*** This Week Through Your Eyes 2023.09.30 ***

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Fireplace33
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Oct. 2, 2023, 10:13 a.m. Oct. 2, 2023, 10:13 a.m.
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@OpenCube has written:

This one fits in well in your series of "altered states"

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Fireplace33
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Oct. 2, 2023, 10:17 a.m. Oct. 2, 2023, 10:17 a.m.
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@SteveMonks has written:

Sunset at Brinscall Woods

Earlier in the week I took an evening walk into the nearby woods in Brinscall. My intention was to have a wander around some of the old farm ruins that may be found there, then head up to a specific spot overlooking Heapey Moor for sunset if conditions were looking good, but first, I foolishly decided to have a quick look around Hatch Brook to see if there were any interesting tree studies to be found.

These are all taken with the GFX100S and 35-70, mounted on a tripod and rocking a CPL to reduce glare on the foliage (the sunset shots were taken without the CPL). All processed from single raw files in Capture One Pro 23.

6. The Impenetrable Barrier

As I was briskly making my way along The Goit (a freshwater canal that runs along the bottom edge of the woods) I saw lots of interesting potential images due to the strong side light cutting in from the slowly sinking sun. As I was rushing to reach my planned location, I ignored most of them, but had to stop and quickly snap a few such as this robust looking fence. Nothing is getting through that.

7. The Goit's Tree Lined Path

The path that runs alongside The Goit is a plesant tree lined affair, popular with dog walkers and cyclists and on this evening it looked particularly pleasant (bloody midges aside). It was much less pleasant last night, as I walked back to Brinscall much later after sunset in the pitch dark, with just a head torch to light my way, yeah, that was borderline creepy. But that's another story for another set of images.

As I clicked the shutter and the 2 second timer did its countdown, a dog appeared on the path and started running towards me, criss crossing between the trees. I quietly cursed to myself about this, but as it's a 9 second exposure and the dog never stopped in one place during that time you wouldn't know it was there, even I can't see where it was and I know where to look!

After a brisk yomp up the path that runs along the edge of the woods and up the steep hillside I reached my intended spot with 10 minutes to spare and quickly set up, before pausing to take in the scene and allow my racing heart to calm down.

8. Sunset Over Heapey Moor

I took a number of shots at this spot, mostly with a featureless sky. So I was quite lucky for the single large cloud to drift into the shot as it did. This is a single shot taken at base ISO from a 3 shot exposure bracket and is exposed to retain the highlights on the right with a little extra space on the histogram to ensure they weren't clipped and so the bulk of this image has been recovered from some inky black shadows, it's remarkably noise free all things considered. What's less impressive is the sharpness. I have a similar shot taken from the same spot last year on the Z7 that shows way more detail when you zoom into it, despite having half the number of pixels to play with. This may be due to limitations in the 35-70 lens used here compared to the 24-70 f/2.8S used in the Nikon shot which is an exceptional lens, differences in atmospheric conditions or even shutter shock on the tripod (I shoot the Nikon using ES, but have been using EFCS on the Fuji). Further comparison is needed, but that niggle aside I'm very happy with this image, it's still full of detail, just not as sharp as I'd expected.

10. Afterglow

Roughly the same scene as #8, but taken 15 minutes later and five minutes after the sun had actually set. Personally I prefer the other shot and its sense of tranquility, but think this has its own particular charm.

Looks like you had a good time here. Thanks for sharing.
My favourites are picked out above.
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Fireplace33
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Oct. 2, 2023, 10:21 a.m. Oct. 2, 2023, 10:21 a.m.
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@Wormsmeat has written:

@Daneland has written:

Firedancer, took this shot yesterday with my friend's Q3 in Southbank

There's a few of these around lately. I like the light on her and I like the shot but I think you may have dragged down the flames a little too much.

+1, yes maybe you could add a bit of (orange/yellow) light to the flames
Nice catch!

...here's a quick edit, maybe something a bit like this ?

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JPG, 2.2 MB, uploaded by Fireplace33 on Oct. 2, 2023.
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softmarmotte
Members 214 posts

Oct. 2, 2023, 1:26 p.m. Oct. 2, 2023, 1:26 p.m.
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@simplejoy has written:

@Ghundred has written:

Duck

Excellent shot with the shadows! Could perhaps benefit from adding a bit more contrast.

Great shot and I loved it precisely because there wasn't much contrast :). Interesting how differently we see things. Very painterly
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OpenCube
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Oct. 2, 2023, 4:33 p.m. Oct. 2, 2023, 4:33 p.m.
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Woodsider79
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Oct. 2, 2023, 7:33 p.m. Oct. 2, 2023, 7:33 p.m.
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@Vahur has written:

And now for something completely different... birds!

I have been missing your birds. Nice to see the reedlings again.
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Woodsider79
Members 568 posts

Oct. 2, 2023, 7:38 p.m. Oct. 2, 2023, 7:38 p.m.
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@SteveMonks has written:

Sunset at Brinscall Woods

6. The Impenetrable Barrier

10. Afterglow

These are the ones that catch my eye.
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Woodsider79
Members 568 posts

Oct. 2, 2023, 7:43 p.m. Oct. 2, 2023, 7:43 p.m.
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@SteveMonks has written:

Return To Great Mell Fell - A Preview

This one for me.
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Woodsider79
Members 568 posts

Oct. 2, 2023, 7:49 p.m. Oct. 2, 2023, 7:49 p.m.
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A Memory

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JPG, 1.9 MB, uploaded by Woodsider79 on Oct. 2, 2023.

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Daneland
Members 806 posts

Oct. 2, 2023, 7:51 p.m. Oct. 2, 2023, 7:51 p.m.
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@Woodsider79 has written:

A Memory

I still can't understand this, sad :(
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Daneland
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Oct. 2, 2023, 7:53 p.m. Oct. 2, 2023, 7:53 p.m.
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@SteveMonks has written:

Sunset at Brinscall Woods

5. Exit Through The Gift Shop

The gift in this case being those tree roots on the far side of the brook.

10. Afterglow

Roughly the same scene as #8, but taken 15 minutes later and five minutes after the sun had actually set. Personally I prefer the other shot and its sense of tranquility, but think this has its own particular charm.

These are my picks , another beautiful set.
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Daneland
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Oct. 2, 2023, 7:54 p.m. Oct. 2, 2023, 7:54 p.m.
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@ChrisOly has written:

1907 - former rail station in Goderich , Ontario transformed to become a restaurant facing Lake Huron.

Very nice interiors.
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Daneland
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Oct. 2, 2023, 7:56 p.m. Oct. 2, 2023, 7:56 p.m.
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@Ghundred has written:

Duck

Great use of shadows, I am wondering its BW now!
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Daneland
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Oct. 2, 2023, 7:57 p.m. Oct. 2, 2023, 7:57 p.m.
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@Vahur has written:

And now for something completely different... birds!

Bearded reedling

This is the prettiest, very nice colours and sharpness.

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Vahur
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Oct. 2, 2023, 8:12 p.m. Oct. 2, 2023, 8:12 p.m.
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@SteveMonks has written:

Sunset at Brinscall Woods

Earlier in the week I took an evening walk into the nearby woods in Brinscall. My intention was to have a wander around some of the old farm ruins that may be found there, then head up to a specific spot overlooking Heapey Moor for sunset if conditions were looking good, but first, I foolishly decided to have a quick look around Hatch Brook to see if there were any interesting tree studies to be found.

These are all taken with the GFX100S and 35-70, mounted on a tripod and rocking a CPL to reduce glare on the foliage (the sunset shots were taken without the CPL). All processed from single raw files in Capture One Pro 23.

5. Exit Through The Gift Shop

The gift in this case being those tree roots on the far side of the brook.

8. Sunset Over Heapey Moor

I took a number of shots at this spot, mostly with a featureless sky. So I was quite lucky for the single large cloud to drift into the shot as it did. This is a single shot taken at base ISO from a 3 shot exposure bracket and is exposed to retain the highlights on the right with a little extra space on the histogram to ensure they weren't clipped and so the bulk of this image has been recovered from some inky black shadows, it's remarkably noise free all things considered. What's less impressive is the sharpness. I have a similar shot taken from the same spot last year on the Z7 that shows way more detail when you zoom into it, despite having half the number of pixels to play with. This may be due to limitations in the 35-70 lens used here compared to the 24-70 f/2.8S used in the Nikon shot which is an exceptional lens, differences in atmospheric conditions or even shutter shock on the tripod (I shoot the Nikon using ES, but have been using EFCS on the Fuji). Further comparison is needed, but that niggle aside I'm very happy with this image, it's still full of detail, just not as sharp as I'd expected.

Another great set of scenery, these are my picks. It was tough to pick these, you don't make our life easy :D
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OpenCube
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Oct. 3, 2023, 2:17 p.m. Oct. 3, 2023, 2:17 p.m.
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simplejoy
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Oct. 3, 2023, 3:08 p.m. Oct. 3, 2023, 3:08 p.m.
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@SteveMonks has written:

Wow - just wonderful! Love how you captured that incredible colors!

@OpenCube has written:

Really creative and interesting - like it a lot and great to see your experimentation is so sucessful already!

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simplejoy
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Oct. 3, 2023, 3:10 p.m. Oct. 3, 2023, 3:10 p.m.
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Created these two shots for a theme called "Bread the rules"

Going to down by simple.joy, on Flickr

Bright and breezy by simple.joy, on Flickr

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