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[WoW] Field Photographer: Kalimdor and Northrend
Saturday 14th of March 2015
Part two of the selfies from my Field Photographer achievement – see also part one : Eastern Kingdoms, and part three : Pandaria, Outland and Draenor. Kalimdor Caverns of Time Caverns of Time Deathwing’s Fall Deathwing’s Fall (yes I know it’s not really in Kalimdor) Echo Isles Echo Isles Halls of Origination Halls of Origination Moonglade Moonglade Nordrassil Nordrassil Onyxia’s La…
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[WoW] Field Photographer: Eastern Kingdoms
Friday 13th of March 2015
The latest patch, 6.1, of World of Warcraft introduced the S.E.L.F.I.E. Camera , and a related achievement: Field Photographer , where you have to take a selfie in all the listed locations. I’d originally planned to do one post for each continent, but since they all have widely varying numbers of locations, I’m grouping them as Eastern Kingdoms Kalimdor and Northrend Pandaria, Outland and Draeno…
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OCOLOY Week 8
Tuesday 10th of March 2015
I confess I was quite slack this week, not taking any photos at all until the weekend, and even then only getting out for an hour or so on a dull, cloudy evening. Still, it was good to get out for a walk over to the beach again – with the bad weather it’s not really been worth it very often. I also had some more thoughts on the ‘dishonesty’ of adding grain to my photos even though practically spea…
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OCOLOY Week 7
Wednesday 4th of March 2015
After a bit of a slow start Wednesday to Friday, the weekend was really productive for me: each day I went on a nice long walk up Lowestoft’s main shopping precinct and high street, then back along the seafront. On Sunday the weather was cold and grey and windy whereas Saturday was bright and sunny (but still pretty cold and windy). Surprisingly though I feel like the pictures I took on the dull g…
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OCOLOY Week 6
Monday 23rd of February 2015
This weekend Zoe and I paid a visit to Beccles, an old town a short drive away. Unfortunately the weather was rather dull, and being Sunday all the shops were shut. On the other hand, this meant the place was very quiet and peaceful. I’ve also been very busy at work lately, too, which has meant I’ve not always had the energy for making a good effort to get out and take pictures. Still, the short t…
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[WoW] Tracking Buff Power With WeakAuras2 Progress Bars
Saturday 21st of February 2015
NOTE: this was written in 2015, so it’s probably out of date now. Several classes in World of Warcraft have a buff or debuff they can apply, of which it would be useful to know the power. For example, fire mages have their Ignite debuff, which determines how much damage Combustion will do when cast, so it’s important to keep track of the current Ignite damage in order to make best use of C…
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OCOLOY Week 5
Tuesday 17th of February 2015
Bit of a lazy start to the week, but by Sunday I was much more active, and went on a nice walk. Sadly the weather was flat and grey, but I saw that as a challenge. Morrisons Morrisons shower scrub shower scrub litter bin and signal box 6P29 fragile bench fragile bench wood’s edge wood’s edge curvy hangout curvy hangout flags flags
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OCOLOY Week 4
Tuesday 10th of February 2015
For this week I’ve gone with the suggestion to stick with just one processing preset in Capture One – Robert Boyer’s Tri-X +2 , which is a grainy, contrasty and ‘vintage’ look that I really like. Admittedly, it’s a bit… dishonest, perhpas? I mean, the output from the X-E1 is nowhere near as coarse-grained – the picture below shows a 100% crop comparing the normal Tri-X preset (with grain amou…
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OCOLOY Week 3
Tuesday 3rd of February 2015
Gosh what an uninspiring week! Perhaps it’s just the initial excitement of starting a New Project wearing off, or perhaps lack of sleep, but this week I really struggled to find motiviation, and on a couple of days didn’t even bother to get out of the house for a walk. Sidenote: I’m still using Capture One 8 for my pictures, but I’m trying out Robert Boyer’s B&W film presets , specifically Tri-X …
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OCOLOY Week 2
Tuesday 27th of January 2015
This week was a mix of clear skies and bright winter sun, and dull overcast days where it was a struggle to find anything interesting to shoot. I’m quite pleased with my efforts to consistently go for reasonably long walks (at least 30 minutes) every day, one of which was after sunset – I think in the future I’ll try to get more pictures at night, to explore the possibilities. abandoned delivery …
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One Camera, One Lens, One Year: The Beginning
Tuesday 20th of January 2015
I’ve previously written about the use of my Fuji X-E1 and XF 35mm f/1.4 lens, and how it still doesn’t feel completely natural. This project is, in part, an attempt to overcome that. Mike Johnston of The Online Photographer wrote a post last year specifying the details of the project, and I’m going to stick to it with one exception: instead of printing the photos, I’m going to choose one photo…
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Winter Sun
Tuesday 16th of December 2014
In case it’s not obvious from previous posts, I really like the photographic opportunities winter provides. At a latitude of around 52°, by mid-December there’s a mere 7 hours and 45 minutes of daylight, and the sun barely reaches 14° above the horizon, so shadows are long throughout the day. tree shadows on a footpath Lowestoft south beach promenad 12:30, and the sun is at its highest point of th…
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Winter Sky
Monday 10th of November 2014
One of the best things about winter, from a photographer’s perspective, is the light – the low sun makes for a an almost all-day-long ‘golden hour’, and when combined with the stark, leafless trees, can provide some wonderful picture opportunities. The cold weather also brings frequently gloomy skies, but every now and then the clouds clear enough for the low sun to shine through. winter sky, wid…
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Fog in the Morning
Monday 29th of September 2014
It’s not often we get fog like this in the morning, so I felt compelled to take advantage of it with a nice walk to the beach before work. lost cat poster bike warning sign bollard on cycle path water tower office Office building in front of our local water tower trees in two layers of fog dewy spider webs beach grass It’s quite an odd experience walking on a foggy beach. beach plant dog walker on…
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Covehithe
Friday 19th of September 2014
Covehithe is a tiny hamlet a short way south of Lowestoft, home to a partially ruined church, some houses, some pig farms, a beach, and not a lot else. Since it’s not far from where we live, Zoe and I decided to visit one afternoon in late summer. overgrown postbox field next to St. Andrew’s Church front of St. Andrew’s Church St. Andrew’s Church graveyard in front of church ruined walls Zoe taki…
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