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... the 5th of November, the gunpowder treason and plot;
I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot!
My first ever attempt at shooting a firework display, this one taking place in Battersea Park opposite the Chelsea Embankment on the River Thames in London. Because the 5th November fell on a Sunday, most organisers chose to celebrate Bonfire Night (Guy Fawkes) on Saturday 4th instead to ensure bigger attendances.
A non-HDR composition.
The first Japanese 35mm pentaprism SLR came on the market in 1957: the "Asahi Pentax". In the face of fierce competition from mirrorless cameras, Pentax continues to manufacture single lens reflexes with a glass prism finder, believing that an electronic finder cannot replace the experience of direct viewing on a ground-glass screen. With the K-3iii Monochrome (2023) they stick to this philosophy.
Here a view of the slow-speed dial of the original Asahi Pentax, taken by the Pentax K-3iii Monochrome.
The lens used is the magical SMC Pentax Soft f:2.2 85mm (ca.1985), together with its companion and contemporary, the Pentax Rear Converter-A 1.4x-L, giving a focal length of ca. 120mm. The lens was stopped down to its minimum aperture of f:5.6, resulting in an actual aperture of f:8 with the converter.
The K-3iii Mono was mounted on a tripod with a heavy ball-head plus a focussing-rail. A halogen lamp was reflected from the ceiling.
From top to bottom the subject as shown measures just under three inches.
HMM!
Autumn Avenue
Avoiding the high speed cars in a HiVis vest on this famous stretch of road to get a photo is not recommended! So I opted to stand to the side underneath the row of aged beech trees and calmly wait for a traffic free moment.
It’s an impressive view looking down through the overhanging branches near Kingston Lacy in Dorset known as ‘Beech Tree Avenue’.
Remains Beneath the Sand
Whitsand's Boiler and engine parts revealed at low tide with a fast moving tide rushing through the rusty ironwork.
The 10 mile round trip hike was well worth it. So were the native Brooke trout on the fly. This long exposure was taken of the Falls at Seneca Creek WV near Spruce Knob.
My 2nd visit to Pulpit Rock was less rushed so I was able to climb lower and look around to catch the golden hour. I was expected calm seas but several waves hitting the rock ledges made it interesting photography.
I'm leaving for a short trip to a gorgeous country. A fellow flickrite has kindly accepted to accompany me and we will meet a unique flickr personality there :)
Take care
I enjoyed my first visit to Waterfall Country in South Wales walking from Pont Melin-Fach. After a tiresome but enjoyable reccie the day before walking until dark in the constant drizzle I came up with a plan.
The following day was super sunny and not the rainy conditions that Brecon Beacons is renown for.
I took this photo up close, splashed and in awe of Waterfall 1 of 4 'Sgwd Ddwli Uchaf'. Check out the geometrical light and shadows and watch out for the 'stick man'... Haha
Windy Post Waterfall - Dartmoor
The flow of water photographed at 1 second shutter speed looked great as the light caught the cascade. This was edited in photoshop which looks a little like it’s a HDR image but it isn’t.
The waterfall is only a short walk from the large Merrivale car park where the ice cream van is usually parked
Whitsand Pool
When you follow the tide down it can reveal wonderful shapes and rocky pools in the sand especially with the sky and light reflections
Brecon Beacon Waterfall Trail
Number 4 Waterfall Sgwd Gwladus (Lady Falls), in the Autumn vista
Sept 17
Do you know the whereabouts of these waterfalls on the Devonshire "Outback" ?
Finding it a 2nd time was a fluke when I clambered down the steepest part of the bank leading into the valley unable to follow directions from an online photographers blog. The sun light was struggling to break through the dense trees but eventually it lit up some of the mossy walls of the falls. This is a 1 second exposure in camera and post processed in Photoshop adding a diffused filter to soften and fantasise the image
This was my 1st attempt of photographing the lake. The water level can change and the dead trees can be more submerged on a different day. I watched the direction and speed of the clouds as they passed over, waiting for a stormy dark sky. The tripod legs were firmly pushed deep into the mud as I stood in my wellies. The slow shutter speed I chose gave the effect of blurring and blending the clouds which reflected nicely on the water.
The scene almost looks haunting.
Old Swanage Pier - Dorset
A quick stop to look at the remains of the old pier. I didn’t realise you had to take the shot from the new pier so restricted to pier opening times. I wondered why I had never seen and sunrises or sunsets of this. This is a long exposure post edited image using a Lee ‘Big Stopper’ to achieve a 1 minute exposure. I had to clone out a few red buoys that were bouncing around on the choppy sea and looked like red smudges in the original photograph.
