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The weather has been so rubbish recently. Rain rain and more rain. I've been doing indoor light painting so it's good to get back outside. This was lit with 2 different colour lensers with a wire wool spin behind. It's 2 images one for the lensers and one for the wool stacked with no other manipulations.
Canon 5Dmkll
Canon 17-40 F4L
Manfrotto 190XPROB
Manfrotto 804RC2
Shutter release cable
2 shots stacked in star trails
Zutaten : Manfrotto 055XPro, Nikon 7100, Metz-Blitz, Olympus 40-150 Pro,Olympus Battery Grip, Hama Gurt
[ not only the approach of sleep with its omens in tow... but these NIGHTS! ]
[ ¡no sólo la proximidad del sueño con sus presagios a remolque... pero estas NOCHES! ]
Hasselblad 501 C
Ilford HP5+
Sekonic 758 D
Manfrotto 055 CLB
Tetenal Ultrafin Plus
Lightroom 1.3
Barcelona - Spain
May - 2008
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How can you use this tripod without a head? sigh, no more money to buy ball head already...whew!!!
Nov. 2008
IMG_7034-2
Lots of gear complicates things. So, to carry only one tripod on an outing with various lenses and subjects, I modified several items for one, do-it-all, tripod arrangement. The whole issue is around the concept of a 'gimble' and versatility. Gimbles are used basically for large, heavy lenses but I wanted this to be for 'everything'! This setup is a Promaster gimble mount to which I've added several things. The gimble allows 3 dimensional steady shooting and is good for heavy lenses, and I think it will be good for movies, too, as well as a general tripod. I modified a Manfrotto long lens cradle, and then attached a promaster ball camera mount to the platform of the Manfrotto item which I then attached to the gimble. Quick release mounts were used for the interface between gimble and mount and between mount and camera. I can get vertical and horizontal positions and everything in between. The Manfrotto modification was/is necessary to get the left-side camera body away from the upright portion of the gimble' upright. A separate piece could have been made but I converted The Manfrotto piece I already had. Elevating the camera allows the camera to turn on either on the ball head to which it is mounted, or, alternately, from the gimble control--2 ways depending on what you get used to or perhaps what you are shooting. My Nikon D810 will do movies. If I had an opportunity to capture movement in a smooth and professional fashion while taking stills, why not??? I do shoot one heavy telephoto, one about 7 lbs [old Questar 700], and everything in between down to 14-24mm wide angle and up to about 1200 mm telephoto. For me, and I'm still getting used to it, the smoothness of the gimble is pleasant, and it can be 'locked' into position, or loosened for a more steady flow on moving objects, again for longer lenses and movies. The Promaster gimble is very smooth in movement and is significantly less expensive than the name brands. Mine cost about $140 in Topeka, Kansas. Others are well above $500.
Gent-Wevelgem 2010
One of my favorite riders for years is 'Big' George Hincapie. A guy who can battle for a win in the cobbled classics and is able to win a TourdeFrance-mountain stage as well. Therefore he is a BIG rider in my book.
After trying for almost a year to get him to 'pose' in front of my lens, the american champion was kind enough to let me do what I do for about 3 seconds. All I needed.
strobist: 2 sb800's (1/2 power) in open softbox mounted on Manfrotto-monopod as main (at right) 1 sb800 (1/16 power, 1/4 CTO) on-camera for fill. triggered via pocketwizards.
set-upshot similar as this one: www.flickr.com/photos/14538377@N06/3423922887/
En direct de la nuit
Pleine Lune du 16 Octobre 2016
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Tripod: Manfrotto MT190XPRO3
Tripod head: Manfrotto MHXPRO-3W
Date: July 2018
Location: Novara
ph: Giovanni Riccioni
Strobe:
*Speedlight 580EX II Canon off camera at right of camera with octabox
*Speedlight 430EX II Canon off camera behind the subject
Trigger: Pixel King Wireless E-TTL Flash for Canon
I will be heading to Zion National Park in July for a few days to hike and photograph The Narrows and go canyoneering in The Subway via the top down rout which includes a few short rappels. Planning gear for this trip has been a chalange and my previous gear post has been popular, so I am updating with a list of what I will be carrying for this trip.
Zion is known for its deep beautiful slot canyons filled with ice cold water and mysterious reflected light. Exploring these canyons is not an easy trek. The 16 mile 2 day trip through The Narrows has you literally walking through the Virgin River most of the time. Some sections are only a few feet wide with 1200+ ft walls on both sides requiring a few short swims. To keep my gear dry I will be carrying a few dry bags. The blue dry bag will carry the Mountainsmith Kit Cube with my camera and lens' inside during any technical spots in the canyon. The rest of the time I will be carrying the camera with a lens attached by my side in the orange dry bag. The blue bag, and all the other gear goes inside the yellow bag, and inside my backpack (double protection for photo gear). This should work and keep everything dry. Fingers crossed.
