Random Photos : Part 4
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We hiked Hooker valley's 10kms return track for sunset loaded down with camera gear, the sky looking good, all hopes were high.
Hopes way too high, stunning spot, but not so stunning light
Hours later we're back at the tents camping in -8 conditions ( after a little star shooting). All excited for another attempt the next morning.
Dragging ourselves out of frost laden tents at 4:30am , glancing at the totally clear skies, we start the walk in again. A few test shots half way into the valley and theres just a touch of cloud forming, we race in further , setup on the small patch of Hooker Lake that was still clear liquid water ( the rest very frozen).
Not a breath of wind
Only the sound of ice and snow falling from the peaks
The sky fills with wispy cloud
and the sun strikes the atmosphere
What a light show
What a place
Second Time Lucky by robjdickinson, on Flickr
Hopes way too high, stunning spot, but not so stunning light
Hours later we're back at the tents camping in -8 conditions ( after a little star shooting). All excited for another attempt the next morning.
Dragging ourselves out of frost laden tents at 4:30am , glancing at the totally clear skies, we start the walk in again. A few test shots half way into the valley and theres just a touch of cloud forming, we race in further , setup on the small patch of Hooker Lake that was still clear liquid water ( the rest very frozen).
Not a breath of wind
Only the sound of ice and snow falling from the peaks
The sky fills with wispy cloud
and the sun strikes the atmosphere
What a light show
What a place
Second Time Lucky by robjdickinson, on FlickrRobDickinson said:
We hiked Hooker valley's 10kms return track for sunset loaded down with camera gear, the sky looking good, all hopes were high.
Hopes way too high, stunning spot, but not so stunning light
Hours later we're back at the tents camping in -8 conditions ( after a little star shooting). All excited for another attempt the next morning.
Dragging ourselves out of frost laden tents at 4:30am , glancing at the totally clear skies, we start the walk in again. A few test shots half way into the valley and theres just a touch of cloud forming, we race in further , setup on the small patch of Hooker Lake that was still clear liquid water ( the rest very frozen).
Not a breath of wind
Only the sound of ice and snow falling from the peaks
The sky fills with wispy cloud
and the sun strikes the atmosphere
What a light show
What a place
Second Time Lucky by robjdickinson, on Flickr
Not bad, Rob. Not bad at all.Hopes way too high, stunning spot, but not so stunning light
Hours later we're back at the tents camping in -8 conditions ( after a little star shooting). All excited for another attempt the next morning.
Dragging ourselves out of frost laden tents at 4:30am , glancing at the totally clear skies, we start the walk in again. A few test shots half way into the valley and theres just a touch of cloud forming, we race in further , setup on the small patch of Hooker Lake that was still clear liquid water ( the rest very frozen).
Not a breath of wind
Only the sound of ice and snow falling from the peaks
The sky fills with wispy cloud
and the sun strikes the atmosphere
What a light show
What a place
Second Time Lucky by robjdickinson, on FlickrHeck of way to keep fit though ....
First time posting on this thread I thought I'd share a couple of pictures from a recent trip to the Arctic circle, what a fabulous experience. I'm very much a novice photographer so any comments and criticisms would be appreciated, it's the only way to improve after all.
Please feel free to look at the other pictures on my flickr account, I didn't want to spam the thread with my pictures as they aren't at the same level as most on here.
Lonely Bench by bowden.harry, on Flickr
Jetty Fire by bowden.harry, on Flickr
Thanks DibblyDobbler for the help with posting up the previews on here and for the feedback.
Please feel free to look at the other pictures on my flickr account, I didn't want to spam the thread with my pictures as they aren't at the same level as most on here.
Lonely Bench by bowden.harry, on FlickrJetty Fire by bowden.harry, on FlickrThanks DibblyDobbler for the help with posting up the previews on here and for the feedback.
Edited by billy1the1kid on Thursday 4th September 22:07
Edited by billy1the1kid on Thursday 4th September 22:09
billy1the1kid said:
First time posting on this thread I thought I'd share a couple of pictures from a recent trip to the Arctic circle, what a fabulous experience. I'm very much a novice photographer so any comments and criticisms would be appreciated, it's the only way to improve after all.
Please feel free to look at the other pictures on my flickr account, I didn't want to spam the thread with my pictures as they aren't at the same level as most on here.
Apologies, I don't appear to be able to get the flickr previews to work. I tried at least...
It's the BBCode you want - nice pic Please feel free to look at the other pictures on my flickr account, I didn't want to spam the thread with my pictures as they aren't at the same level as most on here.
Apologies, I don't appear to be able to get the flickr previews to work. I tried at least...
Edited by billy1the1kid on Thursday 4th September 18:59
Lonely Bench by bowden.harry, on Flickr
RobDickinson said:
We hiked Hooker valley's 10kms return track for sunset loaded down with camera gear, the sky looking good, all hopes were high.
