the result of good planning. I needed to get to the location and get the sky and Milky Way captured before the moon rose too much, as it floods the sky with ambient white light and washes out the detail of the Milky Way. Funnily enough, I then had to wait for the moon to rise slightly to give enough light to capture detail in the foreground and then combine the images. A delicate balancing act that I feel I managed to achieve.
Fuji X-T2 with Samyang 12mm f2 NCS lens.
Foreground: 8 mins / f2 / ISO 200
Sky: 16 images stacked and aligned @ 15s / f2/ ISO 6400
Composited and finished in Photoshop CC 2019
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The Otter Pools are a well known and popular destination for locals and tourists on the Raiders Road within the Galloway Forest - especially during the summer months in hot weather. The relatively shallow water is perfect for kids and adults to paddle, splash and explore.
However, it is a completely different place at night - extremely dark, cold and isolated. It is probably the darkest spot I've been to yet in the Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park although the Raiders Road is now closed for the winter.
This image is the result of good planning. I needed to get to the location and get the sky and Milky Way captured before the moon rose too much, as it floods the sky with ambient white light and washes out the detail of the Milky Way. Funnily enough, I then had to wait for the moon to rise slightly to give enough light to capture detail in the foreground and then combine the images. A delicate balancing act that I feel I managed to achieve.
Fuji X-T2 with Samyang 12mm f2 NCS lens.
Foreground: 8 mins / f2 / ISO 200
Sky: 16 images stacked and aligned @ 15s / f2/ ISO 6400
Composited and finished in Photoshop CC 2019
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