Random Photos : Part 4

[DibblyDobbler]

jimmy156 said:

Ill get involved, need to get out shooting something! Reckon the deer might have started rutting in the local park, i will set an early alarm!

Can't beat a bit of early morning rutting

[CB2152]

lloyd h said:

A few from a couple of months ago, part of a CSARTF sortie with the 56th & 57th RQS.

57th RQS PJ by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

Hot Extract by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

GET TO THE CHOPPA by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

All excellent, that first one though is incredible!

[leggly]

I need a trip oop north.
Stac Pollaidh by Squiffy1308, on Flickr

[chrismarr]

Portencross Castle by Christopher Marr, on Flickr

Wee touch of Aurora last night so headed down to my local seaside spot. Almost a full moon and loads of clouds didn't help much though

[RobDickinson]

Still awesome chris. was still going last night here but total cloud cover and rain :/

[V8Wagon]

Tinkering with an old shot of the Spinnaker Tower.


Spinnaker Tower by André Jardinière, on Flickr

[chrismarr]

RobDickinson said:

Still awesome chris. was still going last night here but total cloud cover and rain :/

Yeah most of the Uk was the same, I was lucky to have some patchy clouds for an hour or so. Nice to see again though

[baz7175]

2016-08-25 - Haleakala National Park - Image-32 by Barry O'Neil, on Flickr

[Speed addicted]

Annoyingly large amounts of cloud cover meant no aurora visible, but there were some really large trains near Banff (the Canadian one)

[V8A*ndy]

IMG_9476-2 by Imagine Sky, on Flickr

[tenohfive]

Speed addicted said:

Annoyingly large amounts of cloud cover meant no aurora visible, but there were some really large trains near Banff (the Canadian one)

Classy image and not overdone - really like that.

[Speed addicted]

tenohfive said:

Classy image and not overdone - really like that.

Thanks, the sun came out just as we were leaving and lit up the mountains. I've done very little to it.

[Dave46]

"mountain biking"

DSC_9093 by Dave Goodhand, on Flickr
DSC_9231 by Dave Goodhand, on Flickr

[4Lmike]

tenohfive said:

Speed addicted said:

Annoyingly large amounts of cloud cover meant no aurora visible, but there were some really large trains near Banff (the Canadian one)

Classy image and not overdone - really like that.

Agreed, lovely image

[Speed addicted]

I recently picked up a cheap(ish) Canon 24mm TS-E lens and have been experimenting with it, this is two images shot by using the shift function to move the lens sideways



I'm never sure how much tilt to apply so have been keeping it fairly minimal after the usual f3.5 tiny buildings stuff.

I got the older lens so I could really try out having the tilt/shift ability to see if it was something I wanted to keep doing before spending serious cash on the new version. So far so good!

[RobDickinson]

Speed addicted said:

I'm never sure how much tilt to apply so have been keeping it fairly minimal after the usual f3.5 tiny buildings stuff.

In situations like that where you have relatively close foreground verticals then none, stick to classic landscape dof techniques.


In situations where you want to lay down the plane of focus so you have infinite dof without the stoping down so much , and you have a nice flat foreground then it all depends on how far from the ground you are. I know people who take tape measures for this.

Tilt is a mission and I find myself more often focus stacking or stopping down anyhow. My A7r with focus peeking actually makes it much easier to literally see where the plane of focus is.

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/tilt-sh...

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/tilt-sh...

[lloyd h]

CB2152 said:

All excellent, that first one though is incredible!

Very kind, thank you!

A somewhat slower pace than what I'm used to, which shows I think.
Sgwd Ddwli Uchaf by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

[Speed addicted]

RobDickinson said:

Speed addicted said:

I'm never sure how much tilt to apply so have been keeping it fairly minimal after the usual f3.5 tiny buildings stuff.

In situations like that where you have relatively close foreground verticals then none, stick to classic landscape dof techniques.


In situations where you want to lay down the plane of focus so you have infinite dof without the stoping down so much , and you have a nice flat foreground then it all depends on how far from the ground you are. I know people who take tape measures for this.

Tilt is a mission and I find myself more often focus stacking or stopping down anyhow. My A7r with focus peeking actually makes it much easier to literally see where the plane of focus is.

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/tilt-sh...

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/tilt-sh...

I hadn't thought of the effect on vertical elements as I would be essentially sacrificing focus on them for more horizontal. It's never as simple as it looks.
Thanks for the links I'll continue to read and play about with it more!

[chrismarr]

First light by Christopher Marr, on Flickr

[havoc]

Lloyd / Chris - both lovely!