Birds eye view

A shot from nesting cliffs in the Farne Islands, off Northumberland. 

This was a 3-shot HDR using Photomatix. I chose to go in close & low with a wide angle lens.

There was blur on the birds heads as they moved between frames - the automatic deghosting tool did a great job!

Camera make:Canon

Camera model:Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

Focal length:16 mm

Max lens aperture:f/4

Exposure:1/500 at f/5.6

Exposure bias:0 EV

Exposure mode:Auto bracket

Exposure prog.:Aperture priority

ISO speed:ISO 100

Dolmen, Cournols, Puys-de-Doms, France

Long time without a blog post - apologies!

Here is a shot of ancient monument in France with thunder clouds above.

It was a 3-shot HDR taken on the 70D with 16-35 f4 L IS & processed in Photomatix.

Camera make:Canon

Camera model:Canon EOS 70D

Focal length:28 mm

Max lens aperture:f/4

Exposure: f/7.1

Flash:Not fired, compulsory mode

Exposure bias:0 EV

Exposure mode:Auto bracket

Exposure prog.:Aperture priority

ISO speed:ISO 200

Metering mode:Pattern

Rhodes sunset

30 second exposure using Lee Big Stopper - taken near the Southernmost tip of Rhodes.

Camera make:Canon

Camera model:Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

Focal length:18 mm

Max lens aperture:f/4

Exposure:30s at f/22

ISO speed:ISO 50

590nm IR Shots

Here a couple of shots taken on my full-spectrum 450D with a 590nm filter fitted to the lens.

After some initial trouble I feel like I'm starting to get somewhere with false-colour IR although for some random reason I have to convert to tiff in Lightroom before I can get the white balance anywhere near right!

First a tractor in Robin Hood's Bay near Whitby

Camera make:Canon

Camera model:Canon 450D full spectrum

Focal length:19 mm (16-35 f/4 IS)

Max lens aperture:f/4

Exposure:1/100 at f/8

Exposure bias:-1 EV

Exposure prog.:Aperture priority

ISO speed:ISO 100

Second - a shot of Puy-de-Dome:

Camera make:Canon

Camera model:Canon 450D full spectrum

Focal length:16 mm (16-35 f/4 IS)

Max lens aperture:f/4

Exposure:1/200 at f/8

Exposure bias:-1 EV

Exposure prog.:Aperture priority

ISO speed:ISO 100

Sun flare at night - the strange world of IR photography....

Camera make:Canon

Camera model:Canon EOS DIGITAL 450D - full spectrum IR

Focal length:16 mm

Max lens aperture:f/4

Exposure:1/400 at f/5.6

Flash:Not fired, compulsory mode

Exposure bias:-1 EV

Exposure mode:Auto

Exposure prog.:Aperture priority

ISO speed:ISO 100

Puys de Dome in IR

View from Puy Pariou across to Puys de Dome - IR processed in Silver Efex Pro 2.

Camera make:Canon

Camera model:Canon EOS DIGITAL 450D (Full Spectrum)

Focal length:16 mm

Max lens aperture:f/4

Exposure:1/50 at f/8

Flash:Not fired, compulsory mode

Exposure bias:-1 EV

Exposure mode:Auto

Exposure prog.:Aperture priority

ISO speed:ISO 100

A Mossy Grave

More fun with the 950nm filter on a full-spectrum 450D.

Camera make:Canon

Camera model:Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi

Focal length:16 mm

Max lens aperture:f/4

Exposure:1/125 at f/8

Flash:Not fired, compulsory mode

Exposure bias:0 EV

Exposure mode:Auto

Exposure prog.:Aperture priority

ISO speed:ISO 100

Metering mode:Pattern

"Into the light..."

Really pleased I captured an insect flying out through the gap here. This was taken on the full-spectrum 450D using a 950nm IR filter.

 

Canon 450D full spectrum, 16-35 f/4L IS, 1/400 f/4, ISO 100, 950nm filter.

