tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12443273624243055562024-02-19T10:04:35.965+00:00ISO 204,800....and other such pointlessnessAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17171033241522299570noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244327362424305556.post-49065904081970475802012-11-07T18:44:00.000+00:002012-11-07T18:44:02.254+00:00Through the shop windowWith time being an incredibly rare commodity these days I've had to pull my entry from the Lightroom archive for this week's header challenge: Through the shop window.<br />
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This shot was taken in Turkey through the window of a generic souvenir establishment in Bodrum.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17171033241522299570noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244327362424305556.post-84992469067128428022012-10-31T22:46:00.001+00:002012-10-31T22:46:36.060+00:00Chaos!This week's theme is Chaos. My take on this is a long exposure shot I took of the M6 motorway at 6pm on a Friday night. Parked on the bridge near junction 32 (Preston North) I set up my camera and waited the requisite 30 seconds whilst the symphony of trucks and cars passed noisily under me. The third picture is slightly more organised chaos in the form of a huge crowd of people attending the British comedian Michael McIntyre's gig in the MCR Arena in Manchester. It was a great show!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17171033241522299570noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244327362424305556.post-23711963009528920682012-10-24T18:25:00.003+01:002012-10-24T18:25:17.746+01:00Lost<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week's Headbangers' Challenge, set by Kathy, was 'lost'. At first I imagined someone who couldn't find their way out of a maze, taking the word 'lost' far too narrow mindedly. As I looked through my library of images I began to take a metaphorical wander through left field and I came up with 'The house that was lost to time', and here are the images that go with that.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17171033241522299570noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244327362424305556.post-68733966741016014612012-10-19T22:57:00.002+01:002012-10-19T22:57:44.496+01:00A bit of food photography<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tonight I decided to have a go at food photography. It's not quite as easy as it would first seem. Getting food to look appetising and to accentuate all the things that one would associate with that particular food item is quite difficult. I've started tonight with tomatoes. Basically, making them look fresh and ripe is key, in this case. Hopefully I've hit the nail on the head..</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17171033241522299570noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244327362424305556.post-4182830211595506962012-10-17T19:56:00.000+01:002012-10-17T20:07:50.164+01:00Symbols<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quite an ambiguous challenge title this week from me, 'Symbols'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My header picture is of a guy from New Zealand who was part of a team of people who were sort of travelling hardcore evangelists. The group consisted of people from all over the world including the USA and Tonga. They were named Team Extreme, and they certainly were that! The show ran for around an hour and saw the guys punching through 4 layers of concrete slabs, blowing hot water bottles up using only lung power until the bottles exploded, picking up and doing reps with 2 kids hanging off either end of a steel bar, breaking Coke cans open using just their hands, folding frying pans on their legs and one of the final acts of the team was this guy who snapped a baseball bat with his bare hands and made the symbol of their religion, the cross. Even for an 'outsider' such as myself, it was incredibly powerful to watch. I'm quite friendly with the minister of the church and he gave me the best seats in the house to watch and take photos of the show from one of the balconies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My other symbol is another cross, but this time it's the Thousla Cross which is situated on the Calf of Man on the Isle of Man which is the very furthest southern point of the island. The cross commemorates the "act of heroism by men of this parish in their rescue of the crew of the French schooner 'Jeane st. Charles' in 1858" and overlooks some very dangerous looking rocks which have probably claimed the lives of many a stray ship over the years.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17171033241522299570noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244327362424305556.post-80467119593169030512012-10-10T19:27:00.000+01:002012-10-10T19:27:23.710+01:00Yellow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17171033241522299570noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244327362424305556.post-91070890740758712342012-10-04T21:48:00.001+01:002012-10-04T21:48:35.163+01:00A Dozen or TwelveI was extremely late posting my effort for this week's challenge, but here it is, the beautiful series III V12 E-Type Jaguar. These pictures were taken at last year's Kirkcudbright Classic Car Rally held in the harbour square. No wonder these cars were (and still are) so revered, a 12 cylinder engine in such an attractive body is the stuff of dreams, and these lucky blighters get to show them off all around the country!<div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17171033241522299570noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244327362424305556.post-86419411335618814512012-09-26T18:57:00.001+01:002012-09-26T18:57:20.161+01:00Confectionary<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last weekend my family and I visited the Cocoabean Factory where I purchased the delicious props for this week's Headbangers' challenge photo. I spent ages arranging the chocolates and then rearranging them again until I was happy with the result. A bit of editing in Lightroom to make sure the background colour was consistent throughout and they were done - good enough to eat!