Madingley Hall and American Cemetery

A very enjoyable meet up with other CCC Members on Saturday at Madingley Hall. As there were wonderful clouds, contrasty monochrome worked well. Some of us then visited the American Cemetery where I decided to experiment with exposure blending to simulate long exposure technique (30 images with 1 second exposures were stacked together to give the equivalent of a 30-sec exposure)

Misty Trees

Here is a series of misty tree images taken last week near my home in Cambridgeshire converted to monochrome. They are a mixture of Ash and Willows. I tried some double exposures but I think these work bet with simpler tree shapes.

Pinhole View of London

 My pinhole is an ideal 'lens' to take on a walking holiday as it is very light and compact being a modified lens cap with an insert of foil containing a central pinprick. They work best in bright light but thought I would try a few yesterday as dusk fell on a very cloudy afternoon. The exposures were between 25secs and 8 minutes depending on the light available. The results are reminiscent of the images that I would have been so delighted with using my first camera (a Box Brownie) visiting central London on the bus and then developing and printing the images on our dining room table. The skyline would have been a bit different!!

UEA Monochrome

 This is the final post from our trip to University of East Anglia and is my favourite I think in showing the elegant lines of the Brutalist building. I was using the set to practise the new and very sophisticated masking facilities in Lightroom 11. Not quite mastered all the features but certainly being able to used multiple masks in combination is a very strong feature.

Sainsbury Centre in Infrared

I spent Thursday afternoon around the Sainsbury Centre and the UEA site with my Sony RX IR-converted camera. Lots of great shapes and skies to play with in and around the Centre.

 

Madingley Hall in Infrared

Morning Coffee and a wander round the grounds of Madingley Hall in Cambridge - what better way to start the week on Monday. Images taken with an old Canon 1Dii converted for infrared - the batteries only hold charge for a short while now but it does produce great images.