Is Photography Art?
With an exhibition coming up I had been thinking about what I produced. Yes, some great macro flowers in the studio; yes, some pretty good land/water scapes; but what was my USP? I have been working with a film maker combining film and images, so thought I why not combine images? So with some experimenting here are the first four. Look carefully as at first sight most people miss some of the content; a clue is in the title! Also, the thumbnails cut off some of the image so click on the image and then again!!
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- Echinacea and the Tamar
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- Blue tree and the Christmas decs
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- Harbour and beach
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- Rose and the Horse
Hightide and Sunrise on the Tamar
A very early start and early mist flowing down the Tamar. A friend said how about just catching the spring tide for an hour or two. So off we went (not been up that early for ages!), nearly wet feet getting to the dingy, but fantastic light and drifting mist. The tide dropped several feet before we returned for a splendid breakfast!! lots more at www.flickr.com/photos/reflexrover/sets/72157627421331509/
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- High Tide Sun Rise
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- High Tide Sun Rise
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- High Tide Sun Rise
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- High Tide Sun Rise
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- High Tide Sun Rise
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- High Tide Sun Rise
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- High Tide Sun Rise
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- High Tide Sun Rise
Exciting times!
I have just started working with a film maker – an integration of the still and moving image – using ordinary and infra red images – keep a look out! Just to remind everyone that there are images at http://www.tamarvalleyphotos.co.uk, older ones at http://www.theoldsite.co.uk and on http://www.flickr.com/photos/reflexrover For my other work please visit http://www.theoneimage.co.uk and http://www.tamarreflexology.co.uk – yes folks I have been persuaded to tickle feet again!
New Photos
I have just added a few more pictures to my photo site – www.tamarvalleyphotos.co.uk
Japanese Anemoneas
Infra Red
I discovered that my spare DSLR is IR complient so ordered a cheap Infra Red Filter from China – it arrived in a few days and as it was a dull day I thought ‘why not?’ so I did!! And these are the results with a little desaturation on the gray ones. It seems as if getting the white balance is the hardest part, and not being able to see anything through the lense, and having to guess the exposure as the meter is not claibrated for IR!! I shall do more of these as they are fun even though they look like slightly strange black and white prints!
The Sun came out……………
Wow!! a few rays of sunshine got me out with the camera, no studio for a few days! The garden supplies much of my subjects including these. There are more at http://www.flickr.com/photos/reflexrover/sets/72157627493812074/
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- Sweet Pea
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- Japanese Anemoneas
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- Not Montbretia
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- Lillies
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- Japanese Anemoneas
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- Hollyhock
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- Bug
A Day Out
Fridays is my walking day with a good friend. He is due back at work on Monday so we went a bit further today – Fernworthy Reservoir just outside Chagford. An interesting place including a lone white horse!! More photographs at Flickr
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- Fernworthy
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- Fernworthy
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- Fernworthy
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- Fernworthy
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- Fernworthy
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- Fernworthy
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- Fernworthy
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- Fernworthy
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- Fernworthy
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- Fernworthy
Outdoors and in
With mixed weather this week I have been picking single flowers from the garden, and photographing them in the studio. Also been on a couple of walks in and out of woods and along the river Tamar with the sun spotighting a field and a tower. A mix of straight mast and bendy tree with white daisies below was a nice challenge. Into the woods and the Anti vibration mechanism on the new lens worked well plus for a change I uped the ISO to 500 with hardly any degrdation! More at Flickr
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- cyclamen
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- Tamar-Valley
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- Tamar-Valley
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- Japanese Anemoneas
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- Fuschia
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- fence
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- Fuschia
Triple Wammy!
Todays post has three sections. I have been trying to use what facilities I have – lenses, weather and more – I live at the top of a hill with nothing higher than us to the North Atlantic – another way of saying that it is WINDY! I often say, ‘can’t photograph today as it is too windy’, so to counteract that and with the aid of a variable Neutral Density filter and flash gun or multiple exposure I have tried to counter the wind. Secondly whilst waiting for a new zoom I have been making myself use prime lenses for everything which has proved a good relearning curve! Finally the new Nikon 28 – 300 arrived; meant for travel use when I need to change from zoom to wide angle quickly it was fun to just go for a walk to see what it would do and it is wonderful – heavy as it is a FX lens and solid with crisp optics. More of the same at Flickr
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- New Lens Woods
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- Windy Japanese Anemoneas
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- Windy Japanese Anemoneas
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- Windy Lily
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- Garden Rubbish
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- Thistle
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- Teasel
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- New Lens old Tractor
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- New Lens Wood
A few more Flowers
I have bee uploading onto Flickr – Roses have got great acceptance from Princes Grace Rose Garden Group! Any way, I have been trying to work out what to do lens wize as my 18 – 200 is not doing what I want and so I have been only using prime (none variable) lenses – quite a challenge but FUN! I grew the Arum Lily, it was a very late planting and has done better than the first one I grew!
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- woods
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- woods
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- rose
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- woods
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- Arum
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- rose
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- Arum
