after a couple of hours of discovery i finally managed to get some half-decent shots using my new new extension tubes.
the first obstacle was realising that i had absolutely no idea what the exposure should be, but thankfully histograms help and that was fairly quickly solved.
the next game was working out how to get any sort of sharpness whatsoever as the depth of field was so small.
it was a bit of a voyage of discovery but has opened up a whole new world of photography..
in case you were wondering the tubes were 12 quid off ebay...
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
limpet
a day on the beach at Clevedon a while back didn't yield too many images but this is one that I keep coming back to...
Its fairly simple and straightforward and isthe closest im going to get to a detail shot until i inevitably shell out on a macro lens...
i managed to get this shot just before a freak wave almost rendered all of my kit as useless, as well as drenching the subject!
Its fairly simple and straightforward and isthe closest im going to get to a detail shot until i inevitably shell out on a macro lens...
i managed to get this shot just before a freak wave almost rendered all of my kit as useless, as well as drenching the subject!
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Barbed silhouette
I was in a changing room the other day and happened to lok up and see this skylight. The shadow of the barbed wire looked pretty cool and worthy of a picture so here it is!
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Subway
Not only was the subway the best way to get around New York but it also provided some great photo opportunities.
I had slowed the shutter speed to 1/15, and took a few frames before we got on the train and headed downtown. By holding dead still and pulling against the strap around your neck you can keep everything else pretty sharp...
I had slowed the shutter speed to 1/15, and took a few frames before we got on the train and headed downtown. By holding dead still and pulling against the strap around your neck you can keep everything else pretty sharp...
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Banksy
I read an interesting article on the bbc today about Banksy's latest skull duggery so it seems appropriate to post a shot I took a couple of weeks back.
There's divided opinion about taking pictures of other peoples art. I thinks its pretty lazy unless you try and use the graffiti in the composition in an interesting way.
I wanted to get the banksy tag in the shot and this composition gave a different view to the millions of other pics that i've seen of this already.
check out the video of the paris hilton stunt on youtube...
There's divided opinion about taking pictures of other peoples art. I thinks its pretty lazy unless you try and use the graffiti in the composition in an interesting way.
I wanted to get the banksy tag in the shot and this composition gave a different view to the millions of other pics that i've seen of this already.
check out the video of the paris hilton stunt on youtube...
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