Poor internet

Apologies - I have a dire Internet connection this week meaning I'm struggling to upload posts to the
blog - I had prepared for this by uploading shots to the blog gallery but it is too slow even to link to them.

Feel free to follow the link and have a look, but I'll start posting again at the weekend!

Phil

Using the Zeiss Distagon T* 25 mm f/2.0 ZE

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/2 @ 25 mm, 1/1250, ISO 100, No Flash

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Kayleigh lingerie B&W

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/8 @ 85 mm, 1/125, ISO 100

Boat reflections

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/6.3 @ 85 mm, 1/125, ISO 100

Kayleigh High-Key headshot

Main light is a @Lencarta ElitePro with the large folding octabox attached.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/8 @ 85 mm, 1/125, ISO 100

Low-key Kayleigh

This was shot with two @Lencarta gridded strip boxes, one either side and slightly behind Kayleigh.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/8 @ 85 mm, 1/125, ISO 100,

Lunch in the shade

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/1.2 @ 85 mm, 1/800, ISO 100, No Flash

Grasshopper

Canon EOS 7D, f/5 @ 100 mm, 1/250, ISO 100, Flash

Briony headshot

Using @Lencarta beauty dish as key light and a gridded reflector as hairlight.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/8 @ 85 mm, 1/125, ISO 100

Colourful bee!

I'm not 100% happy with the composition of this shot, but I love the colours!

Canon EOS 7D, f/4 @ 100 mm, 1/500, ISO 100, Flash

Jessica Fairy III

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/2.8 @ 35 mm, 1/250, ISO 100

Large Skipper

Canon EOS 7D, f/4 @ 100 mm, 1/640, ISO 100, Flash

Marmalade Hoverfly

Canon EOS 7D, f/4 @ 100 mm, 1/640, ISO 400, Flash

Rutpela maculata

The Black and Yellow Longhorn Beetle, Rutpela maculata.

Many thanks to James S. who identified it for me!

Taken hand-held with a 7D on 10x mag live view using a 580EXII on camera and the Zeiss 100mm Makro-Planar.

Canon EOS 7D, f/4.5 @ 100 mm, 1/100, ISO 100, Flash

Under the bridge

3-shot HDR using the X100.

FinePix X100, f/4 @ 23 mm, 1/125, ISO 200

Rachael in B&W

Racheal (@roorootini) lit with a @lencarta beauty dish and strip box.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/9 @ 65 mm, 1/125, ISO 100

Temporary Outage!

Hi all - sorry no posts for a few days - computer trouble! Just rebuilding my desktop now!

Phil

Briony in Black

Just used two @Lencarta strip boxes here on the Safari heads to light either side of Briony.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/13 @ 50 mm, 1/125, ISO 100

Briony in Vintage Lingerie

This was lit with a gridded @lencarta reflector to Briony's face and a gridded strip box at low power from the same direction as the camera.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/14 @ 50 mm, 1/125, ISO 100

Briony

Used @Lencarta Smartflash with 40cm white beauty dish as main light. Safari's were used for background and hairlight,

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/8 @ 85 mm, 1/125, ISO 100



Lock Gates

Three exposure HDR on the Fuji X100.

FinePix X100, f/4 @ 23 mm, 1/850, ISO 200

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