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Another squirrel that fled from me. At a safe height, however, it paused to look down at me and scold loudly
On the edge of the storm, on the edge of the Tor and a logan stone on the edge at Belstone Tor, Dartmoor. One of my favourite Tors and not simply because it is nearest to where I live. The sun was setting behind some cloud to the west but giving a really browny/orange cast to the higher cloud. Heavy rain and hailstones accompanied me all the way back to the car but as always it is such a privilege to have such a wonderful place almost all to myself.
Irishman's Wall, Belstone Tor, Dartmoor National Park, England.
Ringed Kingfisher
Scientific name: Megaceryle torquata (Linnaeus, 1766)
Portuguese: Martim-pescador-grande
Monsoon in the Western Ghats is a pure delight to watch, rain brings life to the valley. The greens attract...
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We all love photography judges who give us first place, but when our photos slide past unnoticed, well, the judges are simply Philistines. Can't they recognise our brilliance!
There is a part of me that would prefer not to judge photography competitions because all I can offer is a subjective opinion. And often I am asked to provide a comment or suggestion as to how a photograph could be improved or strengthened. Essentially I am being asked how I would have photographed or presented the image to get a higher score. Should I be doing this?
Recently, I listened to judges discuss one of my prints which had a grainy, black and white finish. One said that he didn't know why I had applied the finish as it wasn't something he would have done – and maybe it would be better without the finish.
This set me thinking: does this judge mean that unless I create photographs the way he does, he won't give me a high score? And if this judge doesn't like grainy black and whites, does that mean he will never score such entries highly?
To be fair to the judge in question, he was trying to be helpful by making a suggestion as to how the image could be improved.
So let me give another example. I am not a big fan of HDR (High Dynamic Range) photographs, but I gave an HDR photograph first place in a competition not so long ago. Personally, subjectively, I didn't like the photograph much, but as an example of its kind, it was superlative.
I think that from time to time, judges have to step aside from their biases and judge the photograph as an example of its kind. Perhaps the judge looking at my photo should have assessed it on the basis that the entrant chose to submit a grainy black and white print: was this a good or bad example of its kind?
So, what's different when I'm critiquing a photograph that I think could be improved? For instance, I find a white sky incredibly distracting, so I suggest that the photographer could have found a different camera angle, crop the image, or somehow darken down the sky to improve it. What's the difference between this advice and suggesting that a photograph would be better if it wasn't a grainy black and white?
Context.
In the first situation, the judge seemed to acknowledge that the underlying technique was good, it was the final finish he didn't like. He didn't say the finish was over done or poorly handled, just that it wasn't necessary. So perhaps he didn't judge what had been presented, rather he judged what hadn't been presented.
In the second situation, the base photograph with the bright sky was not communicating correctly and a different approach was required. (In my opinion, I know.)
The difference is subtle and it's not always possible for a judge to know if an entrant is investigating a genre of photography or just doesn't know any better. That's the problem with judges – and for judges. Often we just don't know.
So while a part of me doesn't like judging, on the other hand it's something I greatly enjoy. I love being exposed to different styles of work and new ideas. It is incredibly inspirational and so are photo competitions. Of course, you probably don't expect me to say anything different. Our inaugural International Landscape Photographer of the Year Award has had around 2000 entries, but if you missed out, we'll be announcing our annual Better Photography Photograph of the Year Award later this month!
So, the problem with judges is what?
Visit www.betterphotography.com to decide which works the best? The photo with or the one without stars?
St. George Serbian Orthodox Church seen in the context of the Hatfield's Ferry Power Station. I first shot from this location 5 years ago: flic.kr/p/EsgppS
Model: Ramune www.modelmayhem.com/3267604
Photo shoot: Hyde Park, London
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higher quality redigitization
The castle was built in the 1400s by the Venetian Querini family on the ruins of the ancient acropolis. There are three churches inside, the one shown here is called "Virgin Mary of the Castle" and was constructed in 1853. In Greek mythology, Astypale was the sister of Europa.
Ravenna, chiesa di San Francesco.
Una delle cappelle della navata sinistra della chiesa è sormontata da questo gioiello architettonico; la cupoletta presenta alla sua sommità un'ellisse, tipico "pattern" barocco, che costituisce l'accesso ad una lanterna decorata con statue di putti festosi e che esternamente sormonta la cupola stessa.