When heading into the backcountry with photography equipment every ounce counts. As I have upgraded my photo kit with faster, heavier lenses, I have decreased the weight of my backpacking gear with ultra light equipment to compensate. I'm pretty happy with this setup. But....If i were to change anything I would add a Gitzo Traveler Tripod with a RRS BH25 head, shaving off about a pound and a half; gaining a steadier base for the heavier lenses.
I will also be carying a Canon 40D (used to take this picture), a ND64 filter for silky waterfalls in daylight, and a remote release for long exposures in the dark canyons, as well as the hoods for all the lenses.
Everything here will be carried in a Osprey Exos 58. I used this pack on my last few trips and love it. It's super light for an internal frame pack and carries all my heavy photo gear very comfortably.
Off hand this setup should weigh in around 35lbs with food and water. Not to bad considering my original pack weighed about 20lbs more, with less gear. I'll update with proper weights when I get a chance.
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On November 12th 2015 GETTY IMAGES unveiled plans for a new stills upload platform called ESP (Enterprise Submission Platform), to replace the existing 'Moment portal', and on November 13th I was invited to Beta test the new system prior to it being officially rolled out in December. ESP went live on Tuesday December 15th 2015 and has smoothed out the upload process considerably.
These days I take a far more leisurely approach to my photographic exploits, a Nikon D850 FX Pro body as companion to my D7200 DX, I travel light with less constraints and more emphasis on the pure capture of the beauty that I see, more akin to my original persuits and goals some five decades previously when starting out. I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 23.499+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.
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This photograph was taken on the banks of the River Cray at an altitude of Twenty one metres at 04:31am on Thursday 22nd March 2018, in the golden hour around sunrise, (Sunrise was at precisely 05:58am),off Rectory Lane in the grounds of Foots Cray Meadows, over the River Cray in Bexley, Kent, England.
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Nikon D850 14mm 1/3s (Electronic front curtain) f/4.0 iso64 RAW (14 bit uncompressed) Image size L 8256 x 5504 FX). Colour space Adobe RGB. AF-C focus 51 point with 3-D tracking. Manual exposure. Matrix metering. Auto 0 white balance (8030K). Nikon Distortion control on. Vignette control Normal.Manfrotto 055Xprob Carbon Fiber Tripod 3 Sections. Manfrotto 327RC2 Magnesium Ball Head. Manfrotto quick release plate 200PL-14. Jessops Tripod bag.
Nikkor AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8G ED IF. Nikon EN-EL15a battery. Matin quick release neckstrap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon GP-1 GPS module.
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LATITUDE: N 51d 25m 32.50s
LONGITUDE: E 0d 7m 38.30s
ALTITUDE: 21.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB (NEF 95.1mb)
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 51.70MB
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PROCESSING POWER:
Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.01 (16/01/2018) LD Distortion Data 2.017 (20/3/18)
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB SATA 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 1.2.11 15/03/2018). 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.
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Yippe for Friday, everyone!
This is the first shot taken on my gawjus Manfrotto tripod, I pulled in near this field on my way home with it. No soon had I got it erect when POW! A man appeared asking me what I was doing....ummmm taking a photo?? I then nervously went into depths to explain it was a 3 bracketed shot, I was hoping to get a good HDR. I don't know why I told him this, I'm sure from the look he gave me it made no sense.
Anyhow after he had told me about people walking their dogs and spoiling nearby crops and not being respectful, I decided NOW was the time to do a silly shot, knowing that he'd gone away happy that I was trustworthy.
A 10 second timer dash, if you don't mind, in which I sustained a slight elbow injury, gawd knows how. And its not the best shot, but Im so happy with my new tripod that I decided to upload it even though it shows my horrid Hobbit feet off nicely.
Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) within an Ancient Sussex churchyard on the South Downs, South Downs National Park, West Sussex England
My Nikon family including a Tamron adoptee
Nikon D700
AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED
PC-E NIKKOR 24mm f/3.5D ED
AF NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4D
AF-S VR Micro-NIKKOR 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED
AF NIKKOR 85 mm f/1.4D (not on picture)
AF-S NIKKOR 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR (not on picture)
Nikon TC-20EII
Nikon SB-600 (rarely used)
Tamron AF 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD
Manfrotto 190XPROB Tripod with 460MG Magnesium Three Way Head
Manfrotto 190CXPRO4 Mag Fiber Tripod with 405 Geared Head (not on picture)
50/50: Day 20
I'm at Jay's tonight playing in the studio again. I shot this with his D90 and 50mm
Strobist info
f8
1/160
ISO200
Sb900 @f8 camera left in 50 inch Apollo softbox
2x alien bee 800's @f11 on background
580 exii @f5.6 camera right in 28in apollo softbox
Phottix PT-04 II triggers
I am the 5 legs guy i.e. two legs from my body and three legs from my cherished Manfrotto tripod.