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also below are the beautifully made 'cake' from my daughter's 1st birthday in November of last year and a photo of a guy in a Turkish sweet shop from our holiday, also last year.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17171033241522299570noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244327362424305556.post-40420041296884006182012-09-19T20:09:00.000+01:002012-09-19T20:09:04.354+01:00Weekly Headbangers' Challenge: Change<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wracked my brains for a full week on this one...I didn't want to be literal and go for pictures of Autumn, I wanted to interpret the challenge in my own way. In the end I went both ways. My header this week is a picture representing the changes my daughter has undergone in her 2 years so far. Starting at her first pair of trainers on the left, with her first fluffy toy through to her current trainers and current fluffy toy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The other pictures are from Autumn last year and are from no more than 100 yards from my house. We are surrounded by such beauty and it is our job as photographers to capture it as closely as possible in and effort to keep that beauty saved for everyone to see.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17171033241522299570noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244327362424305556.post-17553233898792358132012-09-12T17:59:00.004+01:002012-09-12T17:59:44.772+01:00Headbangers' Weekly Challenge: Feathers<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is my interpretation of this week's theme. A drop of water on a feather with colour added post-production in Lightroom. The feather has retained some of the oil from the bird it came off and that's how I could get a perfectly formed drop of water to sit so perfectly upon it. I haven't done too much of this low key type photography before but it's something I'm going to be learning and practising for the near future as I really like the effect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This was Gail's choice of theme and she is leaving us this week. I hope we see you again soon.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17171033241522299570noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244327362424305556.post-35410411017686250152012-09-09T18:11:00.001+01:002012-09-09T18:12:10.583+01:00Sunday Bowling<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today we went to watch my father-in-law play in a Crown Green Bowling competition in Kirkcudbright. We weren't there long because my daughter was playing up, but I managed to get a few shots.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17171033241522299570noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244327362424305556.post-20191666409681973712012-09-05T19:34:00.002+01:002012-09-05T19:34:37.273+01:00Through the Window<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week's Headbangers' Challenge was set by me and was "Through the Window". I wanted people, time permitting, to take a picture through a window using the window frame as a frame for the picture. I also said that if people were too busy to do it this week they could choose something from the archives, AND that the remit was entirely up for interpretation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I actually hadn't come up with anything new myself this week until today when I happened upon Sweetheart Abbey in New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, whilst driving home from a job. I thought my luck was in until I found the place was covered in scaffolding and blokes wearing hard hats....I persevered and got quite a few good shots. I've also included a photo I took last year in Turkey (I got a LOT of good pics from that holiday!) which was my inspiration for this week's theme.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After much ponderance and much pen top-chewing, I decided on the picture with the blue sky as a backdrop. Blue sky like that is very rare around here, especially this year, so it really 'sang' to me. I also imagined what the place would have been like back in 1275 (yes, TWELVE SEVENTY FIVE!!!) and wondered if any of the occupants over time have ever looked through that same window and seen such a lovely blue sky.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17171033241522299570noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244327362424305556.post-54032707356098925462012-09-03T22:06:00.000+01:002012-09-03T22:06:08.675+01:00Laurieston Kite Feeding Station<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday we visited the Kite feeding station at Laurieston. The Kites weren't really interested in the food being put out for them as food is quite plentiful for them naturally at the moment. Just as we were about to give up hope and go home a few swooped down and grabbed a claw or two of meat. I managed to get one just about to grab!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also took a few pictures of the feeding station's surroundings</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17171033241522299570noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244327362424305556.post-77538674383642377052012-09-02T13:08:00.000+01:002012-09-02T13:08:20.398+01:00Cardoness Castle - Gatehouse of Fleet<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the way home from the rally yesterday I stopped in at Cardoness Castle. I've driven past it many, many times as my work's office is situated just 2 miles up the road and we have a few customers in Gatehouse. I was in a photographic mood after finishing at the rally so off I went up the numerous steps, snapping along my way. There are 86 steps up the ancient winding staircase and I'd already lugged my camera equipment over 2 miles that morning and, combined with the fact that I was wearing my big boots, I was being <i>very</i> tentative able to use only the ball of my foot on each step....