I posted this a year or so ago. On that occasion it was a blend of five or so in photomatix. Whilst I liked the image I was never happy with a couple of very bright patches due to the HDR effect. I hadn't been doing photography for long when I took it and I decided to revisit it and edit a single image in Lightroom. Not sure if its an improvement but I am probably happier with the more realistic effect as its far closer to the actual view that morning. The originally posted one is in the comments so folk can decide if I've made a pigs ear of it. Sometimes we seem to go round in circles for a long time before breaking out and moving forward again.
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I'd hoped to spend a day or so touring the countryside around Vik but circumstances conspired against us. In the end I managed about a minute as we passed through. This was a very quick handheld shot with the Zeiss 18mm in pouring rain and gusting winds. The lens was covered in water in seconds but its not really a shot where every scrap of detail was important. Its fairly generic as shots from this area go by I still quite like it. Its miserable weather here so I've been going through the computer binning all sorts and thats when I came upon this one. I was initially just going to consign it to the bin but B&W processing gave it a nicer feel.
Tags: Iceland Vik Nikon Df Zeiss 18mm miserable soggy wet cold freezing Did I mention miserable
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One of my first wanders with the Zeiss 21mm - mist just starting to lift down by the River Eden just between Kirkoswald and Glassonby.
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Not the image I was hoping for if I'm brutally honest. Do I like it? Yes. Would I describe it as a keeper? Probably not. I've been up to this spot for five times this winter. This was the fourth trip, on Friday last week. I actually went up on Monday as well. This photo is the only time I've managed to get the camera out of the bag. I like this composition with Gray Crag popping up in the distance and the little sprinkling of snow on the rocks. I like the subdued colour and to be honest I'm not a fan of splashy colour at the moment. I've gone right off the Neist Point image I posted a wee bit back as its just a bit too flashy. Most of the images I've been posting on Facebook are in mono which seems to be more of a passion at the moment. These things change though. A year or so ago I loved long exposure stuff at dawn with all the colours bleeding into each other and giving a lovely diffuse effect. I won't be going back up to Angle Tarn for dawn until next winter. I particularly wanted the sun rising from a particular angle and as we are into March now that period has passed. This was taken with the Zeiss 21mm lens which is a new addition (and sits alongside the Nikon 20mm 2.8D and the Nikon 24mm 1.4G....). I looking for a decent deal on the Fuji 23mm 1.4 to go with my X-Pro1 which means I'm just looking for a 22mm prime for the Pentax.....Its been an incredibly poor winter for photography and thats more or less the end of my freedom as I'm back on the Ullswater Steamers five days a week till November and I also have one or two workshops to run on my days off.
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A wee one from a wander up Beinn a'Chrulaiste the other day with my old pal Billy Currie. This was the first proper outing with my new toy - Fuji X-Pro1. A replacement for the X100 I had last year and my new camera for my work on the Ullswater Steamers (back at work on Thursday). This was taken with the 35mm lens and is full and uncropped. It was the best lens for the shot as I was able to keep the cottage in and the road out. Did a camera like this keep the weight down? No. I still had the Nikon D800, Nikon 24mm f1.4, Nikon 28-70mm, Nikon 50mm 1.8D, Nikon 85mm f1.8G, Pentax K-5, Sigma 10-20mm, Pentax DA*16-50mm, Pentax DA*60-250mm, two batteries for each camera, 3 series Gitzo tripod, Kirk BH-1 ballhead, Lee Filters and some B&W filters, water and other odds and ends.......A recce more than anything else for dawn sometime but I just liked this wee shot taken from a shoulder on the way up.
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