Dorset Camera Club
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Compton Abbas village surrounded by mist during autumn.
If you zoom in to the left of the church on the trees the black spots are birds.
Southbourne, Dorset, 2020.
Technical
Canon EOS 60D
Canon EF 28-135
Manfrotto 190XDB
Format Hitech Filters, Firecrest CPL and GND .6 SE
Hahnel Remote Capture releases
1.5 Seconds at F11 in Manual mode.
ISO 100
Colmer`s Hill, Symondsbury, Dorset, rises 417ft above the rich fertile pastures of "The green and pleasant land" of England.
It looks like some giant hand has just planted it there as its perfectly symmetrical and it appears suddenly before you like some prehistoric iron age hill fort that has just sprung straight out of the earth.
However, the shape was created naturally over millions of years purely by erosion. The underlying strata consists of soft red sandstone which weathers easily especially in the open wind swept and wet countryside which is typical of the climate of south cost of England during the Winter months.
You can see the path winding its way to the top and the russet brown bracken fronds which are dying back for the winter and they give a nice tinge to the greenery on the slopes..
There are 7 Scots Pine { Pinus Sylvestris } growing on the top and they were planted by Maj W P Colfox during the first world war. For what reason, we dont know but Im certain he wouldnt have to have had a reason!!! They are called " The Magnificent Seven " and Im not going there! Dream on!!! Lol!
So there it stands and I think it looks wonderfully majestic in the soft fading light of a late September " Dorset " evening.
Ive had this pic since last year and Im only getting around to it now. I do hope you like it as much as I do and Im sure Ill find out soon enough!
I hope your week ahead is wonderful!
Hugs, P@t.
Almost a year ago in a different world, the very windy cliffs near Swanage on the way to Old Harry Rocks, I hope everyone is healthy and ready for yet another week under lockdown.
Doors
Have recently visited Dorset for a few days and this is the first image of that trip I will post. Hopefully I will catch up with everyone in the next few days and thanks for all the comments and visits that were posted whilst I was away.
Best wishes
Patrick
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Taken on a three-day workshop that I ran last week in Dorset.
Arriving on the beach at Durdle Door in the middle of the afternoon during harsh light and pure blue skies have you stand and look around at what you can capture that might be even remotely interesting and unusual.
Then I spotted this lovely small cave-like indentation in the white chalky cliffs known as Bat's Head. What were the challenges in shooting from this viewpoint I hear you ask? lol.
Well, for starters, there's not much room in there and setting up a tripod is almost impossible. You certainly need a small travel tripod to even have a chance of setting it up. I had a huge tripod with me so I decided to shoot this scene handheld and furthermore I only needed to capture the scene once despite harsh contrast and a crazy depth of field issue. Saying that my Canon EOS R coped impeccably with the stabilisation of the image, the great depth of field leaving everything sharp to look at, from the rim of the cave to Durdle Door itself as well as the dynamic range coping with the varying degree of light.
The more I use the Canon EOS R, the more impressed I am with it.
Canon EOS R
Canon 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm
f11
1/400 sec
ISO100
Benro TMA48CXL Mach 3 Tripod
Benro GD3WH Geared Head
3 Legged Thing QR11-LC L Bracket
Mindshift Backlight 26L Bag
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I have wrote a blog about my visit to the Dorset Coastline exploring the nature and history here. This image was taken on one of my walks along Hengistbury Head. The lake is an old quarry which was filled after mining ceased in the 1800's. It has now flourished and restored some of the wildlife and nature there along with protecting the headland from further erosion.
For this photo, I used the edting suite Affinity. You can read my blog by going to :www.whatsheseeks.com or clicking on the link in the comments below. I hope you enjoy some of my photos from my visit.