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All pictures taken with a Nikon D3s and 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII @ f/2.8 and between 1/1650th and 1/2500th adjusting for light as I was in manual mode, except for a couple of pics taken with the 14-24mm f/2.8, again at around 1/2000th and at f/2.8.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, What I did was spray some water on a silver CD, shine a light on it at an angle so I got the spectrum of colours visible through the drops and photograph it with my macro lens. They make for brilliant computer desktop wallpapers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tomorrow I shall be photographing a car rally through Merrick in the Galloway National Park. Probably in the rain, but this should make for more interesting pictures hopefully!</span></div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17171033241522299570noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244327362424305556.post-6197949394734063702012-08-30T19:19:00.001+01:002012-08-30T19:22:30.116+01:00Water Bottles<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last night I tried something (photographically) I've never done before. The setup for this job took easily 4 times longer than the shooting itself, but I'm very pleased with the results!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Basically I got a empty glass bottle, tied it upside down to my background stand over a bucket and photographed the coloured water coming out. I tried different colours but I liked blue the best as it's slightly see through compared to the other food colouring I bought.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Settings and equipment were as follows: Nikon D800 with 105mm Micro VR lens. 1/250th of a second at f/22, ISO 100. Camera was tripod-mounted and I used a cable release for the shutter having focused the lens previously and knocking it back to Manual focus. Regular food dye, a bucket, a background stand, a measuring jug (to decant the coloured water into the glass bottle), a glass bottle and a towel. Oh, and 2 Interfit EX150 heads on full power. One was pointing at a white background and the other was in a softbox pointing straight at the bottle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I decided to make a triptych (more of a quadtych!?) out of these pictures which I am going to frame and put up in our kitchen, I'm that chuffed with it :)</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17171033241522299570noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244327362424305556.post-49317401899502927452012-08-29T18:27:00.002+01:002012-08-29T18:36:06.580+01:00This week's Headbanger challenge: That's a surprise<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had a hard time finding one picture for this week's challenge never mind the 3 I eventually came up with!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The one I've chosen was taken on a quiet summer's evening about a year ago. I was out in the long grass right next to where we used to live photographing the cat when I decided to put the camera flat on the ground pointing straight up and take a shot. When I looked at it on the computer some time later I really liked it! It reminds me of my youth, lying back in the grass looking up at the summer sky - not having a care in the world...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This picture was taken on bonfire night, again last year, and I genuinely didn't expect for it to turn out anywhere near as good as it did.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The final picture was taken in early summer this year and it was the usual story; I was out and about for work, travelling down a country road and I liked the look of the long grass and the sky so I pulled over to try and capture in the camera what my eyes were seeing. I had taken loads of pictures and they just didn't look very good in the camera's screen so I left quite despondent. I got back home and downloaded them and this one surprised me because I had captured what had made me pull over in the first place.</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17171033241522299570noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244327362424305556.post-57741906921469700222012-08-28T22:48:00.001+01:002012-08-28T22:48:30.254+01:00The Ethereal Beauty Of Smoke<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tonight I had a migrane! Which is bloody typical given that I'd been counting the hours down all day so I could finish work and get into the studio. I've been watching some photography videos on You Tube during my lunch hour and as always, it inspired me to have a go myself so this evening, once the pain of the migrane had reached a tolerable level, I had another crack at smoke photography (possibly not a good idea to use 'crack' and 'smoke' in the same sentence!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So below are the fruits of my labour. I've got it almost perfect now and if you fancy having a go then let me know and I'll run through how I do it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tomorrow is challenge night and I'm really struggling!</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17171033241522299570noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244327362424305556.post-67588390304232751102012-08-24T23:59:00.000+01:002012-08-28T23:24:38.085+01:00My great solo adventure Part 2 - Bracklinn Falls and Loch Lomond<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I came across Bracklinn Falls quite by accident. I was following behind a VERY slow driver on the A84 towards Callander when they suddenly pulled up in the middle of the road and I nearly went in the back of them! After sitting there for what seemed like ages, they eventually indicated to turn right. So there I was shouting all the obscenities my mind could muster when I noticed the sign to the falls "ooh", I thought, "that could be interesting!". So off I went up a very steep hill and as I pulled up I noticed the sign 'Bracklinn Falls 3/4 mile <-------' "ughhhhh, 3/4 of a mile!!!" Anyway, I sorted my camera equipment in to just the essentials and headed off. The walk there was easy, it was all flat and then downhill to the falls, but as I passed the red-faced, sweaty out-of-breath elderly couple coming up the hill, I knew it wasn't going to be as much fun going back the way...