That Tree Shot Again

I hadn't taken any photos for a while and was determined to get something today, even if it meant going over old ground; so I did.

I decided what gear I was going to take with me. I wanted to travel light, so just grabbed my Canon 40D with my Vivitar Series 1 35-85mm F2.8 lens and also my Zeiss 135mm just incase I needed something longer.

For the shots below, I only used the Vivitar, with a circular polariser attached to saturate the afternoon sky. The 1st one is shot at 35mm using an aperture of F8 at to keep enough of the tree and surrounding land in focus.

The 2nd one I took from in close to get the detail of the bark. It is shot at 85mm using an aperture of F2.8 to throw the background out of focus.

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Bristol Strobists' 2nd Meeting

This was the second outing for the Bristol Stobist group from Net-Model (I understand that the original group is on Flikr).

The 1st 3 images feature Stephanie Wakeman. I used a single unmodified Nikon SB28 flash on quarter power to give me an aperture of F5.6 @ iso 100.

The next set of images feature Correna Churchill. I used two SB28s on these images.

The flashes were unmodified except for a blue gell on the flash that is positioned behind the railings. The flash at camera right is set to quarter power and the gelled flash behind the railings is on half power. Aperture F5.6 @ iso 100.

This time there is a SB28 at 90 degrees camera left and an SB28 camera right aiming with the diffuser pulled down and set back further to provide a little fill flash. Both flashes set to quarter power and once again F5.6 @ iso 100.

A similar setup in this shot.

For more Strobist-style pics, visit my site at http://www.ms-imaging.co.uk/ and search for keyword `strobist'. And if you don't know what a Strobist is, visit http://www.strobist.com/

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Short Sharp Shoots through the week

I've been bitten by the urban photography bug again. Unfortunatley, the weather hasn't been at it's best and time is my enemy. Camera again was the Canon 40D. Lenses were Sigma 17-70, Canon 50mm F1.8 and Canon 70-200 F4 L.

In reverse order, these candids were shot today at Weston Super Mare.

I just loved the sky so grabbed this pic as we were leaving.

This was shot Saturday night at Bath. Light was fading fast and Bath seemed like a ghost town. This was the only shot I kept from the nigh. I've no idea what this represents.

These were shot earlier in the week in Bristol

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