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

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

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

Excel Docklands at Sunset

For photo details see: http://www.philhackettphotography.com/blog_2017

All taken on the Fuji X100T

Kuala Lumpur Tourist

Random tourist near Sultan Abdul Samad Building in Kuala Lumpur - shot wide open with a dash of fill-flash on the 50/1.2.

Camera make:Canon

Camera model:Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

Focal length:50 mm

Max lens aperture:f/1.2

Exposure:1/2500 at f/1.2

Flash:Fired, compulsory mode

Exposure bias:0 EV

Exposure mode:Auto

Exposure prog.:Aperture priority

ISO speed:ISO 200

Metering mode:Pattern

Horse sculpture, Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur

A three-shot HDR processed in Photomatix. I chose a fairly slender depth of field (f/2.2) to give the shot some depth and 'pop' the foreground.

Camera make:Canon

Camera model:Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

Focal length:50 mm

Max lens aperture:f/1.2

Exposure:f/2.2

Flash:Not fired, compulsory mode

Exposure mode:Auto bracket

Exposure prog.:Aperture priority

ISO speed:ISO 100

The National Mosque, Kuala Lumpur

Three shot HDR processed in Photomatix.

Camera model:Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

Focal length:24 mm

Max lens aperture:f/1.4

Exposure:1/320 at f/4

Flash:Not fired, compulsory mode

Exposure bias:0 EV

Exposure mode:Auto bracket

Exposure prog.:Aperture priority

ISO speed:ISO 200

Last Pic of 2016

Went for a wander just before New Year's Eve around Harrold-Odell Country Park - snapped this shot on my X100T and processed it in Silver Efex Lightroom:

Camera make:FUJIFILM

Camera model:X100T

Focal length:23 mm

Max lens aperture:f/2

Exposure:1/60 at f/3.6

Flash:Not fired, compulsory mode

Exposure bias:0 EV

Exposure mode:Auto

Exposure prog.:Aperture priority

ISO speed:ISO 400

Ask a stranger to pose....

So I ask a couple to pose for me by the Petronas Towers and then everyone wants a shot!

Very challenging lighting - sometimes needing to back the flash off, other times not!

Camera make:Canon

Camera model:Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

Focal length:50 mm

Max lens aperture:f/1.2

Exposure:1/125 at f/1.8

Flash:Fired, compulsory mode

Exposure bias:0 EV

Exposure mode:Manual

ISO speed:ISO 400

Camera make:Canon

Camera model:Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

Focal length:24 mm

Max lens aperture:f/1.4

Exposure:1/125 at f/1.4

Flash:Fired, compulsory mode

Exposure bias:0 EV

Exposure mode:Manual

ISO speed:ISO 400

Camera make:Canon

Camera model:Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

Focal length:24 mm

Max lens aperture:f/1.4

Exposure:1/125 at f/1.8

Flash:Fired, compulsory mode

Exposure bias:0 EV

Exposure mode:Manual

ISO speed:ISO 400

First day in Kuala Lumpur - Petronas Towers

Hi all

Apologies I've not posted much for a while - I plan to post more over the coming weeks.

Today I arrived in KL and I am staying near the Petronas Towers.

The first shot is the typical one - taken from the hotel 'SkyBar'. With the second I went for a quirkier angle - I was more interested in the geometry than the colour so I converted to black and white in Silver Efex.

Camera model:Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
Focal length:24 mm
Max lens aperture:f/1.4
Exposure:1/30 at f/2
Flash:Not fired, compulsory mode
Exposure bias:-2 EV
ISO speed:ISO 400

Camera model:Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
Focal length:50 mm
Max lens aperture:f/1.2
Exposure:1/40 at f/2.2
Exposure bias:-1 EV
ISO speed:ISO 400

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

Selective colouring Sywell in 720nm

I liked the blue in this after reversing the channels from a 720nm shot, but thought the water tower would look better in B&W so had some fun with layer masks in Photoshop.

Camera model:Canon 450D - Full spectrum

Focal length:15 mm

Max lens aperture:f/5.4

Exposure:1/100 at f/9

Flash:Not fired, compulsory mode

Exposure bias:-1 EV

Exposure mode:Auto

Exposure prog.:Aperture priority

ISO speed:ISO 100

A Gatekeeper Butterfly

I spotted this in my brother-in-law's vegetable patch in France. Pretty sure it is a Gatekeeper butterfly (pyronia tithonus).

Camera make:Canon

Camera model:Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

Focal length:105 mm

Max lens aperture:f/2.8

Exposure:1/640 at f/7.1

Exposure prog.:Aperture priority

ISO speed:ISO 400

Sywell Reservoir in Infrared

False colour 690nm - St Peter and St Paul - Abington

Testing out the 10-18mm IS STM - first impressions are favourable!

Camera make:Canon

Camera model:Canon EOS DIGITAL 450D - Full spectrum

Focal length:10 mm

Max lens aperture:f/4.6

Exposure:1/80 at f/8

Flash:Not fired, compulsory mode

Exposure bias:-1 EV

ISO speed:ISO 200