Photowalk 27 - Early Morning At Fort Brockhurst

Bit late this one, these are some of the edited shots from the set I took at the same time as I use using my Minolta SRT 101 - I've gone a bit HDR / Sepia mad, but some look OK.

Reeds Mk 2 Taken With Fujifilm S5700, Aperture Priority, Processed To HDR With 3 Images +1 ev, 0ev, -1ev, 0ev: F6.3, 1/420th, ISO 64, Focal Length 13mm, Tripod

It seems so long since I did any editing with photos from my Fujifilm S5700! I hdr'd this with Photomatix (although I didn't really need to), usual levels, then applied a b&w treatment in Photoshop.

Lillys Taken With Fujifilm S5700, Aperture Priority, F13.6, 1/85th, ISO 64, Focal Length 6mm, Tripod

Went for a really small aperture (on my camera), F13.6 to maximise the depth of field across the moat. I liked the reflected Sun in the water, and the pattern of the lillies. I used Elements this time to edit and add a sepia tone.

Breakfast Taken With Fujifilm S5700, Aperture Priority, F13.6, 1/85th, ISO 64, Focal Length 6mm, Handheld

The beauty of visiting wildlife areas early in the morning is that you can catch the animals eating, sleeping, and generally behaving a bit more overtly than later in the day, when dog walkers and kids have had a chance to disturb them.

Again, shot with a small aperture to maximise DOF I had to crop this one a bit to cut out the distracting trees, but I couldn't get a shot of both of the swans with their heads out of the water at the same time.

This edit (done with Elements) also sees a return of Flaming Pears Melancholytron Filter - which adds a darkening and blurring vignette. It just takes about five minutes to apply on my old PC!

Let Sleeping Ducks Lie Taken With Fujifilm S5700, Aperture Priority, Processed To HDR With 3 Images +1 ev, 0ev, -1ev, 0ev: F6.3, 1/13th, ISO 200, Focal Length 15mm, Tripod

Another benefit for getting up early is that any waterways could be dead calm, for brilliant reflections.

This is another hdr, which again I probably could have just used the original 0ev image. I think the sepia treatment is a bit strong - this image is way too warm.

A Quick Peek Taken With Fujifilm S5700, Aperture Priority, Processed To HDR With 3 Images +1 ev, 0ev, -1ev, 0ev: F13.6, 1/8th, ISO 64, Focal Length 15mm, Tripod

I finish off with one of my usual HDRs - sorry, I can't resist at least one...


It was great to get up early and see the nice reflections in the moat, and the wildlife so abundant, a nice little photowalk.