Photowalk 38 - Gosport

My legs are aching. Sometimes I just get it into my head that it's a good idea to walk almost the whole way around Gosport on a massive (for me) Photowalk.

Although I'm grumbling a bit now (nothing a nice hot bath won't sort out) I really enjoy these long strolls - good for the health and a great way to revisit old haunts and discover new ones. Just remind me not to buy two bags of potatoes when I'm half way round then have to lug them all the way home...

Pour HCB Taken With Fujifilm S5700, Aperture Priority, F5, 1/350th, ISO 100, Focal Length 63mm, Resting on Railing

This is an interesting shot for me because it was taken at maximum zoom with a smaller aperture than normal, to see if the sharpness would be better. Although I have used a bit of High-Pass Sharpening, I was fairly pleased with the original capture.

I was walking along the Marina Walkway, which goes out into the harbour, to take the Post-Card pic you'll see below, then started to walk back and saw the rocks, then the bloke reading his paper and grabbed a quick candid. I like the look, and I think more will follow!

The Writings On The Wall Taken With Fujifilm S5700, Aperture Priority, F6.8, 1/200th, ISO 64, Focal Length 10mm, Hand-held

Another one where I used a small aperture to maximise the depth of field - I wanted the wall in focus, but also the pier in the distance. I actually tried a bit of fill flash so I could expose for the scene beyond the wall, and use the flash to light up the writing. It sort of worked, but asking the little flash on my S5700 to work in daylight is a bit much!

Fit The Best Taken With Fujifilm S5700, Aperture Priority, F3.5, 1/220th, ISO 100, Focal Length 25mm, Hand-held

I've adopted a new standard setting for my photometry (exposure) settings - I'm using multi mode, but using exposure compensation to reduce the exposure by 1/3 ev - and it seems to work well in stopping blown highlights. I'm also always checking the histogram after every shot for blinkies, and all this seems to be giving me a little more elbow room when it comes to post processing.

PostcardTaken With Fujifilm S5700, Aperture Priority, Processed To HDR With 3 Images (Varying Shutter Speeds) +1 ev, 0ev, -1ev, 0ev: F6.3, ISO 100, Focal Length 10mm, Tripod

I think this one sort of looks like a set for Thunderbirds, but I can't go for too many days without a HDR landscape, can I?

Constructed By Boys Taken With Fujifilm S5700, Aperture Priority, F5, 1/160th, ISO 100, Focal Length 12mm, Hand-held

Another black and white brick / stone building shot. I need to take some photos of people. Soon!


Well, a long and tiring, but ultimately rewarding Photowalk. I'm feeling the need for colour, but these drab grey Autumn days are just so flat in terms of light - B&W seems the only way to go.

Thanks, Rob.

PS, A note on camera exif data. Being a bridge camera, my S5700 has a crop factor because the sensor is a lot smaller than on a dSLR, so when you're looking at the focal lengths bear in mind that the S5700 has a focal length range of 6-63mm, which is the equivalent of 38-380mm in a 35mm dSLR. Also the aperture and shutter speeds given are approximate, as for some reason sometimes they're different in the PC exif data than what I actually took, but its usually just the next step up or down.