Boss photos you've taken

[Bilbo]

You can get 10 centimeteres from your subject, but it won't give you 1 to 1 magnification as the lens is a zoom lens not a macro lens.

One problem for macro is you need to be critically sharp with the focus, and on the HS10 the viewfinder is sharp and bright enough for general use, but in manual focus mode it uses digital magnification to enlarge the centre of the image. This causes the image to pixilate badly, making it impossible to tell if it is in focus or not.

 

[Bilbo]

On a small bit of plastic pond liner, tucked away under the paving stones that overlap my little pond, were loads of pale little lumps that were twitching to the naked eye.

Thanks to 3 extension tubes and a bit of a crop, the movement is revealed as a Springtail Boogie Session! Lots of little Globular Springtails, each one less than the size of a pinhead. Almost certainly these are the Sminthurides aquaticus variety.

Used flash & an ISO 500 to get enough light into the area, and a touch of NR in post-production.


Copyright: Paul Iddon - A View of the UK

Paul.

 

[Bilbo]

On September 1st 2011, the BBC reported on a newly discovered "Bansky". But not a "Bansky" if you know what I mean.

The mural in Avenham Park, Preston, created by a mystery spray painter, is believed to depict Saint Teresa, who lived in the 16th century. Not exactly a "Banksy" as the artist is believed to be known only as "Parle". It has been painted on the front of a disused building on the Vernon Carus cricket field in Avenham Park.

Now in a bit of a state of dis-repair, parts of it have fallen off or have been vandalised.



Copyright: Paul Iddon - A View of the UK

Paul.

 

[Bilbo]

Series of images taken at Fell Foot, up Longridge way (outside of Preston in the Trough of Bowland). These paragliders often go there and launch themselves into the thermals then soar in the sky before landing safely on the hillsides.

Exifs:

Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: EF70-200mm f/4L USM
Image Date: 2013-07-08 19:18:48 +0000
Focal Length: 131mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 0.0006 s (1/1600)
ISO equiv: 320
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Spot
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No (enforced)
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: Adobe RGB (1998)
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
Copyright: Paul Iddon - A View of the UK




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Paul.

 

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[Bilbo]

Nice one m8.

 

[Bilbo]

Just a big ugly bugger on the Spirea shrub.

Photographer: Paul Iddon
Copyright: Paul Iddon - A View of the UK










Paul.

 

[Columbia6]

Some pictures from Batumi, Georgia (Republic of Georgia, not state of Georgia).

 

[Columbia6]

And a couple from Tbilisi too.

 

[Bilbo]

One of the two baby frogs that seem to have survived in my little garden pond.


Exif: ½sec, f/8, ISO400





Paul.

 

[Bilbo]

Went into Manchester this morning with a couple of mates and tried a few different shots. Here is a small selection.



Smile!! Your on camera!! (Someone couldn't spell "you're" correctly):




Unite building, Manchester - and the Warning Light...




Deansgate passenger Access Tunnel:




Threat:




Paul.

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

There's a lot of zip off cargo's going on mate, did you go in any abandoned buildings ?

 

[Bilbo]

Nah m8, I have only done Urbex once, waiting for another oppo to come along though.

 

[Reemul]

A couple of new ones for me, very hot and scorching sun, so tried some black and white. These aren't colour to black and white but in camera black and white.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/reemul/9334441695/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/reemul/9337227008/

 

[Bilbo]

Like the portrait Iain m8.