Category Archives: 2010 Photo Blog
Week 41 – PADLEY GORGE
PADLEY GORGE
Welcome back, well it was a fun packed week (NOT) as it was my return to work so I had little time to pursue that important thing being photography. Friday myself and my mate Andy managed to take a trip to the fames Padley Gorge up in what was not so sunny Grindleford, however this made for ideal lighting condition. It was a bit of a stumble down to the gorge and I so wish I had taken Wellington boots as I could have gone paddling with my trusty tripod.
I took about 30 – 40 shots in varying locations along the gorge at differing F stops to try out different exposures, but what I found most difficult was trying to close the image down to a main focal point as the background was often quite busy and with no dramatic lighting this made for a difficult composition.
so what have i done to this image? well there is a graduated filter top and bottom in reverse expose / brightness levels to try and bring out the brown of the water and darken the background to bring you back into the action of the flowing waters. All the usual sharpening and colour correction has been applied and with the flat light coming in from above over a long exposure I feel this makes for a great image whilst trying to keep some of the brown colour to the water. Overall a very ethereal feel but I must say I loved the challenge and would welcome a trip back there soon.
I hope you all like it and remember to leave your feed-back via the website as it really does help me think in differing ways when trying to produce these shots. All the best and take care everyone, Jurgen.
Also posted in Lanscapes
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Week 40 – SHEEPISH RECESSION
SHEEPISH RECESSION
Hello again, welcome back all. well today see’s the end of my week’s holiday so it’s all back to normal tomorrow. I haven’t been up to much in my time off it was simply time away from the day to day drudge of work and to use some of my holidays up really. I hope you all had a great weekend despite the miserable weather. I managed to get out on a walk with my good friend’s Andrew and Chris on the Saturday as we went clambering up rocky climbs in the pitch darkness of early morning in a hope to see a great sunrise but alas we where let down by the mist of the morning. This is one of the things that disappoint me about Landscape photography after a 4:30 start it can be quite disappointing but I still think I managed to get a couple of shots using the mist to my advantage. this weeks image is quite a simple one in its composition, I like the kind of zig zag lead through the image to the almost totally faded tree in the rear of the image, with just the one sheep being inquisitive enough to glance at us idiots taking photographs of him over a rather large stone wall, and using the mist to create this gentle recession within the image. I hope you like it and please do send me your feed-back as always. Have a great week everyone and do take care, Jurgen.
Also posted in Animals
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Week 39 – TRAM TO CRICH
TRAM TO CRICH
Hi there everyone, wow what a busy weekend I have had, and today I went on an 8 mile walk (I am bloody cream knackered) with my brother and his girlfriend. We went round the Crich area and we nearly went into the Tram museum but then we saw the price for entry!! so we continued on our way rather sharpishly, after a couple of miles we settled down for a bite to eat after passing a large quarry and about 50 yards from where we sat there where some old tram tracks, so I couldn’t resist and as I was happily snapping away look what came along out of nowhere! apparently this tram is 80 years old! so the driver was telling me as he came over to make sure I wasn’t trying to commit suicide. so with that in mind I have simply cropped the image slightly and applied a filter tat I found call “Fair Well To Old Arms” and then introduced a little grain and a slight graduated filter at the bottom to bring you back into the image. I hope you like it and have a great week one and all as I am on holiday this week Yaah! cya soon, Jurgen.
Also posted in Miscellaneous
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Week 38 – YE ODE RUSTY TONKA
YE ODE RUSTY TONKA
Hello and welcome back, well I hope you all had a good weekend as I know I did with it being slightly extended having booked Friday off too, well I have just returned from a Renault open day at Silverstone and I am glad that I managed to prepare my weekly blog yesterday as I am only just about defrosted after sitting up high in the stands for 6 hours, but think it was all worth it looking at some of the images I managed to get? so watch this space! in the coming weeks. Anyway onto this weeks image which I personally absolutely LOVE! one of my best by far (In my opinion) I grabbed this shot whilst walking round an old dumping ground near to Radcliffe on Sour Power station on Tuesday last week just before going to my photography club, it has been layered and tweaked in a few places so far as colour, texture and some lighting, it looks AWESOME in black and white too, but I wanted to show you the colour version first to show it’s agedness and decaying colours which cover a massive tonal range. I am so happy with this image and also plan to enter it into an upcoming print competition. I hope you like it and please send me your feed-back as always, take care guys and gals, Jurgen.
