Within the cage

Taken on an 830nm IR Converted Panasonic DMC-G3 with an Olympus 14-42 1:3.5-5.6 IIR MSC Lens. Le Chemin Fais'Art near Chapdes-Beaufort, France.

Processed in Lightroom with a slight split-tone applied. This is where you apply a different hue to the shadow and highlights.

Camera make:Panasonic

Camera model:DMC-G3

Focal length:14 mm

Focal length (35mm):28 mm

Max lens aperture:f/3.5

Exposure:1/250 at f/5

Flash:Not fired, compulsory mode

Exposure bias:0 EV

Exposure mode:Auto

Exposure prog.:Aperture priority

ISO speed:ISO 400

Digital zoom:0x

The Globe in the Library

BMX jump in Mono

Pity I'd forgotten my flash gun - would have underexposed the background. Ended up over exposing to give some detail in the subject and then converting to mono using Silver Efex.

 

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/2.8 @ 24 mm, 1/2000, ISO 200, No Flash,

Mike Stare

 

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/8 @ 100 mm, 1/125, ISO 100

Cypriot Wine Maker

This gentleman is the husband of the lady in yesterday's post. He makes delicious sherry-like wine.

Canon EOS 7D, f/1.2 @ 50 mm, 1/2000, ISO 100, Flash

Old Friends

A candid take on a park bench in Islington. Used the Canon 50mm f/1.2L wide open on a 5D Mark II. Despite some of the reports on the web I'm impressed with the wide-open quality of the 50mm.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/1.2 @ 50 mm, 1/400, ISO 200, No Flash

The workroom

Sorry for gap in posting - been in Norfolk and France over the last couple of weeks - lots of photos to post over the coming days.

This is a B&W conversion of an HDR. Camera on tripod, 3 exposures - relatively long as the only light was from a small window.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/8 @ 50 mm, ISO 100

Portrait of Brother Phil

Taken today whilst testing the 7D. Used the Canon 200mm f/2.8 prime wide open.

Canon EOS 7D, f/2.8 @ 200 mm, 1/800, ISO 400, Flash

Andy

@Lencarta - Single Strip Box on a Smartflash from camera right.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/5.6 @ 45 mm, 1/160, ISO 100

Sarah and Andy

Had a fun shoot with Sarah and Andy last night - lots of interesting shots to come when I get back to my desktop, but here's a little taster....

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/8 @ 75 mm, 1/100, ISO 100

Sort-of self portrait

Camera set by me, but shot taken by my friend Helen!

Used the 135L wide open @ f/2 with a dash of flash to give highlights in the eyes and lower facial shadows given the strength of the sun.

Helen did well to nail the focus, but if I'm going to be critical I'd rather not have had my foot amputated!

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/2 @ 135 mm, 1/4000, ISO 100, Flash

Edinburgh B&W HDR View

FinePix X100, f/4 @ 23 mm, 1/250, ISO 200

Accordian Candid

I snapped this using the Manual Focus Zeiss using focus confirm to check the subject was correctly in focus. Manual conversion to B&W in Lightroom adjusting blacks, contrast, clarity and adding a subtle toning to the shadows.

Canon EOS-1D Mark III, f/4 @ 100 mm, 1/640, ISO 100, No Flash

Souq B&W candid

You could argue that the subject looking out of the frame draws the viewers eye from the shot, but I quite like it anyway!

FUJIFILM FinePix X100, f/2.8 @ 23 mm, 1/1200, ISO 800, No Flash,

Rail detail

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II, f/2 @ 100 mm, 1/500, ISO 100, No Flash

The blacksmith at work

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II, f/4 @ 100 mm, 1/200, ISO 200, Flash

The blacksmith

A blacksmith with 40 years experience. Recently got a new workshop at the canalside.

Photo taken using the manual focus Zeiss 100mm Makro Planar, with flash bounced off the wall on the left hand side to avoid that 'direct flash' look. I had the bounce card on the 580EXII up to give highlights in the eyes. I also include a crop - the Zeiss is unbelievably sharp! (Click the photo to see the cropped area larger).

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II, f/5.6 @ 100 mm, 1/200, ISO 400, Flash

Implied nude

I carefully composed and edited this shot to give the (false) impression the model was nude.

Lighting was from a flashgun firing into a sheet of paper to soften the light.

FUJIFILM FinePix X100, f/4 @ 23 mm, 1/1000, ISO 400

Jasmine (probably)

One month old baby lit with one large octobox. Her mother might yet change her name, but Jasmine is favourite for now!

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II, f/11 @ 85 mm, 1/200, ISO 100

Fortuitous Candid!

I was pleased with how this #photo came off. Candid's can be tricky. This is especially the case for this shot as I had my camera at waist level and used a wide aperture / servo focussing. I had the camera down there to get natural looks on people's faces rather than them staring at the camera.

I pointed the camera in the direction of this man engrossed in his phone and only realised the kissing couple in the background when I downloaded the shot to the computer!

Canon EOS-1D Mark III, f/1.4 @ 35 mm, 1/1600, ISO 400