Looking at – and seeing – the world
August 24, 2019 4 Comments
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Early morning, North Moor.
Other images in this Early Morning series are here: 1 2 3 4 5 .
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Technique: Z 6 with 70-300 Nikkor lens at 200mm; 800 ISO; Lightroom, starting at the Camera Portrait v2 profile; North Moor, southwest of Wookey, on the Somerset Levels; 2 Aug 2019.
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August 23, 2019 4 Comments
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Early morning, Tealham Moor.
Once more, in-camera processing. The image looks rather flat, but I’ve deliberately it in the Neutral profile (to which, since I shoot Raw files, my camera is permanently set) to stay with the rather low contrast, quite misty, early morning light.
Other images in this Early Morning series are here: 1 2 3 4 .
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Technique: Z 6 with 70-300 Nikkor lens used in DX (= APS-C) format to give 450mm; 800 ISO; jpeg created and processed in-camera from a Raw file, using the Camera Neutral v2 profile and in-camera cropping; further minor processing in Lightroom; Tealham Moor, on the Somerset Levels southwest of Wedmore; 9 Aug 2019.
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August 21, 2019 4 Comments
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A vehicle approaches the tiny bridge over the North Drain at Rattling Bow, on Tealham Moor. The bridge itself is seen as the low rise in the road immediately in front of the vehicle, while its guard rails to the right are catching the light. Totney Drove, the single track road, glistens after rain.
This is in a rather different style to many of my other Levels pictures: it is an image both captured by the camera and which has received most of its post-capture processing within the camera (more detail below). This in-camera processing is a different way of working: capturing images in the usual way, and then sitting down later with the camera (usually accompanied by a few excellent Belgian golden ales) and trying out different crops and (customisable) looks on them.
Obvious question then, do I like this picture, do I like the post-capture processing that, via my commands, the camera has given it? I think I do, I think this way of working is worth pursuing as a side line to more “traditional” methods. The camera’s treatment is harshly dark, but perhaps this suits this flat, wet, open and at times bleak landscape.
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Technique: Z 6 with 70-300 Nikkor lens at 300mm; 800 ISO; jpeg created and processed in-camera from a Raw file, using the Camera Graphite profile and in-camera cropping; further minor processing in Lightroom; Tealham Moor, on the Somerset Levels northwest of Westhay; 9 Aug 2019.
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August 18, 2019 6 Comments
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Always plenty for a fly to eat on a farm but, equally, always good to keep away from the cobwebs on the gates.
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Technique: Z 6 with 70-300 Nikkor lens at 300mm; 800 ISO; Lightroom, starting at the Camera Neutral v2 profile; Westhay Moor, on the Somerset Levels northeast of Westhay; 9 Aug 2019.
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August 17, 2019 4 Comments
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Looking into the distance as a day begins.
Other images in this Early Morning series are here: 1 2 3 .
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Technique: Z 6 with 70-300 Nikkor lens used in DX (= APS-C) format to give 450mm; 800 ISO; Lightroom, starting at the Camera Landscape v2 profile; looking out towards Hay Moor from Swanshard Lane, on the Somerset Levels southwest of Wells; 2 Aug 2019.
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August 15, 2019 10 Comments
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The River Sheppey meanders slowly across Ash Moor between high, densely vegetated banks. In the background is Hurn Farm.
Its worth enlarging this picture to get further into it – click onto it to open a larger version in a separate window, and click onto that image to further enlarge it >>> and absorb more of the peaceful atmosphere of this little, out of the way place.
Technique: X-T2 with 10-24 Fujinon lens at 36mm (equiv); 400 ISO; Lightroom, starting at the Camera Astia/Soft profile; Ash Moor, on the Somerset Levels southwest of Wells; 9 Aug 2019.
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August 14, 2019 14 Comments
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Early morning, North Moor.
Other images in this Early Morning series are here: 1 2 .
Click onto the image to open a larger version in a separate window, and click onto that image to enlarge it further.
Technique: Z 6 with 70-300 Nikkor lens at 200mm; 800 ISO; Lightroom, starting at the Camera Portrait v2 profile; North Moor, southwest of Wookey, on the Somerset Levels; 2 Aug 2019.
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August 13, 2019 13 Comments
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Driving across Godney Moor, glancing out of the car window and, momentarily, looking straight into his eyes. And so to very slowly and quietly backing the car up to get opposite him, and to taking several shots out of the car window – while all the while being grateful for the water-filled ditch between us.
I started this Levels’ Animal series with portraits of farm cats: see this link for the first image in this series, and much context; there are other images of these cats from this series here 2 3 4 5 . Then came a picture of a deer 6 . Next there are some recent pictures of cattle: 7 .
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Technique: Z 6 with 70-300 Nikkor lens used in DX (= APS-C) format to give 450mm; 3200 ISO; Lightroom, starting at the Camera Standard v2 profile; Godney Moor, on the Somerset Levels west of Wells; 19 July 2019.
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August 11, 2019 6 Comments
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A bed of Stinging Nettles – at once soft, attractive and menacing – reaches out towards the camera. Further back, a stump raises its one bare branch in a celebration of Life continuing.
Other images in this Early Morning series are here: 1 .
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Technique: X-T2 with 10-24 Fujinon lens at 15mm (equiv); 400 ISO; Lightroom, starting at the Camera Velvia/Vivid profile; Silver Efex Pro 2, starting at the Film Noir 1 preset and adding a moderate Coffee tone; Hurn Drove, Ash Moor, on the Somerset Levels southwest of Wells; 2 Aug 2019.
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August 10, 2019 2 Comments
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Looking into the distance as a day begins.
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Technique: Z 6 with 70-300 Nikkor lens used in DX (= APS-C) format to give 450mm; 1600 ISO; Lightroom, starting at the Camera Portrait v2 profile; looking out towards Hay Moor from Swanshard Lane, on the Somerset Levels southwest of Wells; 2 Aug 2019.
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