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lady in red

Aquila — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:06:58 GMT

lady in red

Thank you for looking and please leave a comment. Not posted for a while as have moved house and it's all gone a bit mad! Shot taken of my 3 year old daughter using natural light from a big bay window using a 50mm f1.4 lens at f3.5.

Sorting The Men From The Buoys

Aquila — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:25:56 GMT

Sorting The Men From The Buoys

Another shot taken from my Cromer collection. On this day the Pier was absolutely swarming with people with dSLR's.

Rainbow Huts

Aquila — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:39:04 GMT

Rainbow Huts

Thank you for looking please comment to make my day. This was taken of the colourful beach hut doors that are found on the promenade at Cromer. I must say Cromer is a fantastic location for photography which proved itself at the weekend when you couldn't move for people with SLR's on the pier!

On Patrol

Aquila — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:15:55 GMT

On Patrol

Taken on Cromer beach as the lifeguards were moving the swimming flags closer to the shore line

gimme shelter

Aquila — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:01:04 GMT

gimme shelter

Thank you for looking and all feedback is extremely welcome. Another shot from my mammoth evening out in Cromer, as you can tell I was running around like a blue a**** fly that night. Taken using a long lens with a slow shutter mounted on my tripod. Didn't think the tripod would be up to the job but seemed to work well.

Hotel De Paris Cromer

Aquila — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:43:15 GMT

Hotel De Paris Cromer

Thank you for looking and please leave your comments. This is two exposures merged in photoshop of the Hoted De Paris in Cromer taken from the Pier. This shot was taken on the same night as a lot of my recent Cromer pictures at around 10.30pm with the light fading fast! Taken using my Sigma 10-20 mm at 19mm and using bulb setting for the long exposures of between 20 seconds and 75 seconds all at f20 and ISO 100. Forgot to add that I desaturated the lower half of the image as the lights were casting too much of an orange light for my taste. I then using a mask made sure that the blue in the sky was untouched, as I just love that inky blue colour in my night shots!

One step at a time

Aquila — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:59:07 GMT

One step at a time

Another shot from my Cromer collection. This is one of the steps at the front of the pier on a night when the sunset wasn't so great. Thank you for viewing and please leave a comment

Cromer Pier at Night Cropped

Aquila — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:44:21 GMT

Cromer Pier at Night Cropped

Same shot as before but cropped to see if it improves the image by better framing. Please let me know which you prefer.

Cromer Pier at Night

Aquila — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:42:59 GMT

Cromer Pier at Night

Another shot from my evening out at Cromer pier this time an 88 second exposure at iso 100 and f20 on my sigma 10-20mm at 11mm. Polariser used as well to try and saturate the colours.

Piering at Victoriana

Aquila — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:04:47 GMT

Piering at Victoriana

Another shot taken on the same night as "Take a stroll" and "Sunset on Cromer Pier". A 30 second exposure taken roughly an hour after the sun had disappeared over the horizon. Fortunately there weren't many people around that night as each time someone walked past the pier would bounce slightly so I would have to start all over again. As I said in one of my previous photos this was my third attempt at getting a decent sunset, one night the sky was clear so didn't get a good sunset, another there was a bank of cloud just above the horizon which scuppered that plan, and several other nights I didn't go down to the pier as there was obviously no chance for a sunset due to cloud cover. The shelter was lit by a lamp post on the pier and no flash was used, just ambient light. I hope you enjoy looking at my photos and please please leave me some feedback.

Take a Stroll

Aquila — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:19:21 GMT

Take a Stroll

Taken just as the sun was about to touch the horizon on June 20th at around 9pm. This is part of my Cromer collection and was taken on the same night as the "Sunset on Cromer Pier" shot. It is interesting to note the colours in the clouds affect the lower clouds in this shot and yet in the sunset on cromer pier shot the clouds lower down are dark whilst it is the very high clouds that still retain the colour.

Sunset at Cromer Pier

Aquila — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:40:23 GMT

Sunset at Cromer Pier

A shot of Cromer Pier about 30 minutes after the sun had set. It was a cracker of a night and I will post more images over the coming few days. It was my third evening out trying to get a decent sunset whilst on holiday so had scouted out most of the locations before this night. Needless to say I was running around like a lunatic trying to get all the different angles I thought would work.

The Toy Doctor

Aquila — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:10:09 GMT

The Toy Doctor

Photo of my little boy, the reason why I haven't been able to do much photography for the last year, other than children photography of course which I tend not to post on-line. Taken with my new toy a 50mm f1.4 Nikon prime lens at around f2.8 with natural lighting. Really ought to learn how to use my flash gun

End of the season

Aquila — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 12:12:25 GMT

End of the season

Taken in Torquay just as they were dismantling the beach huts at the end of the summer season 2007. Just got round to processing it (more an excuse to have a play with capture NX I bought at focus on imaging!) in March 2008! Too many kids not enough time!

Follow the harvested road

Aquila — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:56:20 GMT

Follow the harvested road

The final shot of the triptych from the same field over different seasons. I may try and put all the shots in the same image side by side to get the finished result if I can find the time!

Follow the green brick road

Aquila — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:49:04 GMT

Follow the green brick road

An update to the "follow the yellow brick road" shot taken later in the year. Couldn't use the exact same spot as half the crop was flattened in the original area so used the next set of tracks

Trees in the fog

Aquila — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:55:54 GMT

Trees in the fog

Taken at nearly 300mm at f10 if memory serves me right and having to use the self timer mechanism as my cable release has broken boo hoo!

Southwold Pier at Dawn

Aquila — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:38:55 GMT

Southwold Pier at Dawn

An hdr image of southwold pier taken roughly 45 minutes after sunrise. This has been put together from 4 exposures in photomatix pro. I have then also played a small amount with levels and curves in photoshop to darken the image and emphasise the waves which look stunning on the original size. I was very lucky to get this bit of sun on the pier as it disappeared shortly afterwards. It was taken on the sigma 10-20 mm lens with a polariser attached.

The HDR House That Jack Built

Aquila — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 10:24:09 GMT

The HDR House That Jack Built

Haven't played with photomatix for a while so here is a recent shot of what is rapidly becoming one of my favourite sites at the moment. It also helps that it is only a couple of miles from where I live and on a public footpath!

The house that Jack built take 2

Aquila — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:55:31 GMT

The house that Jack built take 2