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Post Your Best Atmospheric Shots....
phil1975:
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Thanks robin
All pictures were taken from a recent few days away on jersey, a cracking place for a out of season short break great beaches and cliffs for walking, generaly slightly better climate than the uk, only a 40minute flight (from gatwick), excellent restaurants (excellent sea food being a small island) and nice cosy pubs.
Picture 1: was at one of jersey's reservoirs
Picture 2: was the beach at st ouen's bay looking back at corbiere lighthouse
Picture 3: was taken at st helier (jersey's capital looking out to elisabeth castle and was pretty much the view from our hotel room)
Picture 4: the waterfall was taken at plemont bay and shows of the lovely pink granite that jersey is made up of. I've been visiting jersey on and off for 10years and have been to that bay many times but its the first time I've been in those caves and seen the waterfall, I think all the recent rain helped make it all the more spectacular.
Must just say I love that this forum is so much more than just about our cars :happy2:
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: phil1975 on December 20, 2012, 09:14:43 am ---
Much just say I love that this forum is so much more than just about our cars :happy2:
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.... :happy2: It has evolved into a very caring and sharing community, albeit male dominated. Long may it continue [but not meaning the male dominated bit].
I'm very glad I started this non-car Topic and it's about time I contributed something:
^ My small approx 2'6" x 7' wildlife (no fish) pond a couple of days ago.
I've done a simply enhanced version just to see how it looks online but didn't want to lose too much of the dark 'creature-from-the-black-lagoon' atmosphere.....
^^ Which shot do you photogs prefer? ^^
At this time of year the sun is very low and so the camera more often confronts having to be shot into the sun and all the uncontrollable* play of lighting artifacts and effects on the result. Advice for the average amateur snapper is never to take photos into the sun. However, ignore such advice from the 'experts' and the results can add drama and, in this case, atmosphere, and that's what this thread is all about. In this photo I personally like the blue hex which draws your eye into the perspective and the 'rays' of light and dark parts. Such artifacts are not usually desirable when photographing cars or many other subjects.
*I say "uncontrollable" but if you manage to see enough of the image through the viewfinder/screen you can slightly move your camera position and angle (more critical) to place these lighting effects to your advantage.
I shot this on my only camera, a Fuji FinePix F500EXR 16mega compact digital which is invariably on me everytime I go outdoors anywhere, even to take out the dustbin. As I have said many times, I accept its limitations but it has the one very great advantage of being easily pocketable and portable, meaning that I don't experience many of those moments when I wish I had a camera to capture and share this and I don't have a camera to hand. Mr Woodpecker in my garden is still too fast for me though! Should I go back over 50 years when I was only 10yo, and before I was interested in girls, and build a hide from cardboard boxes in the garden to watch birds, thinking naively that they didn't know I was there. In those days I had a plastic Kodak Box Brownie with roll film - I knew the right people and even photographed the likes of Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart, Jim Clark, etc with pit passes to F1 races at Silverstone. I wish I still had the negs or photos!
For those more technically interested, I shot this at ISO 100, 4.4mm, f/3.5, 1/800.
rich83:
Germany 2009 761 by Rich Wigley, on Flickr
diesel junior:
Just stumbled across this thread, but then again as i am now THREE weeks without my GTI as VW cant find a LHD heater motor/resistor maybe i should have found it earlier, anyway (amateur) photography is a passion of mine so here are two for y'all!!
First one is Smoo Cave, Durness with the help of a bean bag and long exposure, the second is waiting for the ferry at Craignure on Mull.
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: swgti on December 02, 2012, 09:38:52 am ---
A few of my favourite photos from recent years, apologies for some of the quality as some are taken from phone cams.
Tuscany sunset
Looking over Keswick from Skiddaw aproach
Red legged partridge early morning
Ullswater
Early morning mist, Lazonby
Parish boundry marker on High Raise - recently got 2nd prize in a photography comp with this, up against some pro's too.
Blencathra summit
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....You have absolutely nothing to apologise for as far as I'm concerned - All of those are beautiful, very natural and unprocessed in appearance and capture the atmosphere every time - I can almost feel the wind and temperatures! They look very real.
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