A New Year like a new dawn falls upon us
THE END OF A 'DIFFICULT' YEAR....HOPE FOR THE FUTURE?
As 2022 draws to a close, it's hard not to feel that this 'difficult' year could not be followed by one of equal sadness.
The loss of our beloved Queen and figurehead a personal loss to so many of us, a year of revolving door Prime ministers and farcical government ineptitude which leaves many British folk disillusio9ned and facing the Dickensian choice of 'Heating OR eating'. World powers fuelled by corruption and hatred attempting to annexe what does not belong to them, a wider gap between the rich and poor than we have ever seen, and back home a society which salutes shallow, selfish reality celebrities whilst it's front line service employees who are the real heroes, can't even earn a decent living wage!
The world of photography as I know it, the beauty of Mother Nature and the animal kingdoms are changing at the hands of mankind. Species are taken to extinction through our own selfish actions, and the consequences are yet to filter down to us - but they will, as we fail to take heed of warnings and continue to expand across Mother Earth like the plague we are.
Year on year, each of us will have been touched by the hand of fate as we look back over the past twelve months. Love and laughter, death and sorrow, loss of loved ones, new life and expectations reached or never quite attained. We raise a glass to the New Year, and in our family we open the front door to let in the new, and open the back door to expel the old..... there is love and hope, optimism and belief as always, and for me that is the very essence of life itself, for without these our existence might appear a most bleak prospect indeed.
I wish everyone a very Happy New Year, peace, harmony, love and laughter and a strength to weather the storm of life which often threatens to envelope us. I wish success and personal achievements to every photographer, there is so much to witness, so much to experience, so much to document and capture. Thank you so much to everyone who has visited my site, witnessed my imagery, left a comment or personal message, I am very grateful for your time in this hectic cycle we know as life.
Kind regards
Paul Williams
©All photographs on this site are copyright: DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2020 & GETTY IMAGES ®
No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) ©
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This One seconds long exposure was taken at an altitude of Six metres, at 06:57am on Monday 23rd September 2019 around sunrise off 1st Street and Bevan Avenue, between the boat jetty and Bevan Avenue Fishing Pier in beautiful Sidney by the sea on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
The beautiful red sky bursting through the clouds was created by the sunlight falling dust particles in the atmosphere, and lasted only a a few minutes before vanishing.
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Nikon D850. Focal length 70mm Shutter speed: One seconds long exposure Aperture f/16.0 iso64 RAW (14 bit uncompressed) Image size L (8256 x 5504 FX). Focus mode AF-C focus 51 point with 3D- tracking. AF-Area mode single point & 73 point switchable. Exposure mode - Aperture priority exposure. Nikon Back button focusing enabled. Matrix metering. ISO Sensitivity: Auto. White balance: Natural light auto. Colour space Adobe RGB. Nikon Distortion control on. Picture control: Auto. High ISO NR on. Vignette control: normal. Active D-lighting Auto.
Nikkor AF-P 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6E. Lee SW150 MKII filter holder. Lee SW150Con adapter for Lee 100 rings.Lee 100 67mm screw in adapter ring. Lee SW150 0.6 (2 stops) Neutral density Graduated resin filter. Lee SW150 Filters field pouch. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.Mcoplus professional MB-D850 multi function battery grip 6960. Matin quick release neckstrap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup.Manfrotto 055XPROB Tripod 3 Sections (Payload: 5.6kgs). Manfrotto 327RC2 Light Duty Grip Ball Magnesium Tripod Head (Payload: 5.5kgs). Manfrotto quick release plate 200PL-14. Jessops Tripod bag.Nikon MC-DC2 remote shutter release cable.
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LATITUDE: N 48d 38m 53.42s
LONGITUDE: W 123d 23m 36.03s
ALTITUDE: 7.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 90.1MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 29.00MB
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PROCESSING POWER:
Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.10 (9/05/2019) LD Distortion Data 2.017 (20/3/18) LF 1.00
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX-1 64bit (Version 1.3.1 11/07/2019). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit (Version 1.4.7 15/03/2018). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 1.3.2 15/03/2018). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
A New Year like a new dawn falls upon us
THE END OF A 'DIFFICULT' YEAR....HOPE FOR THE FUTURE?
