Happy Birthday Mum, get well little Finley (Daves’ son), and to my friends at the i-Printroom…. we can do it. Heres to the future, and all the possibilities that lay ahead. I’ll help you guys out anyway that I can.
This picture, whilst a blatent crop, has a feeling of hope, well in my mind anyway. Good or bad, young or old, we all have to have a little hope to get through this quagmuire of life.
Oh and I did it, I finally found a way to get my grubby little mits on a new camera body, I haven’t shouted about it too much, but it goes without saying, I am very very happy indeed….
Just need to find a window of opportunity to get out with it now! 😉 ho hum…..csj
- taken|11.01.2009
- camera|Canon EOS 5D
- lens|17-40mm f/4 L Series
- focal length|20mm
- aperture|f/8
- shutter speed|1/8
- shooting mode|aperture priority
- exposure bias|+0.0
- metering mode|pattern
- iso|200
- flash fired|no
- image quality|RAW + 16-bit TIFF
- raw converter|Photoshop CS3 + Lightroom + Photomatix Pro
- cropped|16×9
- taken|6 april, 2008
- camera|Canon EOS 5D
- focal length|17mm
- aperture|f/11
- shutter speed|1/250s
- iso|100
- flash fired|no
- exposure bias|0 ev
- location|newforest,
nice shot! makes me wonder what’s beyond!
Ian: thanks for stopping by, yes the step up has actually been difficult for me, reason being that the camera way out performs my artistic ability and the lens. I love it don’t get me wrong, and I have found it difficult to pick up the old 20D again after handling the 5D. But that said, the move will be a positive one I hope. Biggest thing I have noticed is the smoothness of the raw file, almost softness of the file compared to those created by the 20D, its like your handling a fine wine, as opposed to mid range one…. I dont know how else to describe it…. sorry . csj
What wonderful light and perspective…I’ve wanted to try full-frame for a while now. Did you notice a big difference from a DX crop sensor?
(found you via VFXY by the way)
Ah Craigy,how the hell are you? I’ve spent the last 20 minutes looking through your site whilst on a quiet(very,very,very rare) day in the world of news, all my features i’m attempting to set up and organise are not getting back to me and all the news jobs the journo’s are sorting out for me are being scratched at the speed of light!
I think that the site is great, and your pics as good as ever, a pic a day and a blog a day, sterling stuff my friend. I see Alun every week for mountain biking and we comment on the lack of time/inspiration dare I say passion for taking our own photographs after a heavy and sometimes manic day at work, so hat’s off to you.
I hope you and family are well, how many sprogs now? i’ve lost count!
Tudor
Wow, what a shot. Nice work, and I like the processing.
Well. I said ‘Wow’ out loud when I saw this image. 🙂 I can definitely see what you mean about hope! It’s a very inspirational picture, well done.
Thankyou everyone for the last 4 or 5 entry comments…. csj
Well, firstly, welcome to the 5D club! Secondly- what an image to start off with! Thats a very ‘biblical’ sky. New Forest? My wife and I lived on the outskirts of Southampton for a couple of years not that long ago, the NF was about 10 minutes drive away. But, it was a time when I was not that active with a camera (why I dont know, I’d lost my ‘direction’ a bit I guess), so I have hardly any shots of our lives whilst down there. So, I’m envious of this shot for 2 reasons a. you’ve got a record of the place and b. its a bloody good shot!