I am the notorious tripod guy in Vancouver. No matter it is day or night, brightly lighted or in darkness, I have my tripod with me and I used it all the time.
The use of tripod is not only for steadiness and sharpness of the shots. It is more about slowing you down so that you can check more carefully and think carefully about the composition of the scene.
For those shots of fleeting moments, the tripod also comes into place. Usually I find the suitable setting or context and then I will set up my tripod and wait for the real moment to come. You will not be able to handhold the camera for 10 minutes (or even longer) in the same spot without feeling tired I think?
I want to share the quote by famous French photographer Marc Riboud today when he was asked about advice to aspiring photographers.
"The subject of the photography is less important than the picture composition.” – Marc Riboud
Happy Wednesday!
PS. Anyways this is a handheld shot. I did handheld shot too. But all the three shots before this post are all done with tripod. :o)
I am going to Seoul and Tokyo this Summer. Since it is going to be hot I needed to replace my shoulder bag with a waist bag. I think I came across a winner. This is the Manfrotto CSC Waist/ Sling bag that I just got in from B&H. It was $50 after the $20 mail in rebate.
I put my Fujifilm X-T3 and X-T1 in front of it for a size comparison. The X-T3 has a 50mm f2 with the lens hood. The X-T1 has the 35mm f2 with the lens hood. To me this is the perfect size. I can carry both cameras with my batteries, sd cards, and cleaning supplies. There is not a lot of wasted room. They say that you can carry a full size Ipad inside it with the camera gear but I personally think it would be a little tight.
I only have a couple gripes about this bag. I like the green color but inside the bag is camo. I'm not a big fan of going through customs in a foreign country with any camo items. I think the buckle could be a little better but I can probably rob one off another bag that I have around the house. I will probably also add some zipper pulls.
I think this is the best waist camera bag that I have seen for a mirrorless camera. I look forward to wearing it this Summer.
Astrotrac mount with polar scope and Nikon D7000 & Nikkor 70-200mm vr f2.8.
Waiting for the stars to come out.
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I was originally enrolled into the GETTY IMAGES collection as a contributor on April 9th 2012, and when links with FLICKR were terminated in March 2014, I was retained and fortunate enough to be signed up via a second contract, both of which have proved to be successful with sales of my photographs all over the world now handled exclusively by them.
On November 12th 2015 GETTY IMAGES unveiled plans for a new stills upload platform called ESP (Enterprise Submission Platform), to replace the existing 'Moment portal', and on November 13th I was invited to Beta test the new system prior to it being officially rolled out in December. ESP went live on Tuesday December 15th 2015 and has smoothed out the upload process considerably.
These days I take a far more leisurely approach to my photographic exploits, a Nikon D850 FX Pro body as companion to my D7200 DX, I travel light with less constraints and more emphasis on the pure capture of the beauty that I see, more akin to my original persuits and goals some five decades previously when starting out. I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 23.803+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.
***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on May 3rd 2018
CREATIVE RF gty.im/954617834 MOMENT OPEN COLLECTION**
This photograph became my 3,142nd frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Three metres in the golden hour around sunrise, (Sunrise was at precisely 05:26am), at 05:53am on Thursday May 3rd 2018 off Botany Road and Foreness Close on the sandy shoreline of Botany Bay, the northern most of seven bays in Broadstairs , Kent, England.
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Nikon D850 24mm 1/50s (Electronic front curtain) f/4.5 iso64 RAW (14 bit uncompressed) Image size L 8256 x 5504 FX). Colour space Adobe RGB. AF-C focus 51 point with 3-D tracking. Manual exposure. Matrix metering. Auto 0 white balance (8030K). Nikon Distortion control on. Vignette control Normal.
Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR. Phot-R ultra slim 77mm UV filter. Nikon EN-EL15a battery. Matin quick release neckstrap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Manfrotto 055Xprob Carbon Fiber Tripod 3 Sections. Manfrotto 327RC2 Magnesium Ball Head. Manfrotto quick release plate 200PL-14. Jessops Tripod bag.
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LATITUDE: N 51d 23m 18.80s
LONGITUDE: E 1d 26m 15.20s
ALTITUDE: 3.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB (NEF 91.6mb)
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 36.70MB
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PROCESSING POWER:
Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.01 (16/01/2018) LD Distortion Data 2.017 (20/3/18)
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB SATA 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 1.2.11 15/03/2018). 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.
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