Random Photos : Part 4

[singlecoil]

DibblyDobbler said:

Thanks for the feedback

Your comment about the star trails is interesting as I actually went to massive palaver (70 shot stack!) to get them there rather than it being a byproduct of a long exposure. I was looking at a 'commended' shot in some landscape POTY competition the other day and was quite like one of mine but with no trails and it did make me wonder why I bother - the bridges are all well lit so balancing the exposures to also get the star trails in is actually quite tricky and time consuming. Maybe time to move on!

I hadn't realised how much went in to that shot. I know that light trails are a thing people like to take pictures of, but I've never seen the attraction of them myself. Similar to the seascapes and waterfalls with smoothed out with long exposures, it's not what I would have seen if I was there at the time.

Take no notice of me though, the stuff I shoot is just as contrived (as indeed is most art)

[MRobbins1987]

Still practicing but this is one of my better capture's from a recent trip to North Wales, Llyn Idwal. C&C welcomed, Cheers.

[RobDickinson]

MRobbins1987 said:

Still practicing but this is one of my better capture's from a recent trip to North Wales, Llyn Idwal. C&C welcomed, Cheers.

Good effort, better light would help but that cant always be found, and its not too bad.

I'd have moved forward a litle more and cut out that foreground grass on the left , or at least cloned some of it out

[MRobbins1987]

Cheers Rob, I hung around until sunset but unfortunately the sky turned overcast and the light had gone, appreciate your comments, that's another great shot of yours above.

[DavidY]

DibblyDobbler said:

heheh - says 'Mr Mono'

Some more colour from Mr Mono!!


170302 Talacre by David Yeoman, on Flickr

[DavidY]

Normality resumed, Diphwys Casson, the worlds first integrated slate mill, opened in 1859


170302 Diphwys Casson 1 by David Yeoman, on Flickr

[DibblyDobbler]

Nice work David - like the pastel palette in the first

[DavidY]

Switched Off by David Yeoman, on Flickr

[Gandahar]

My dinner photo from the Food forum




Nothing special but since buying a Canon G3X for my daughter I can't just help stealing it for a few elicit shots. My Powershot SX220 could never do anything like that. Been browsing under the bed covers and the new EOS M6 might be a good upgrade to the SX220. I still need my new camera to be something "snappy" size wise for trying to squeeze into a pocket. It's a steep learning curve.


PS Before you ask if that was a raw shot, no, they were slightly simmered.

Edited by Gandahar on Saturday 4th March 19:54

[vaderface]

What do you think of the trails? Worth the effort or just a distraction?

Opinions welcomed
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Iam more of a lurker on this thread (cant you tell)
Love the trail pics over your bridges. Not a distraction.
Now if you just go up the road and do the same over Bass rock, that,d be nice!

Used to holiday in Musselburgh and miss the place.

[tenohfive]

Blea Tarn by tenohfive^, on Flickr

[RobDickinson]

Moke Lake by Rob Dickinson, on Flickr

[MRobbins1987]

A few more recent attempts from me, the first has little going on from a composition point of view and was taken at a local estate lake with Mow Cop castle in the distance.



The Banjo Pier at Looe, Cornwall.



One of the many waterfalls at Llyn Idwal, Snowdonia.



Lumsdale Falls, Matlock.



C&C welcomed as always.

[singlecoil]

MRobbins1987 said:

C&C welcomed as always.

The others are fine but I particularly like the first one.

I think you will find that if you use Flickr instead of Thumbsnap the pics on here will look better.

[MRobbins1987]

singlecoil said:

The others are fine but I particularly like the first one.

I think you will find that if you use Flickr instead of Thumbsnap the pics on here will look better.

Thanks, it was taken the morning after storm Doris, I was heading home after a night shift and the light was lovely so I grabbed the camera and headed out.

I've got a Flickr account so I will use that in future, cheers.

[DibblyDobbler]

MRobbins1987 said:

singlecoil said:

The others are fine but I particularly like the first one.

I think you will find that if you use Flickr instead of Thumbsnap the pics on here will look better.

Thanks, it was taken the morning after storm Doris, I was heading home after a night shift and the light was lovely so I grabbed the camera and headed out.

I've got a Flickr account so I will use that in future, cheers.

+1 on both counts nice shots but Thumbsnap is b*ggering them up!

[DibblyDobbler]

vaderface said:

dobblydibbler said:

What do you think of the trails? Worth the effort or just a distraction?

Opinions welcomed

Iam more of a lurker on this thread (cant you tell)
Love the trail pics over your bridges. Not a distraction.
Now if you just go up the road and do the same over Bass rock, that,d be nice!

Used to holiday in Musselburgh and miss the place.

Thanks for the feedback


I don't have a star trails shot of the Bass Rock but here's one a got a few years ago


Rock and Stones by Mike Smith, on Flickr

[DibblyDobbler]

Guess what?! Yep - another bridge shot!


Queensferry Crossing by Mike Smith, on Flickr

[LongQ]

DibblyDobbler said:

Guess what?! Yep - another bridge shot!


Queensferry Crossing by Mike Smith, on Flickr

Interesting colour palette. And once the cranes are gone that's likely to be a super-clean looking structure ... but I'm not sure whether it will have "character".

I stumbled across a YouTube video earlier that had some shots of the building the (now) "old" road bridge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgOxglry8Dw

Mentioned just after the 12 minute mark.

Not a hi-viz jacket to be seen ....

[DibblyDobbler]

LongQ said:

Interesting colour palette. And once the cranes are gone that's likely to be a super-clean looking structure ... but I'm not sure whether it will have "character".

I stumbled across a YouTube video earlier that had some shots of the building the (now) "old" road bridge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgOxglry8Dw

Mentioned just after the 12 minute mark.

Not a hi-viz jacket to be seen ....

'Interesting' is an interesting way of putting it It's Velvia of course - at the end of my processing I whacked the saturation down about 30% so it could have been worse! Agreed on the character comment - it's my least favorite of the 3 bridges... not a minger as such just not as pretty as the other two.

Will have a look at the video later, thanks