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Further darkness
Saturday 13th of January 2018
As is common this time of year, the sky was quite heavily overcast. Despite the gloom, Zoe and I and my parents went to Norwich, primarily to look at beds for my parents’ new house, but we also went for lunch at Giraffe. We took Em, who was again remarkably well-behaved despite the usual initial upset when we, big meanies that we are, put her in the car seat. Gosh she doesn’t like being put in the…
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Afraid of the dark
Thursday 11th of January 2018
The monochrome preset I usually use for my raw files in Capture One has a small amount of shadow boost applied, and I tend to increase it even more when there are large dark areas in an image. As I mentioned in a previous post , though, darkness isn’t really a bad thing in pictures, depending on the feeling one is trying to evoke. Certainly for these pictures, taken on a dull overcast winter afte…
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The rain comes
Saturday 16th of September 2017
So, been a while. Haven’t been feeling very inspired lately – I’ve been taking my camera out a lot, but just not finding much worth shooting, or making much effort to. Still, the car needed to go in for MOT so that meant some time to kill, which basically meant enforced camera time. Alas, as the title says, the weather was overcast-into-rainy. Such is the way of things in late September in England…
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Holiday in Malta 2017, day 5
Saturday 29th of April 2017
Today, Marsaxlokk again, this time for lunch. The weather was a bit dull and grey, and we felt like having a nice relaxed, lazy day, so we didn’t want to do anything too adventurous. boats on the shore of Pretty Bay colourful boat prow yellow and orange floats boat propped up for repair lifejackets on a small boat fishing nets spread out on the ground We had lunch at a place called Southeast Café.…
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Lowestoft and cloudy
Monday 20th of March 2017
It had been a “mostly cloudy” kind of day, but the occasional break for some sunlight gave me hope so I went for a wander around Lowestoft pier and waterfront. Alas, almost no sun. Plenty of rocks and rust though! ‘Warning Drop’ sign on sea wall rusty fence support on sea wall fishing trawler and reflection fishing trawler deck harbour entrance harbour entrance light sea wall rocks covered in seaw…
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In the woods, overcast
Sunday 12th of February 2017
Well, the nice weather lasted but one day, so now we’re back to heavy overcast again, with all the dull flat light that entails. two old abbreviated ‘Footpath’ signs Perfect for a walk in the woods then! Ok not really, but still, I wanted to get out the house for a bit, rather than sit indoors playing Guild Wars 2 all day, so what the heck. forest track with stacks of logs I brought my tripod, sin…
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Oulton Broad in winter
Sunday 29th of January 2017
It happened again: nice shiny morning, then overcast by the time I get to my destination. It even rained this time, just to rub it in. So, here’s some kinda dull pictures taken around Oulton Broad today. Lenses 60, 35/1.4 and 14, as usual. No 18 – 55 this time. life ring holder blue hose reel and rusty metal plate seagulls on a jetty dinghy park life ring around a pole stack of flotation barrels WOB…
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Gorleston, see the sea
Sunday 16th of October 2016
Doesn’t feel like a week since my last wander around Gorleston seafront, and the weather was not so shiny this time, hence the black and white. This is kind of the first of two vaguely related posts; I took them on the same day, but more than that they both sort of illustrate aspects of Gorleston in a non-glamorous way. Used the 18 – 55 again. Still don’t like it. palm tree blowing in the wind broke…
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Dunwich Heath, overcast
Sunday 19th of June 2016
Zoe and I visited Dunwich Heath yesterday, primarily because it’s a nice place to go for a walk, but also because we hoped to get some nice photos. The sky was quite heavily overcast, though, putting a dampener on our pictorial ambitions, but we still enjoyed the walk (at least until about half way when Zoe’s boots started hurting her feet). bone white branches rusty padlock path into the woods sc…
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OCOLOY Week 32
Monday 19th of October 2015
Weather this week: almost entirely rainy or heavily overcast. Most of these pictures were shot at ISO 2000; the lowest was at 400, and that had to be pushed a bit in Capture One. Lens this week: Fuji 18 – 55mm! Yep, I decided this week I needed a break from the exclusive 35mm usage, as a sort of preview of things to come once I’m done with the OCOLOY project. The 18 – 55 is odd. The stabilisation I fi…
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