720nm Landscape

This is a full-spectrum converted 450D with a 720nm IR filter attached. Channels swapped (and tweaked) in PS + curves applied!

Canon 450D (full spectrum), 16-35mm f/4 IS

Docklands Bridge

A 3-shot HDR using HDR Efex & converted to B&W using Silver Efex

 

 

Camera make:Canon

Camera model:Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

Focal length:28 mm

Max lens aperture:f/4

Flash:Not fired, compulsory mode

Exposure mode:Auto bracket

Exposure prog.:Aperture priority

ISO speed:ISO 400

 

Docklands in the golden hour

A quick snap as the sun was preparing to set!

 

Camera make:Canon

Camera model:Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

Focal length:17 mm

Max lens aperture:f/4

Exposure:1/640 at f/8

Flash:Not fired, compulsory mode

Exposure bias:-2 1/3 EV

Exposure prog.:Aperture priority

ISO speed:ISO 400

Motech Photo Shoot

Sorry it's been a little quiet recently - shot quite a few weddings and may blog about those soon, but I thought you might be interested in a car photoshoot from the weekend for Motech. (http://www.motechperformance.co.uk/)

[Thanks to Mike of Motech and James / Dave for the 'loan' of their cars for the shoot.]

(You can see the full gallery of the shots here: http://www.philhackettphotography.com/motech)

Photographing cars is a challenging business - it's difficult to avoid getting hotspots from the lights; reflections can also ruin the shots.

I decided to use a 5x7 Lastolite HiLite with two Lencarta ElitePro 2's inside. I love the ElitePro 2's as I can control the power remotely - this proved invaluable when tweaking the output in the car shoot.

This was the basic setup:

The black background gave a plain backdrop and removed unwanted reflections from behind the cars.
I angled the soft 'wall' to give some variation in illumination from left to right, although I ended up increasing the power of the flashgun furthest from the car to make the drop-off less severe.

This shows the general effect:

In the first shot above you can see an octobox - I experimented with this as a fill light for some shots, but had it switched off for most.

You can see the reflection of the softbox here - note the more even lighting across the car:

For straight engine shots I used a softbox on its own:

When I wanted the front and engine I used the soft 'wall' to light the front of the car and a 70cm beauty dish to pool some light onto the engine bay:

We used a couple of ramps to angle the rear of the car for details of the exhaust system:

Camera / lens combinations - I mostly used a 1DsIII with the 70-200 f/2.8 II. For the engine shots I used a 50mm and I did take a couple of wider angle shots of the front of the M4 using my 16-35 & 24-105 zooms.

View across to Puy de Dôme

Camera model:Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

Focal length:24 mm

Max lens aperture:f/4

Flash:Not fired, compulsory mode

Exposure mode:Auto bracket

Exposure prog.:Aperture priority

ISO speed:ISO 100

Metering mode:Pattern

Le Méandre De Queuille

A beautiful meander, North West of Clemont Ferrand.

 

Camera make:Canon

Camera model:Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

Focal length:16 mm

Max lens aperture:f/4

Flash:Not fired

Exposure mode:Auto bracket

Exposure prog.:Aperture priority

ISO speed:ISO 100

Metering mode:Pattern



Chateau de Villemonteix

Camera make:Canon

Camera model:Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

Focal length:27 mm

Max lens aperture:f/4

Flash:Not fired

Exposure mode:Auto bracket

Exposure prog.:Aperture priority

ISO speed:ISO 100

Metering mode:Pattern

Puy de Goules

Three shot panorama from the peak of Puy de Goules.

 

 

 

Camera make:Canon

Camera model:Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

Focal length:16 mm

Max lens aperture:f/4

Exposure:1/1600 at f/5.6

Flash:Not fired, compulsory mode

Exposure bias:-1 EV

Exposure mode:Auto

Exposure prog.:Aperture priority

ISO speed:ISO 100

Metering mode:Pattern