Good to see that they are maintained and clean, I imagine that otherwise the canals would be filled with all kind of trash. Here also rivers and small lakes are cleaned from time to time with help of divers and they bring out all kind of stuff, from lost cellphones to shopping trolleys and bicycles.
I like the tonality in this photo, the ad panels and blanked have matching pastel colours and fit very well. And I think that this image is ok, as it's not revealing much of homeless person, sometimes also such images are needed.
hehe, lightwise yes, most of year it's dark and scary here. But this club, called The Krypt, located on basement floor and filled with horror elements, such as skeletons, skulls, giant spiders, ghosts etc is halloweenish all year long.
It is a nice composition with bold colours. I am getting more and more interested in UWA compositions. I like to use Pixel 9's UWA. I believe it is equivalent to 12mm.
It is interesting to see something hidden under plain sight.
This one is my pick. Pastel earth colours with nice blue make a good colour combination, and the reflection is a bonus.
They are scary. I am afraid the music (probably as I never listened to it) is not my cup of tea, but your visual representation of the genre is beautiful and strong.
Thanks for the alternative crop, and you’re right, the map doesn’t add much in terms of street photography aesthetics but I wanted to document the reality we live in, so I find the map an important part of it. It helps me tell the story of society: most can use and benefit from the advancements of technology and prosperity, while some (actually a significant number) are not that lucky.
Autumn is in full swing here in the UK and despite some recent blustery weather, the leaves are still mostly hanging on in there. It's about three weeks since I was previously in Brinscall Woods and the look of the place has changed considerably in the intervening time, with a lot more warm tones on show compared to my last visit.
Now that we're back into good old GMT, I have no time midweek to get out into the countryside, so my photography is now relegated to the weekends, but today, heavy rain in the morning that continued into the early afternoon meant that, by the time I reached the woods, I had a little over two hours of daylight remaining until sunset. Still, upon arrival I was spoiled for choice with flourishes of vibrant colour all over the place and with the time constraints I felt spoiled for choice. After a while though I fell into a more comfortable groove and started choosing my subjects in a more considered manner.
On this occasion I decided to take the GFX100S out for a spin as it really seems to add something special to autumnal woodland photography. I could be imagining this, but it's probably a combination of composing in a 4:3 ratio and Fuji's attractive, but not entirely honest colour balance that just suit this kind of environment. Today though, it had its work cut out for it as the late start meant generally low light levels and, combined with occasional gusty winds this ruled out the lower ISOs I tend to prefer, so these are mostly shot at ISO 500 where the 2nd stage amplification kicks in.
I had the 45-100 on the camera and the 20-35 in my pack, but the latter never came out during this session. All of the images were taken through a CPL and the camera was mounted on a tripod.
Changing Colours
I'd spent some time mooching around near where I enter the woods, darting from one subject to another, but spotted this when I turned around to look back at the way I'd just come. When I framed it up the sun was shining, but by the time I got round to firing the shutter it had disappeared behind a cloud taking away much of the vibrancy.
Once Upon A Wall
This stubborn bit of dry stone wall with its thick coating of moss caught my eye amidst all of the colourful chaos. For some reason, the light on this image looks very different to all of the other images in this set.
Islands of Gold
The light levels had dropped considerably by the time I took this, the colour had shifted too.
That Darned Tree
This was a frustrating one. I really like the main tree on the right and the way its branches stretch across the abandoned woodland track beneath it. I think it sits nicely across from the tree leaning in from the opposite side of the track and the various trees to the left and right of the image work to frame it. What I don't like is that plain, straight tree just right of centre that's clearly just being very inconsiderate and getting in the way. Try as I might (and I did try), I couldn't compose the scene I wanted here, without it being sat there, hogging the limelight.
The Best I could Do
This is the best I could do to eliminate it, by standing right next to it. I actually like this a lot, although the framing is a bit tighter than I'd prefer (if only I'd been carrying a wider lens, or, you know, could be bothered to get it out of my bag?).
Making Tracks
By this point, I was making my way down the abandoned track. Lack of use has allowed enough deep mud to build up along it that I was worried I might lose a boot! This is looking along a little branch off the path that (according to the old OS maps) just led into one of the fields that once sat here. I took two versions of this, the other one sacrificing the ferns at the bottom for more of the upper branches of the tree on the left. I keep flip flopping between which I prefer, but on this occasion, the ferns at the bottom win.
Tree Tunnel
I took a similar shot to this with the Nikon a few weeks back. The view's changed a bit since then though.
Reach For The Skies
There was a Nikon shot like this in the previous set too, but the leaves were a lot more green. I wonder how much longer they'll hang on?
Light and Shade
I love how backlit foliage really highlights the structure of trees.
Sunset Surprise
Shortly after taking the previous picture, it started raining quite heavily. I don't really trust Fuji's weather resistance as much as some of my other cameras, so the GFX was put away and I made my way back to the car. But as I was driving home, the skies cleared and the views out to the coast started to look very nice, so I found an elevated spot that was along the route and took a number of sunset shots.
Initially, I was zoomed in as far as I could get with the 45-100, which is roughly equivalent to 80mm on full frame and I was experimenting with an X-Pan crop centred on the horizon, but when I drew my eye away from the viewfinder I realised there was a lot more interesting sky above, so I dispensed with the crop and reframed to get the elliptical shape of the break in the clouds into the frame.
This is a slightly wider variant of the previous shot. Both were timed to catch the sun behind the cloud bank so I could include it in the frame.
As the sun inevitably sank into the Permafog™ the colour and tone of the sunset changed significantly, although, for once, due to the big gap in the cloud cover there was plenty of warm light hitting the clouds further inland. This is a 16:9 crop, not an aspect ratio I use very often, but it seemed to suit the scene on this occasion.
Once again, noticing there was much more texture in the sky off to my left, I zoomed back further to get it in frame. This also reveals a lot of ugly details in the field pictured in the foreground (which I couldn't actually see through the viewfinder due to the -ve exposure compensation I was applying at the time), so I returned to the X-Pan crop for this final image.
These 2 are my faves, even though the rest are almost equally interesting. I admire your stamina. Not too many of us could endure the travesing the terrain as you do. Well done.
My go-to lens has always been a wide angle. I also have a Pixel 9 Pro Xl, the camera is excellent and it now has a good tele for the odd occasions I need one.
My Sony has the Tamron 17-50mm on it most of the time but I have a Sony 12-24mm as well.
These are my picks.
I think your crop is bang-on, it needs that tree at bottom-right.
And still a few more opportunities in the coming month to throw in the word 'marcescent'.
I prefer this image to the cropped one as it gives me more context about where we are - the map gives us a clue. But I would have cropped off that exit on the right.