Down by the river
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Went down by the river last week to try out my new 13 quid tripod and finish off a film I kept forgetting about. Didn't stay long - it was windy and darned cold. Did finish the film though. Nothing special that didn't keep blowing away in the wind - the fowl were working very hard just to maintain position.
Edit: Looking at these in daylight it's clear that the processing used to enlarge and/or 'improve' the images has not resulted in high standard output once compressed for the web. Not too much of a surprise. However given that I was using 400ISO film and checking some of the higher f numbers on the lens fitted on the day (Old Vivitar Series 1 20-210 zoom), this risking movement blur with slow shutter speeds, I was quite impressed with the relative lack of obvious grain. Especially since these shots have also been scanned on a flatbed scanner prior to processing - hence the yellow/orange edges on a few of the swans. The enlargement factor is quite high on the goose head shot.
On the other hand I was quite pleased with the tripod though working it and the camera and trying to constantly adjust focus meant I was short of a hand and arm. Ah! the joys of stone age photography!
"Rotate dammit. Rotate!" (On the preview screen this has acquired a very odd aquamarine colour caste. Oh well, the shot was a bit of a challenge and rather snatched at the time.)
"Strange three legged thing up there in front of that person. Wonder if I can shag it?"
"I'm not going to pose unless you have some food."
"What do I do next? I'm new to this you see ...."
>> Edited by LongQ on Tuesday 24th January 10:11
Edit: Looking at these in daylight it's clear that the processing used to enlarge and/or 'improve' the images has not resulted in high standard output once compressed for the web. Not too much of a surprise. However given that I was using 400ISO film and checking some of the higher f numbers on the lens fitted on the day (Old Vivitar Series 1 20-210 zoom), this risking movement blur with slow shutter speeds, I was quite impressed with the relative lack of obvious grain. Especially since these shots have also been scanned on a flatbed scanner prior to processing - hence the yellow/orange edges on a few of the swans. The enlargement factor is quite high on the goose head shot.
On the other hand I was quite pleased with the tripod though working it and the camera and trying to constantly adjust focus meant I was short of a hand and arm. Ah! the joys of stone age photography!
"Rotate dammit. Rotate!" (On the preview screen this has acquired a very odd aquamarine colour caste. Oh well, the shot was a bit of a challenge and rather snatched at the time.)
"Strange three legged thing up there in front of that person. Wonder if I can shag it?"
"I'm not going to pose unless you have some food."
"What do I do next? I'm new to this you see ...."
>> Edited by LongQ on Tuesday 24th January 10:11
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