On a warm May morning in 2013, the herd of goobs gathered along the NKP mainline for a 765 deadhead move were treated to an even better catch in the form of this ex-Southern GP38-2 leading L75 east towards Leipsic. After letting 234 go by them at Continental, the two EMD's split the NKP intermediates at Kieferville.
The dark foreground are the hills of Tanay, then Laguna lake, interrupted by the peninsula of Angono, then returning to the rest of Laguna Lake, then Metro Manila with its skyline, then Manila Bay, then the mountains of Bataan peninsula.
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Pentax K-3 + HD DA 16-85/3.5-5.6 ED DC WR
The "Manchester Wheel" circles above the crowds. Higher still is the trail of an airplane. Both are real and reflected in Selfridges (I think) windows. This is one of the few images on my photostream that I conceived beforehand, but I hadn't planned for the airplane trail (which I think adds something to the overall result)
I took quite a few variants of this, each from a slightly diffferent perspective. It seemed obvious to angle it so the line of the glass split the image exactly in two down the centre, with the airplane trails nicely joining up. But in the final analysis I much preferred this offset version.
In 2005, First Cymru received 21 Plaxton Profile-bodied Volvo B7Rs (20354-74) with what proved to be troublesome wheelchair lifts fitted within their passenger entrances.
Seven (20357-63) were allocated to Swansea Ravenhill depot to upgrade "Shuttle" Service 100 (Swansea-Sarn-Cardiff), for which they received attractive vinyls and third party sponsored SuperRear adverts.
FirstGroup was keen to bring the Greyhound brand to the United Kingdom. However, an attempt to compete against National Express between the South Coast and London failed, and the decision was taken in 2010 to transfer four of the surplus Greyhound-liveried Irizar PB-bodied Scania K114EB4s (23315-8) to First Cymru to replace four of the remaining Volvos used on the X10. The surplus Volvos all then found a new home in East Scotland.
This shot from May 2010 shows 20363 in Albert Row in Swansea when setting off for Cardiff, with one of the company's Plaxton Paragon-bodied Volvo B12Ms allocated to National Express work emerging from nearby Wellington Street, Swansea was without a Bus Station at the time - the Quadrant Bus Station closed in June 2009 and the City Bus Station opened in December 2010 - which led to all bus and coach services being dispersed to the City's streets.
I know Im posting a lot of Venus images but Im trying to improve my technique.
Previously Ive used the Baader UV filter but here Ive used the Astrodon UVenus filter as it is said to have greater transmission in the UV. I was certainly able to reduce exposure times whilst keeping gain and %histogram the same - that resulted in many more frames per 2 minute video run.
I removed another one of the spacers in my Baader modular VIP Barlow so just x1.5 magnification here taking total magnification to about 6000mm f/30 and an image scale of 0.1 arcsec/pixel - still a bit higher than I would like.
Also getting comfortable using an ADC - usually needs just 0.5 or 1 "stop" for this target at 21 degree elevation.
Seeing was moderate for my site
Astrometry:
Illuminated fraction = 0.294
Diameter = 35.9 arcsec
Light travel time = 3.9 minutes
Elevation = 21 degrees
Elongation from Sun = 40.7 East
FireCapture v2.6 Settings
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Camera=ZWO ASI290MM
Filter=AstrodonUV
Profile=Venus
Diameter=35.32"
Magnitude=-4.51
FocalLength=5900mm
Resolution=0.10"
Frames captured=6950
File type=SER
ROI=712x714
FPS (avg.)=57
Shutter=16.79ms
Gain=471 (78%)
Gamma=50 (off)
Histogram=83%
Limit=120 Seconds
Feeling a bit lazy this weekend so I've kept my photography local.
The clouds were whizzing along today so I headed in to St.Helens town centre as I thought the college building would look quite striking with a long exposure using the welding glass/ND8 combo thats served me well up to now.
I'm happy with the result and converted to mono just because it looked better! ;)
Tech. info.Eos 600d,70secs @f11 iso 100,sigma 10-20mm lens.
Thanks for looking,
Chris.