Hopes way too high, stunning spot, but not so stunning light
Hours later we're back at the tents camping in -8 conditions ( after a little star shooting). All excited for another attempt the next morning.
Dragging ourselves out of frost laden tents at 4:30am , glancing at the totally clear skies, we start the walk in again. A few test shots half way into the valley and theres just a touch of cloud forming, we race in further , setup on the small patch of Hooker Lake that was still clear liquid water ( the rest very frozen).
Not a breath of wind
Only the sound of ice and snow falling from the peaks
The sky fills with wispy cloud
and the sun strikes the atmosphere
What a light show
What a place
Second Time Lucky by robjdickinson, on Flickr
Saw this on your FB page earlier and said the same thing - Absolutely stunning , probably my favourite image of yours now . Hopes way too high, stunning spot, but not so stunning light
Hours later we're back at the tents camping in -8 conditions ( after a little star shooting). All excited for another attempt the next morning.
Dragging ourselves out of frost laden tents at 4:30am , glancing at the totally clear skies, we start the walk in again. A few test shots half way into the valley and theres just a touch of cloud forming, we race in further , setup on the small patch of Hooker Lake that was still clear liquid water ( the rest very frozen).
Not a breath of wind
Only the sound of ice and snow falling from the peaks
The sky fills with wispy cloud
and the sun strikes the atmosphere
What a light show
What a place
Second Time Lucky by robjdickinson, on FlickrRobDickinson said:
That's epic mate.I don't usually do wildlife but was out for my girlfriend's birthday and grabbed the little Eos M I've bought as a ultralight travel camera and saw the light fall on this chap.
Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly by mark_mullen, on Flickr
ReaperCushions said:
Come on then Rob... at least talk us through your settings / technique!
ok.. First I have my gigapan epic pro setup in daytime for the lens I am shooting with at night. You do this by aligning the horizon with the top and bottom of the frame, something a little tricky to do in the dark (though not impossible).Once on site I find the vantage point I want, set my tripod up and put the gigapan on it, get it level.
Grab the camera and get focus right ( using live view 10* on a bright star).
Camera is set to a typical 15-30 seconds , wide open and ISO 3200-6400.
At the moment (and for the aurora shot) ISO 6400, f2.2 15 seconds.
All manual mode, no AF, tungsten white balance, raw.
Get the camera on the gigapan and set it up to shoot , this is easy(ish), point it at the top left of the area you want, then the bottom right , and it works out all the frames, tells you how long and how many. I have it set to a specific overlap so I stretch it out until just before it kicks over onto another frame in each direction.
Press go and all the shots are taken automatically. Typically a pano at night will take 15min, with a 360 25-30min
Files are loaded to the PC and I batch process them in ACR, setting WB, levels, lens correction etc, save them out as tiff.
Drop the Tiff files into PT Gui and use the align to grid option, tell it how many frames ( 3 rows of 12 etc) set the overlap, then tell it to auto align, check and fix any issues, then drop this out as a PSD ( often downsampled as dealing with files over 10,000 px wide is a pain and unnecessary unless I am printing large. I often save out the PT Gui stitch file for use later
In photoshop I do any tiding up , cropping, levels and selective adjustments, re sample to web size and its done.
Its not that complicated a process, but getting to it took some time!
A couple from the 3 Lancaster's event at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre.. Unfortunately the Canadian Lancaster had issues so it became 1, non-flying, Lancaster 
- ah well!
Lancaster-11.jpg by andydean117, on Flickr
Lancaster-8.jpg by andydean117, on Flickr
- ah well!Lancaster-11.jpg by andydean117, on Flickr
Lancaster-8.jpg by andydean117, on Flickr
Another couple from me.. taken the Monkey Forest at Trentham Estate (Near Stoke on Trent) really good for a visit if anyones local and hasn't been..
Monkey Forest-19.jpg by andydean117, on Flickr
Monkey Forest-4.jpg by andydean117, on Flickr
C&C Welcome
Monkey Forest-19.jpg by andydean117, on Flickr
Monkey Forest-4.jpg by andydean117, on Flickr
C&C Welcome
RobDickinson said:
These cruddy eyes that God gave me..... when I look out at night I see black and a few pinpricks.who knew that a decent pair of IronMan Eyes would reveal all that.
Incredible
RobDickinson said:
We hiked Hooker valley's 10kms return track for sunset loaded down with camera gear, the sky looking good, all hopes were high.
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Second Time Lucky by robjdickinson, on Flickr
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Second Time Lucky by robjdickinson, on FlickrFantastic! And look on the bright side, at least you were only heading up the Hooker track not the Mueller...
Cracker of a moon tonight... taken from my doorstep:
Full Moon by gravelben, on FlickrGassing Station | Photography & Video | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff