26 June 2009
Photowalk 71 – Different Locations Please!
Posted by Rob_Nunn under: photowalks .
On Wednesday evening, I had a couple of hours to spare, so I grabbed my Canon EOS 350D / Digital Rebel XT, my camera bag, and jumped in the car. Scanning the skies as I drove, I realised I didn’t just want to go to my usual haunts – Priddy’s Hard, around the Explosion! Museum, and the local beaches – so I tried a couple of different locations.
First stop was the “new” flats at Mumby Rd. I say new, but they’ve been there for years. I’ve always liked the architecture, and was determined to try to get a shot. There’s a handy car-park right next door, so I strolled around clicking away, with the 350D sporting the Canon 50mm F1.8 Mk II on the front. I was looking for a nice angle, and the prime 50mm forced me to move around rather than use a zoom to re-frame.
This shot is a black and white HDR, processed from 3 images using Photomatix. I was exposure bracketing with plus and minus 2 ev, much more than I used to with my Fuji S5700, and I have to admit I was shooting hand-held, when it would have been better to set up a tripod, but hey, I’m a spontaneous kind of guy! (In other words I was too lazy).
Mumby Road Flats
The next photograph is another HDR, this time I toned down the colour a bit.
Mumby Road (Towards Town Centre)
Next up I jumped in the car and headed to Gosport’s Boat Lake, and the rather unusual Cafe.
Peppers Cafe (Gosport Model Boating Lake)
Peppers Cafe Entrance
Behind the boating lake is a large car-park, which was mostly empty at this time of night. I liked the different shapes on the horizon.
South Street Car Park
Next is a photo best viewed large. It’s another HDR, but I had to do some masking with the Swans, who had come out blurred after going through Photomatix. I opened the Tone-Mapped HDR in Photoshop, then copied the original, middle exposure, into the same file on a different layer. A quick “Edit”, “Auto-Align Layers”, and a mask on the normal image, then I could “paint in” the OK water and swans.
Peppers Cafe And Model Boat Lake
Finally, the glowing Sky called me to Lee-On Solent, with another HDR. This time I had to “mask in” the walkers, and quite a lot of the detail.
Lee On Solent Sunset
To finish the night, a “normal” photo, from a slightly unusual angle.
Street Lamps Against Sunset
All photo’s in this set were taken with the 350D / Rebel XT and the Canon 50mm F1.8 Mk II lens.
Cheers, Rob.
Tags: 350d, digital rebel xt, photowalks
2 Comments so far...
Mozuk Says:
26 June 2009 at 11:00 pm.
Lovely photos Rob! It’s amazing how you can make what possibly is a mundane urban scene look so visually interesting, by the use of careful composition and B&W/ HDR techniques.
Rob_Nunn Says:
27 June 2009 at 8:35 pm.
Thanks Mozuk, I was trying to visit some different locations for this set, but I still ended up at the beach!