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I took a few long exposure shots of the falls and I'm <i>fairly </i>pleased with the results, but It's not something I've done that often so I'll take on board the lessons learned for next time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really like the pics from Loch Lomond though. I love using the 14-24mm in portrait because you get much more of everything in..but I use it too much and had to tell myself to 'go landscape!'</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17171033241522299570noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244327362424305556.post-54044835041160299262012-08-24T23:25:00.001+01:002012-08-25T00:05:39.432+01:00My great solo adventure Part 1 - Dunblane Cathedral<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I saw pictures that another photog had done of Dunblane Cathedral by chance when browsing the web last week and I decided I had to go myself. So early (ish) this morning I packed up my van and moved myself and my camera gubbins 125 miles north. When I got there I found that I pretty much had the cathedral to myself which was great, and in all I spent about an hour walking around and photographing the place. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dunblane is unfortunately well known for the appalling shootings that took place in the mid 90's. Picture 9 is of the commemoration standing stone which is a really beautiful and touching piece.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17171033241522299570noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244327362424305556.post-52941917936785641452012-08-23T18:22:00.001+01:002012-08-23T18:22:56.350+01:00Fields of GoldI passed a field on the way to drop a PC off at a customer's today and I felt compelled to shoot it. I only had my 24-70mm lens with me which did an ok job, but I think I would've really done it justice if I'd had my 14-24mm and gone as wide as possible, get everything in there.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17171033241522299570noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244327362424305556.post-52544111375897493472012-08-21T21:57:00.001+01:002012-08-21T23:17:46.603+01:00Weekly Headbangers' Challenge<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week's Headbangers challenge was TOUGH! Choosing one picture that sums up your work, your style and YOU was verging on impossible...I eventually decided on the one above as I love street photography and in a market in Turkey last year there was lots on offer. The guy running the stall just happened to eyeball me just as I pressed the shutter, which looks ominous but he was very friendly. People around are just carrying on about their business and you can see what the guy's stall has to offer. A real moment captured for posterity. Black and white really lets you see the important things in the picture. It was a very colourful scene and if I'd kept in in colour the picture would just be too messy and busy. Simple and striking...</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17171033241522299570noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244327362424305556.post-25705253613346464782012-08-21T21:32:00.003+01:002012-08-22T22:11:50.282+01:00A welcome arrival<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some more messing around tonight. Not a particularly steep learning curve coming from a D3s, but a curve never the less, so practicing will hopefully eventually make perfect.</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17171033241522299570noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244327362424305556.post-30360881698510772982012-08-14T14:03:00.001+01:002012-08-15T10:00:45.221+01:00Macro photography in a thunderstorm<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last night I decided that I'd actually make use of my home studio, as it as sat idle now for some 5 weeks! It was my wife's birthday yesterday and amongst the gold, jewels and fine silks I festooned upon her (actually just a pair of nice earrings...), was a nice bunch of seasonal flowers. So I carted through my tripod, camera, laptop (I shoot tethered to Lightroom in the studio because I like the big previews I get) and the flowers through just as a thunderstorm rolled into town. It was one of those storms where the ground shakes as the thunder goes off and even as a big, hairy fully grown man it still makes me jump when I first hear the initial 'CRACK'. Then the rain came!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So to the soundtrack of about 100,000 gallons per second being dumped on the studio roof, I took some really nice macro shots of the flowers (which were Sunflowers and roses,comprising red, yellow and yellow/orange). I thought to make it look a bit more interesting I'd spray water on the flowers and as I'm typing I'm thinking "why didn't I just poke the vase and flowers out in the rain for a few seconds?", but I suppose I can't rely on the rain to come every time I want to shoot flowers (even if I do live in Scotland). So I emptied one of my wife's spray gel bottles and gave it a good clean out with hot water, including the spray mechanism and then filled it with cold water. I found that giving it a single squirt covered the flower in an unrealistic fine mist, so I would spray about 6-8 times and the droplets would then form large drops which looked a bit more like rain drops and fired away with the camera.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll add the pictures later as I didn't get chance to edit them all last night. *Done*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The devil is in the detail, I suppose, so here's my settings: Nikon D3s + Nikon 105mm Micro VR @ f/22 (notice the spots you wouldn't normally see at wider apertures) 1/200th to sync with the Interfit head in softbox.</span></div>
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