Banburgh & Lindisfarne (Member meet)

[Andrew Thatcher]

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This must be the first time since 792 AD that the people of Lindisfarne have seen a group of people quite like these.

[StuartR]

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Stephen

Just out of interest although I'm probably missing something..........

I checked the EXIF on one of your images (1158a) just to confirm which camera you were using. I was a bit stumped by the "CCD width 7.26mm" and "focal length 17mm (35mm equivalent 84mm)"

I'm fairly sure that the width of the chip on your Canon EOS-1D Mark II N is actually 28.7mm and I'm confident that 84mm focal length on a 35mm camera wouldn't be quite so wide!?

Confused of Colchester

[Bearface]

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Fantastic. How do you get the sun to give that star shape?

Best Regards

Josh

That'll be the ND grad filter he was using. Basically the upper half is smoked (there are a variety of strengths and colours) to compensate for bright skies to enable a more balanced exposure. Plus it makes the sun look sexy and star-like...

Cokin do a cheap kit and Lee Filters an expensive one. They make a good investment, but you need to discipline yourself to carry them around and set them up; they're a bit fiddly.

[Andrew Thatcher]

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Ive converted my HDR colour photos into Duotones. What do you think are the better ones?

[Bearface]

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These look great fellas.........nice work. TBH, I haven't slept now for 24 hours, so I've only processed the following shot, which was taken at Bamburgh at around 4.30am today. It's time for bed now...

[Autumn]

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Beautiful image Stephen. I was also wondering the same thing. I think I asked someone once at the Ph Soc - is it a Starburst filter? If I have remembered correctly, I still don't know what it is.

Perhaps you can enlighten us and tell us whether it can be fitted to most cameras.

[Pol]

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Ive converted my HDR colour photos into Duotones. What do you think are the better ones?

I much prefer the colour version for this particular shot.

The grassy green hill is an important component of Bamburgh Castle (for me anyway) and the lighting picks out the colurs and contours very well on this shot. The rocks, sky and sea also have a superb array of lighting and colours so it'd be a shame not to be showing them.

I'm not saying the scene would always be better in colour - it's just that I think the colour version works very much better this time.

Pol

[Pol]

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This must be the first time since 792 AD that the people of Lindisfarne have seen a group of people quite like these.

Nice looking buch of blokes. Is it an itinerant Pop group or what?

Polly

[Pol]

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I much prefer the colour version for this particular shot.

The grassy green hill is an important component of Bamburgh Castle (for me anyway) and the lighting picks out the colurs and contours very well on this shot. The rocks, sky and sea also have a superb array of lighting and colours so it'd be a shame not to be showing them.

I'm not saying the scene would always be better in colour - it's just that I think the colour version works very much better this time.

Pol

Andrew, I've been back into the Gallery comparing the colour vs mono version of the 'long wall + castle'. I love that particular shot and it's definitely the one that stirs up endless nostalgic memories of my youth for me - it's a real cracker imho!

I found it hard to decide whetrher I prefer the colour or mono version as both have so much fantastic, appealing detail. On balance, I think I prefer the mono version for that shot ....

a) because of the superb tones and textures that have been brought out

b) because I feel the presence of the Castle is more striking in the mono version.

Pol

[Stephen]

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Stephen

Just out of interest although I'm probably missing something..........

I checked the EXIF on one of your images (1158a) just to confirm which camera you were using. I was a bit stumped by the "CCD width 7.26mm" and "focal length 17mm (35mm equivalent 84mm)"

I'm fairly sure that the width of the chip on your Canon EOS-1D Mark II N is actually 28.7mm and I'm confident that 84mm focal length on a 35mm camera wouldn't be quite so wide!?

Confused of Colchester

Dear Confused of Colchester

You are right to be confused, I am too However what I do know is that the gallery Exif reader is not always accurate and I have noticed that it often doesn't handle focal lengths and sensor size too well

The shot was definately taken at 17mm 22.1mm 35mm equiv. It was F13 @60th

Bear on mind that most camera settings seen in Exif data should not always be taken as the ones to get the result you see. Most shots you see in this gallery have been given an exposure which allows for post processing and therefore were often taken around -1EV at least. This is one reason why I was experimenting with ND Grads, but even then I have often altered the exposure in the Raw converter, LR in this case. Perhaps the most telling camera setting is the aperture though as in my case it often tells what I felt would give me enough depth of field for the shot with the particular lens I was using.

It is all confusing though innit

[Stephen]

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I much prefer the colour version for this particular shot.

The grassy green hill is an important component of Bamburgh Castle (for me anyway) and the lighting picks out the colurs and contours very well on this shot. The rocks, sky and sea also have a superb array of lighting and colours so it'd be a shame not to be showing them.

I'm not saying the scene would always be better in colour - it's just that I think the colour version works very much better this time.

Pol

Ehyup Pol, the castle in Andrews shot to which you refer was on Lindisfarne. I know, I'm a smartarse

[Stephen]

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Beautiful image Stephen. I was also wondering the same thing. I think I asked someone once at the Ph Soc - is it a Starburst filter? If I have remembered correctly, I still don't know what it is.

Perhaps you can enlighten us and tell us whether it can be fitted to most cameras.

No not a starburst Audrey, as Tim said previously I was using an ND Grad filter (The Lee ones it has to be said ) and this is simply the effect it gives the sun in these conditions. Its a bit of novelty effect IMO, and I wouldn't go and buy a starburst filter.

[Stephen]

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Nice looking buch of blokes. Is it an itinerant Pop group or what?

Polly

Yes, we decided that we couldn't let Ben down so went for a group shot. This was a fun version and we were actually jumping up and down. Unfortunately the actual exposure caught us all with our feet on the ground.

[coupekid]

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hahaha!

Brilliant! Glad to see you rose to the challenge of a group shot.

Looks like the trip was well worth while judging by the shots you have there.

Andrew,

Your two shots are super, I personally love the mood of the mono version.

Have a nice snooze gents, you deserve it, and I look forward to seeing more shots trickle through.

[Bearface]

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Here are a couple more of mine. The natural causeway approaching Lindisfarne Castle and a hut-on-stilts which is on the main causeway between the mainland and Lindisfarne.