As 2022 draws to a close, it's hard not to feel that this 'difficult' year could not be followed by one of equal sadness.
The loss of our beloved Queen and figurehead a personal loss to so many of us, a year of revolving door Prime ministers and farcical government ineptitude which leaves many British folk disillusio9ned and facing the Dickensian choice of 'Heating OR eating'. World powers fuelled by corruption and hatred attempting to annexe what does not belong to them, a wider gap between the rich and poor than we have ever seen, and back home a society which salutes shallow, selfish reality celebrities whilst it's front line service employees who are the real heroes, can't even earn a decent living wage!
The world of photography as I know it, the beauty of Mother Nature and the animal kingdoms are changing at the hands of mankind. Species are taken to extinction through our own selfish actions, and the consequences are yet to filter down to us - but they will, as we fail to take heed of warnings and continue to expand across Mother Earth like the plague we are.
Year on year, each of us will have been touched by the hand of fate as we look back over the past twelve months. Love and laughter, death and sorrow, loss of loved ones, new life and expectations reached or never quite attained. We raise a glass to the New Year, and in our family we open the front door to let in the new, and open the back door to expel the old..... there is love and hope, optimism and belief as always, and for me that is the very essence of life itself, for without these our existence might appear a most bleak prospect indeed.
I wish everyone a very Happy New Year, peace, harmony, love and laughter and a strength to weather the storm of life which often threatens to envelope us. I wish success and personal achievements to every photographer, there is so much to witness, so much to experience, so much to document and capture. Thank you so much to everyone who has visited my site, witnessed my imagery, left a comment or personal message, I am very grateful for your time in this hectic cycle we know as life.
Kind regards
Paul Williams
©All photographs on this site are copyright: DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2020 & GETTY IMAGES ®
No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) ©
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This One seconds long exposure was taken at an altitude of Six metres, at 06:57am on Monday 23rd September 2019 around sunrise off 1st Street and Bevan Avenue, between the boat jetty and Bevan Avenue Fishing Pier in beautiful Sidney by the sea on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
The beautiful red sky bursting through the clouds was created by the sunlight falling dust particles in the atmosphere, and lasted only a a few minutes before vanishing.
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.
Nikon D850. Focal length 70mm Shutter speed: One seconds long exposure Aperture f/16.0 iso64 RAW (14 bit uncompressed) Image size L (8256 x 5504 FX). Focus mode AF-C focus 51 point with 3D- tracking. AF-Area mode single point & 73 point switchable. Exposure mode - Aperture priority exposure. Nikon Back button focusing enabled. Matrix metering. ISO Sensitivity: Auto. White balance: Natural light auto. Colour space Adobe RGB. Nikon Distortion control on. Picture control: Auto. High ISO NR on. Vignette control: normal. Active D-lighting Auto.
Nikkor AF-P 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6E. Lee SW150 MKII filter holder. Lee SW150Con adapter for Lee 100 rings.Lee 100 67mm screw in adapter ring. Lee SW150 0.6 (2 stops) Neutral density Graduated resin filter. Lee SW150 Filters field pouch. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.Mcoplus professional MB-D850 multi function battery grip 6960. Matin quick release neckstrap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup.Manfrotto 055XPROB Tripod 3 Sections (Payload: 5.6kgs). Manfrotto 327RC2 Light Duty Grip Ball Magnesium Tripod Head (Payload: 5.5kgs). Manfrotto quick release plate 200PL-14. Jessops Tripod bag.Nikon MC-DC2 remote shutter release cable.
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LATITUDE: N 48d 38m 53.42s
LONGITUDE: W 123d 23m 36.03s
ALTITUDE: 7.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 90.1MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 29.00MB
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PROCESSING POWER:
Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.10 (9/05/2019) LD Distortion Data 2.017 (20/3/18) LF 1.00
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX-1 64bit (Version 1.3.1 11/07/2019). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit (Version 1.4.7 15/03/2018). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 1.3.2 15/03/2018). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.