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 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 11, 2019 6 Comments
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Looking up a hill after a rain shower – looking up along a gutter in fact – towards a van almost silhouetted by the harsh winter light.
The first image in the Outer Suburbs series, with context, is here: 1 . Subsequent images are here: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 53a 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 . Each will open in a separate window.
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Technique: TG-5 at 25mm (equiv); 200 ISO; Lightroom, starting at the Camera Monotone profile; south Bristol; 7 Feb 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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July 20, 2019 8 Comments
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The view into the distance, into another world perhaps. I say this because, years ago, when I was braver, more reckless and probably more romantic than I am now, I was lucky enough to spend a lot of time in very wild places, in Arabia and in Kenya, and to some extent high up in the Western Alps too. And I remember being totally drawn and excited by the dim twinkling of far off lights seen through the blues of dawn and dusk – both from the ground and from aircraft. I felt I was looking into another world, seeing something almost magical, with feelings both of excitement and awe.
But of course, in walking, motoring or flying to those twinkling lights, reality reasserted itself, the magical became mundane – and it was only when I looked back behind me, back towards where I had been, that I could see the magic once more … ha! >>> such is life >>> such is the reality of things!
But, even now, all these years later, and when I can infuse enough blood into my alcohol stream, looking deeply into far off blues – the vast calm indigos of John Fowles – still gets to me. A little bit of the magic is still there, and I am most grateful for that.
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Technique: Z 6 with 70-300 Nikkor lens at 300mm; 400 ISO; Lightroom, starting at the Camera Landscape v2 profile; looking east from Queen’s Sedge Moor, on the Somerset Levels; 5 July 2019.
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July 4, 2019 15 Comments
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Looking up at the Glastonbury skyline with a long telephoto, underexposing the shot, converting it to mono, and making very faint use of restored colour.
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Technique: Z 6 with 70-300 Nikkor lens used in DX (= APS-C) format to give 450mm; 1600 ISO; Lightroom, using the Camera Neutral v2 profile; Silver Efex Pro 2, starting at the Antique Plate 1 preset, adding a split tone and making very faint use of restored colour; the Glastonbury skyline from Black Pit Drove on Common Moor, on the Somerset Levels; 14 June 2019.
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June 27, 2019 10 Comments
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The single track Godney Road makes off southwards from the village of Godney, heading towards Glastonbury. On either side are the pollarded stumps of Willows which, now that summer is here, are starting to grow new twigs and leaves.
You can find out more about the pollarding of trees, and the Somerset Levels too, here .
Technique: X-T2 with 10-24 Funijon lens at 15mm (equiv); Lightroom, using the Velvia/Vivid film simulation; Silver Efex Pro 2, starting at the Landscape preset and adding a split tone; Godney Road, south of Godney, on the Somerset Levels; 14 June 2019.
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June 12, 2019 16 Comments
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Walking up St John’s Steep with Paula, and thence off left into narrower streets and alleys.
The going became shadier and more closed in, until suddenly we were looking right through a building and out into the brightness of an adjacent street.
But although the light and colours in that street were bright and welcoming, caged and barred darkness kept them inexorably distant.
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Technique: Z 6 with 24-120 Nikkor lens at 24mm; 400 ISO; Lightroom, using the Camera Flat V2 picture control; off John Street, Bristol city centre; 3 June 2019.
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June 10, 2019 10 Comments
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A day out together photographing in Bristol: Paula and I walked up the narrow St John’s Steep, heading into the Old City. Street art and interesting facades and alleyways were all around, and on our left was a fenced and partly overgrown area with several obviously old graves – it was part of an old, disused graveyard.
A shaft of brilliant sunlight lit the scene, illuminating hosts of flowers that had run wild, and also some of the greenery around them.
Then, a pigeon walked into the scene and was – for an instant – silhouetted against the glare.
Technique: Z 6 with 24-120 Nikkor lens used in DX (= APS-C) format to give 180mm; 800 ISO; Lightroom, using the Camera Neutral V2 picture control; Silver Efex Pro 2, starting at the High Contrast Yellow Filter and adding a moderate Coffee tone; St John’s Steep, in Bristol city centre; 3 June 2019.
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June 7, 2019 6 Comments
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Walking in Church Lane, on a still, quiet morning.
The first image in the Outer Suburbs series, with context, is here: 1 . Subsequent images are here: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 53a 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 . Each will open in a separate window.
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Technique: TG-5 at 65mm (equiv); 200 ISO; Lightroom, using the Camera Vivid film simulation; south Bristol; 17 Apr 2019.
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