Week 37 – TWEET TWEET
TWEET TWEET
Hi there people I trust you are all well? not a great deal has happened this week for me so I am feeling a little drab and under enthused to say the least! but hey it’s the weekend! I popped out to Rufford Country Park again this afternoon with my brother and his girlfriend so that i can try and use my new 300mm lens. There wasn’t much going on to be fair and with me feeling a little tired and unenthusiastic I came up with this little tweetie bird for you all, not the greatest subject and I have no idea what kind of bird it is but it looks kinda at home on its heavily shaded branch. well I hope you like it and next weekend I am off to the Renault Touring cars championship (Or something like that?) so please all have a great week and see you all soon, Jurgen.
Week 36 – COULD IT BE MAGIC?
COULD IT BE MAGIC?
Hi there, what a week I have had experimenting with my new toy (Canon EOS 7D) I have managed to pick up a 300mm lens for it as well this week so it will be beans on toast till the end of the month now for sure! I managed to grab this shot whilst on the way back to the car in Rufford Country Park on Friday and I think it was a rather nice specimen to stumble upon? slightly faded the background out and tweaked the colour saturation and Viola! I hope you like it and remember to leave your all important feedback, I hope you all have a great week and thanks for revisiting as always, Jurgen.
Week 35 – BUBBLE SPLASH
BUBBLE SPLASH
Good day to you all its the bank holiday and the sun is shining Yaah!! I hope you are all enjoying your time off and doing something fab? OK as for me the long wait is over and I am a converted man! the new camera is in my possession and it’s a beautiful Canon EOS 7D, its an amazing piece of kit and I cannot express enough how chuffed I am! so with that in mind I popped over to Matlock on Saturday for a quick walk with my brother and his girlfriend so as to snap a few pictures and followed that up with a brief visit to the National water sports centre yesterday and I again can say that I am staggered at this cameras performance with its bundled kit lens the images are crisp sharp and colourful, and this is without really delving into the Miriam of features its can offer me if I tweak the settings, so this weeks shot has not been touched at all apart from cropping and I hope you will agree that the image is awesome quality? well I like it, OK guys have a great week and thanks for the feed back as always, all the best from your newly converted Canon EOS User Jurgen.
Week 34 – LEFT TO ROT
LEFT TO ROT
Hi everyone, well firstly good news my Dad is on the mend so that’s great! news, well I have not had chance to get out and about as last week saw the sale of all my Sony camera gear and thus I am having to go back to older images again this week, so here is this weeks image taken from my massive collection of pictures from my trip to Scotland’s Glencoe earlier in the year, this old bike just makes for a photographers dream as we saw it stood up against this old shack so I just couldn’t resist! I have spent a little time on this and I believe I have cropped and adjusted the tone curve within Lightroom to give what I feel to be a slightly high contrast and punchy image? but hey you are the critics and I am simply the photographer. let me know what you think and please do all have a great week. I myself will be looking forward to getting my new camera at the end of this week Yaah!! take care guys and thanks again for revisiting, Jurgen.
Also posted in Art, Black & White
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Week 33 – THE HORSE IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS
THE HORSE IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS
Hello everyone it was a bit of a strange week in that all seemed to go very well and then a seriously bad family news on Friday followed by a little bit of a strange and sad weekend, all seems to be OK at the moment and before you know it I’m back at work. this weekend also See’s the sale of all my Sony camera gear as I head into a new venture now turning to Canon or Nikon, I haven’t quite made my mind up as yet but it’s looking a little more likely to be Canon? so with that in mind I am this week reverting to old stock photo’s and this offering comes straight from the horses ass and was taken from my visit to the West Midlands Safari Park. it’s an image I had seen done in a book called “Understanding Exposure” by Bryan Peterson and i liked it so I hope I have recreated just right with a little sharpening and tonal changes I truly believe this would look great on canvas. well onto the exciting week ahead as I still fumble around trying to decide what camera to purchase next, but at the same time I am very excited and hope to continue to bring you all great images in the coming months.my thoughts are with my Dad and his immediate family this weekend and I hope that he gets better soon best wishes to you all and thanks for returning, Jurgen.
Week 32 – THE CARVING IS ON THE WALL
THE CARVING IS ON THE WALL
Welcome back all, well a few things have happened this week but the main one being that I am thinking of changing my brand of camera which is in itself a huge decision so I have several items up for sale on eBay and Amazon market place if anyone is interested? There are a few reasons for changing / upgrading but now I have to sift through the mind field that is choosing what Brand and model of camera to get. None the less there is still a weekly blog shot and this week’s offering comes from Lincoln Cathedral when myself and my good friend Andrew visited last week. I thought it looked quite Arty once cropped and a filter applied and then I slightly sharpened the image and played a little with the tone curve to better show the dark and shadow areas. I do hope you like it and remember to leave your feed-back and any ideas of subject matter you would like to see in the future once I have decided on which new camera to go for? all the best everyone and thank you so much for returning and taking the time to look at my images I do believe it has helped me so very much over the past months. Take care, Jurgen
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