Stonehenge

Continuing to play with the tilt/shift 90mm lens. Trying to get different or unusual shots of Stonehenge can be difficult, hopefully I succeeded!

 

Camera make:Canon

Camera model:Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

Focal length:90 mm

Max lens aperture:f/2.8

Flash:Not fired, compulsory mode

Exposure mode:Auto bracket

Exposure prog.:Aperture priority

ISO speed:ISO 100

Metering mode:Pattern

Tilt and Shift

At the moment I'm having a play with a Canon 90mm Tilt-Shift lens (it also rotates although this is not in the name - 90mm TS-E).

In this example I've shifted the plane of focus so that it runs through the photo from front right to back left. The shot was processed in HDR Pro 2.

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III, f/2.8 @ 90 mm, ISO 100, No Flash

2015_52 - Week 2 - Fragile

Bit of a depressing one I'm afraid.....but for 'Fragile' I went with 'Life is Fragile'.

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III, f/2 @ 135 mm, ISO 400, No Flash

2015_52 - Week 1 - Bliss

Week 1 - Bliss

 

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III, f/5.6 @ 135 mm, 6s, ISO 100, No Flash

Week 1 - Bliss - Comments
Well this photo was a nightmare! I started off thinking I'd do some whisky in front of my loudspeakers, but I decided this was a weak composition and a bit too much like a shot I'd taken back in the 2010_52.

So I thought I'd do a close up of some of my Linn hi-fi gear as listening to music on the set-up is my idea of bliss - especially with a well-recorded disk like the one that is in the open tray. (Raising Sands)

To get both the title of the cd and the words on the left hand side of the shot I had to blend two exposures as even at f/5.6 the depth of field was too thin. I then processed the shot in Silver Efex to give more punch to the blacks of the unit and then brought the coloured LEDs back in.

The LED's were over-exposed compared to the black of the casing and I had to adjust their brightness accordingly and remove a little flare around the digits.

Finally I added a slight vignette as it seemed to give the shot a little more impact.

The Hi-Fi set-up (in the unlikely event anyone cares!)
I firmly believe most people have never heard a decent hi-fi and many who listen to my setup are surprised by how much detail that they've never heard before is coming off a CD they thought they knew! The frightening thing is that it is possible to spend many times the value of my hi-fi for ever increasing sound quality. (Although the returns are diminishing as you get into the tens of thousands!).

Anyhow - the system:

Linn Ikemi CD player - superb reproduction and built to last - the CD tray is solid metal and so strong you can lift up the whole (very heavy) player by grabbing it!

Linn Wakonda Pre-Amp

Two Linn LK140 Amps - one to drive the treble, one for the bass and midrange.

Interconnects - gold plated, solid silver cores.

Speaker cable - Bi-wired with Silver plated, OFC core cables.

Speakers - Castle Harlech MKII's

Mains - ISOL 8 minisub & a bunch of hi-end mains cables.

Happy New Year!

Hello all and a very Happy New Year.

I plan to blog at least weekly during 2015 - I'm going to do the 2015_52 on TalkPhotography.

The warm-up week's theme was 'patterns' and my attempt is below.

The next week is 'bliss' - I'm still thinking about that one!

The TalkPhotography thread is here: http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/philthejugglers-2015_52-week-0-patterns.572965/#post-6649719

FUJIFILM X-E1, f/2 @ 35 mm, 1/1900, ISO 200, No Flash

Autumn

FUJIFILM X-Pro1, f/1.2 @ 56 mm, 1/160, ISO 400, No Flash

Jem's Glassware

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Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III, f/7.1 @ 135 mm, 1/200, ISO 100

 

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III, f/8 @ 135 mm, 1/200, ISO 100

 

 

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III, f/7.1 @ 135 mm, 1/200, ISO 100,

Icon in tiny Cyprus Church

Here is a shot of Icons from a tiny church we found in Cyprus

FUJIFILM X-Pro1, f/1.2 @ 56 mm, 1/60, ISO 1000, No Flash

 

This is what the church looked liked form the outside:

 

 

 

I was surprised to find candles alight in the far end of the church - it looked deserted initially.

 

It must have once had very ornate paintings on many of the interior surfaces - here is a little of what remains:

 

 

 

Paphos Harbour

FUJIFILM X-E1, f/3.2 @ 18 mm, ISO 200, No Flash

Cypriot Cat

Taken @ f/1.2 for a super-thin depth of filed. Processed in LR and Silver Efex.

 

 

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FUJIFILM X-Pro1, f/1.2 @ 56 mm, 1/550, ISO 400, No Flash

Sunset Sculpture

3-shot handheld on the Fuji X-E1 with the 35mm f/1.4. Combined in HDR Efex.

Location is the coast at Paphos.

FUJIFILM X-E1, f/5.6 @ 35 mm, ISO 200, No Flash

Parents in Cyprus

Just back from a lovely week in Cyprus. Here's a quick portrait of my parents with the fantastic Fuji 56mm f/1.2 on an X-Pro 1. Was shot wide open to blur the background.

FUJIFILM X-Pro1, f/1.2 @ 56 mm, 1/1700, ISO 200, No Flash

 

Aberystwyth Pier

FUJIFILM X-E1, f/4.5 @ 18 mm, ISO 200

Aberystwyth coastal sunset

Taken tonight with the Lee 10-stopper on a Fuji X-E1 with the 18-55 zoom.

 

I accidentally left the OIS on, but it doesn't seem to have impact too badly on the sharpness. In fact-given the rough winds, it may even have helped!

 

 

FUJIFILM X-E1, f/16 @ 18 mm, 30s, ISO 200, No Flash

Jade on seamless white

Here's a seamless white background shot.

To get this I had a Hilite with vinyl floor. Two lights into the Hilite measuring f/16 off the background, two lights hitting the join between the vinyl and the Hilite @ f/11 and the key light was f/8. Worked reasonably well - perhaps the floor lights were a tad strong as I got a little 'wrap' on her lower legs.

 

I sampled the colour for the lettering from Jade's collar.

 

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III, f/8 @ 85 mm, 1/200, ISO 100,