There had been a brief snowstorm overnight and this was enough to coat the roads and cause several accidents on the M11, which had not been gritted. Consequently our coach was more than an hour late arriving in London but the light was still great. Several of the 'More London' Buildings are now finished and make an impressive skyline around City Hall or when looked upwards with the wide-angle lens.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Looking Forward to Tomorrow's Trip
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Black-Headed Gulls Crash Landing and Taking Off
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Cambridge 800th Anniversary
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
End of Cambridge University 800th Anniversary Year
Monday, January 18, 2010
Still on Trees
I have been sorting through more of my infrared pictures of trees. These were taken with the 15mm fish eye in Epping Forest. They are 1/125 sec
so I don't think it is movement on the right of the first frame. I must check out whether images are in focus with this lens to the edge of the frames. I like the effect almost of a pinhole camera.
The second photo was of an amazing clump of trees where they had all anastamosed together to create these curious shapes.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Further IR Experiments
This is one of the overexposed Infrared pictures that I took at Wimpole, corrected white balance with camera profile and the exposure as far as possible in Lightroom. Then, in Photoshop, I changed the Hue and Saturation and was amazed at the result. Below is a colour image taken at the same time on the 5D
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Infrared at Wimpole
I took some images at Wimpole in the snow last week and have just started looking at them and experimenting with different workflows for converting to Monochrome.
The first pair show the original RAW image and its equivalent conversion to monochrome, adjusting the colour mix in Lightroom to produce the best contrast image.
The first pair show the original RAW image and its equivalent conversion to monochrome, adjusting the colour mix in Lightroom to produce the best contrast image.
The second pair use a profile made for the Infrared camera and then converting to monochrome in Lightroom (http://khromagery.com.au/ir_raw.html). I prefer the second conversion with the DNG profile
Friday, January 8, 2010
Snowstorm at Wimpole
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Welney
I visited Welney Wildfowl Trust on Tuesday - the water level is very high and much of the water is frozen. Because of the deep water, there were very few swans feeding on the reserve but plenty of ducks - mallard, pochard,widgeon,gadwall,tufted and pintail were all present.
The Mute swan posed beautifully in front of the notice that reads Winter Wonderland.
One of the Mute Swans spent a lot of time showing off his exquisite feathers. I thought the pair with ice worked well as a monochrome. It almost looks as if the swan has broken off from the ice shelf as the wing sculpturing matches the edge of the ice.
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The Mallards looked puzzled by the ice while the Whooper swans just felt at home as it must be very like their breeding grounds in Spring in Iceland
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Moonset
Friday, January 1, 2010
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