At the end of the day the sky coloured up nicely over the pier.
The wooden sediment controlling groynes had a nice glow from the sun setting behind me.
This was a one minute camera exposure to smooth out the sea and capture and blur the moving clouds. I liked the graduation of colour of orange to blue
The soon-to-be released Phottix Strato 4 in 1 2.4 GHz Trigger connected to a Canon 40D. It will trigger flashes and work as a wired or wireless shutter release.
Strobist: On a shooting table: Canon 430 EX 1/2 power, above, into reflective umbrella, Canon 430 EX 1/2 power, below, bare. Canon 580 EXII at 1/4 power at 5 o'clock into reflective umbrella. Trigger with Phottix Strato triggers.
The attractive intricately designed Victorian construction with its arched ironwork overlooking the Severn Estuary.
A mighty fine pier indeed!
For the Macro Mondays group, on the subject of Push/Pull. The shutter release (push) and film advance (pull) of my Zeiss Ikon Contina - a sweet little 35mm camera, with a really quiet shutter...
2nd visit to Dorset in 2 weeks. The vast canary yellow field was hit with the most amazing light in the last seconds before the sun dropped behind the low cloud.
Sixpenny Handley Barn at its best.
This is a five shot pano shot with a Canon 5D mk2 , 24-70mm L lens and circular polariser
This impressive icon arched rock stack is huge at Mouthmill near Hartland. There’s a really nice looped walk to get there from a National Trust car park hugging the coastline and back uphill through woodland. Maybe next time I’ll try to get it with the tide further in as the sun sets.
Nicknamed "The Wobbly Bridge", so a bit tricky to take long exposures standing ON it. Had to make do with this view from the side, including a bit more of that blue hour sky.
Nikon D300 | Sigma 10-20@10mm | ƒ22 | 76" | ISO160 | Tripod
‘Clean Lines’ at the Dutch Barn
At Sixpenny Handley you can see acres of Barley fields in July and August. (Dorset farmland). The cut lines from the recent harvesting lead you straight to the barn. I’m looking forward to going back next year when the field is full of Barley or Rapeseed.
The tide and sea conditions have to be just right for the waves to cascade over this 3 meter high rock. Yes, it’s bigger than it looks in the image!
I was perched on the opposite side of a gully waiting for that moment to happen experimenting with different shutter speeds. The south westerly wind blew the sea spray towards me as the water spilled over the ledge. I always wrap the camera in polythene on days like this to avoid the salt damaging the camera. You can’t always catch the colourful sunset but this still makes a DraMatic SeaScape. I love trying to capture the OceanMotion.
Taken with Canon 5D mk2 at 16mm on 16-35mm f/4 lens and a 0.9 (3 stop) hard grad ND Lee filter.
Tidal Barn
This was taken on a dark eerie night unsure whether the silent incoming tide was going to reach the barn. It’s was my first visit so a night shoot wasn’t the best conditions for the highest tide. I used the head torch to focus the camera on the barn then all lights off apart from gently light painting it during a long exposure shot.
Canon 5D mk2 and Samyang 14mm f/2 .8 - iso 1600 30 seconds.
Built by the British and US troops in WW2 and situated at Hvítanes, Hvalfjörður (Whale Fjord), the biggest in southwest Iceland and 30 km long surrounded by volcanic mountains. It was named after the large number of whales seen there by the original settlers and now has a controversial history of whaling. During World War II the fjord’s deep anchorages made it one of the most important bases in the North Atlantic. When British and American naval vessels were stationed here it provided a port and safe haven for supply ships travelling between Europe and North America.
‘I remember this being one of our first stops during the Iceland adventures which wasn’t easy to find. The image has been converted to have a sepia tone which suited the subject.
Night photography; day without ND...:)
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Classic “Old Harry’s Rocks”
A spectacular viewpoint of one Dorset’s wonderful landscape treasures.
Photographed on an extremely busy August Bank holiday Monday. I joined, literally, hundreds of visitors walking along the 40 minute coastal trail to the headland. It was a minor miracle getting a photograph without with a person in the frame but I must admit I did clone out three small sailing t
yachts. Also, a jet ski was moving so fast that they left a water trail in this 1 minute exposure that I had to clear.