darkslide
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Recent posts
- First frost up the Harthope Valley, which one would you print?
Two, without much thought. Single tree, mist, and long lens compression usually prints well because there's space for the eye to rest. Four is lovely on a screen but layered hills can go a bit flat…
Post #2, in Showcase - Edinburgh photo walk, a Saturday in early December?
Might be able to make it work if the trains behave out of Sheffield. Leave me as a maybe... cheers.
Post #6, in Lounge - Clocks go back in three weeks. What do you actually shoot on winter weeknights?
One more than last winter. Progress.
Post #15, in Lounge - Glen Affric on a very wet day, autumn colour just coming in
With gwyn on this. Leave the cloud. You drove all that way for the weather, may as well show it.
Post #7, in Showcase - Clocks go back in three weeks. What do you actually shoot on winter weeknights?
Scanning, mostly. And the odd frosty walk at the weekend. On weeknights the Zf sits on the desk looking pretty...
Post #4, in Lounge - Predicting valley fog in autumn, what do you actually use?
Webcams more than anything. If there's one at the bottom of the valley and one higher up, check both the evening before and again at 5am. In the Peak the Hope Valley inversions are fairly…
Post #2, in Landscape - Z5IIc announced, the Z5 II with no viewfinder. Who is this for?
I'd rather have the Zf's dials than lose the finder, but I can see someone buying it as a cheap second body to live on a gimbal or a tripod. Plenty of people doing interviews or product work never…
Post #7, in Nikon - Polariser on wet autumn woodland, yes or no?
Your club friend's half right. On wet leaves a polariser is magic, it cuts the sheen and the colour comes through. Where it goes wrong is if you crank it to maximum with a bright sky showing through…
Post #2, in Landscape - First polariser for autumn walks - which one, and why does my sky go patchy?
That's not the filter, that's physics. A polariser darkens the sky most at 90 degrees from the sun, so at 24mm you've got enough sky in the frame that one side is at maximum effect and the other…
Post #2, in Lenses - A year with one lens
Sounds like a good year. That's the sort of thing you only get by walking about with one lens and not fiddling, by the time you'd swapped to a longer one the sheep would have lost interest. I'd…
Post #2, in Showcase