Tuesday, 20 September 2011

Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Last of Tom's landscapes...

I'm not sure if these strictly count - let's call them urban landscapes...both wide and vaguely scenic anyway.

(and because I'm boring myself when it comes to the LX5, just assume if I post any photos from it, they were from a situation when there's no way I would have had the D300 with me, therefore I'm feeling smug I've not lost a lovely shot I would have done usually...in this case a routine walk down to the shop for milk)



f2.8, 1/400, ISO 80, 50mm



f3.2, 1/400, ISO 80, 24mm

Wednesday, 31 August 2011

Just to make us feel inadequate...

As it happens, Guardian photo competition this month was "Landscape" also...

Landscape- 2nd batch

An ideal counterpoint to Toby's sundrenched landscapes - I give you the west coast of Scotland, in one of those rare moments when it wasn't chucking it down with rain during our week up there. These are both from a little fishing town called Kirkcudbright, now an "artists' town" according to the signs on exit and entry. Horrible grey, overcast and flat-light day - all you can do is turn to a bit of black and white and curves/contrast turned to 11.



Above is my favourite of the two.

LX5 again. f8, 1/100, ISO 80, 24mm



Liked this as well, but slightly soft (taken at long end of the Panasonic's lens range might be to blame).

LX5. f3.3, 1/400, ISO 80, 90mm

And I can't work out why my photos are uploading so small - I'm selecting "large" in the options...

Landscapes from Spain #4 and #5

f5.6, 1.6 sec. Using the gorilla pod.

f5, 1.3 sec. Trying out the gorilla pod again.

Tried some longer and shorter exposures, but these seemed to work the best.



Landscapes from Spain #2 and #3




f13, 1/250 sec.

f13, 1/350 sec.

I think I prefer the portrait orientation, because it is more unusual.

Landscapes from Spain #1


OK, here are a few. Be gentle.

f14, 1/640 sec. First up, I had to do this. Stood in the middle of the Mar Menor with an expensive camera, took some shots and stitched them together in Photoshop. Sarah really likes this, but I'm not so sure.