Thursday's Phrase (May 5th)

Small but fast

How fast are these?

It didn't help taking these shots at dusk but it was great fun to have a go. A friend of mine has just started this club (http://www.shrccc.co.uk/) so I popped along with the camera bag.

If you've tried taking photographs of fast subjects before you know it isn't easy. These things are very quick so it was very challenging.  If you haven't tried, want to or want to know how here goes

Make sure the shutter speed is no less than 1/125 if you think your quick enough to pan with the subject. If your not and I certainly wasn't, get the shutter up as high as possible (1/800 and upwards)

If the light is low, you'ree going to need to try a couple of things to get this high shutter speed.

Firstly make sure the aperture is wide open, the lower the "F" number the better. I was shooting with F2.8 and my 70-200 lens mainly and I still needed to change one more setting, That was the ISO. If you are not sure on ISO its the light sensitivity. Increase the ISO and the sensor will be more sensitive to light, but be warned. If you increase to much you will lose detail, sharpness and gain "noise". If you have a modern DSLR then you can be bold and increase ISO to 4000 without really seeing any real detrimental effect.

This should give a fighting chance, but make sure you take lots of images. Of course the flash can be used, that's another subject and doesn't always save you.

 

The rest of the images are located at www.rmpgallery.co.uk/SHRCCC

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Low and glow

Hope everyone had a good Easter!

What a busy week indeed. While taking lots of work photographs (Which I try not to publish as I want to keep this blog casual/informal) I took two that I really liked.

This is Ollie in his new shoes on the step. He gave me all of 5 seconds before he was bored and ran off, thanks! Opened the blog with similar pictures and they are fun to do. If you have kids worth having a go with different shoes and surfaces.

 

This image I saw as I was sitting watching TV. The sun was setting and shining, low and golden through onto these guys. We received this for our wedding and it seemed to be a perfect match for the long shadow and warm light. Tough part was not trying to get my shadow in the picture!

Thursday's phrase (April 28th)

Thursday's phrase (April 14th)

The paths we walk

I really like the look of this boardwalk. There was good symmetry and an "infinite" feel.

Decided to focus on the beginning of the path, fading out quite quickly

I've done this shot a few times as I really like the effect. Bridge paths over roads & water are great for this as they normally have fences or sides.

If I did this shot again I'd like to add a wet footprint, to see what that would add.

D700 50mm @F1.4 1/2000

Reeds in the sun

If you're near stillwater there is a good chance you will see tall reeds reaching for the sky. On a bright sunny day these can make great subjects whilst they bask in the sunshine.

There will be a whole array of Browns glistening and the difficulty is choosing what to focus on. This image is really best viewed large which you can do here and selecting "dim the lights" (I have it as a desktop currently and works well)

Another image to try is from the floor looking up vertically with the Reeds all around. I didn't go equiped with my Wellies so next time for me.

D700 50mm @F6.3