Friday, 30 October 2015

Cornwall 2015 - Portowan

 
Cornwall 2015 - Portowan
 
I have been sorting out a few landscapes from our summer holiday in Cornwall. These are a few shots taken in Portowan. The first few images are taken one evening when conditions were good and we had a nice sunset. The last image was taken on the following morning when the conditions were somewhat different, - cloudy and very dull !
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



Tuesday, 20 October 2015

Table Tennis in Monochrome

 
Table Tennis in Monochrome
 
Not having entered any of the National or International Photographic exhibitions/salons for well over a year, I have decided to put an entry into this years Wrekin Salon. This partly because I was one of the panel of judges last year, so I felt I had better support it.
Not having ever entered any of my table tennis images before, I thought it would be an idea to try some out. There is an Open Colour section, and an Open Mono section, so I have been messing around trying out a few images, mainly to see how they would convert into `black and white` images.
Although I still think of table tennis as mainly a sport for photographing in colour, I was quite pleased with how some of these converted into gritty monochromes. Only trouble is that now I cannot decide which of the four of the nine images I should enter ?
 
Chun Yin Yu
 
 Danny Reed - backhand counter attack
 
 Ladies England No 1 - Kelly Sibley
 
Lucy Wang- prepares for a Tomahawk serve
 
Ryan Jenkins.
 
Louise Peake
 
Tin Tin Ho
 
Gavin Evans
 
Hongsheng Wang and his team celebrate winning the match.


Tuesday, 13 October 2015

Yorkshire Moors

 
Yorkshire Moors
 
Last week I visited York, Stokesley, and Ilkley Photographic Society`s, for a short lecture tour. During the day I visited the Ribblehead Viaduct and other areas in the North York Moors.
 
Looking towards Ingleborough
 
The original raw file of the previous image
 
 
The Limestone Pavement looking toward Ribblehead Viaduct
 
 
 
North York Moors
 
Infra red shot of the North York Moors. This was taken on a Canon 30D that has been converted to Infra Red.


Sunday, 11 October 2015

Wheelchair Basketball

 
Wheelchair  Basketball
 
A week ago, I was lucky enough to obtain permission to photograph at the Wheelchair Basket Ball match between Essex Outlaws and Oldham Owls. Although shot in colour, I felt it was a subject that had more drama converted to monochrome images. Here are a few shots from the match. All taken on Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 70-200 F2.8, ISO 6400,  and converted to mono in Silver FX software.