fordy's photo blog

Tree Fella

Nikon D80, ISO 400, f11, 1/1000 sec, 450mm efl, Photoshop Elements 8.

Seen today in the Botanic Gardens where they are felling trees who's roots have been weakened by the earthquake on Feb 22nd.

Surfer

Nikon D80, ISO 100, f8, 1/750 sec, 630mm efl, Capture NX2 & PSE 8.

Warm Atmosphere

Briefly, this morning, the sun came out and created a 'warm atmoshere' which immediately went on sale at Cafe 51.

Nikon D80, ISO 200, f8, 1/750 sec, 300mm efl, Capture NX2

"Indie"

Canon PowerShot A590 IS, ISO 200, f4, 1/30 sec, 75mm efl, RAW Therapee + Capture NX2

Art lovers II

After a bit of playing around, I decided that I preferred this black and white version of 'Art lovers'. After all, it was the black of her hair and clothing, contrasting with the white of the gallery, that caught my eye. I did, however, retain the soft focus 'glow' of the colour version and the white vignette. Camera and exposure details as for the colour version.

Art lovers

Canon A590 IS, ISO 400, f5, 1/92 sec, 118mm efl, Capture NX2

The gallery is white, she was all in black, the contrast was stiking, the opportunity fleeting.

Black knight on silver charger

Nikon D80, ISO 400, f8, 1/1500 sec, 450mm efl, Capture NX2

Another shot from the outing to Taylor's Mistake. Converted to black and white with a silver tone.

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All Red and Yellow

Nikon D80, ISO 100, f5.6, 1/1,000 sec, 66 mm efl, Capture NX 2

Taken this afternoon at a rather overcast Woodend Beach - the bright colours made up for the lack of sun. There is another picture; "One life to guard" in the "Phoxford Gallery"

Season's greetings

Nikon D80, ISO 100, f8, 1/750 sec, 150 mm efl, Capture NX2

Seasons greetings to all my viewers; thanks for stopping by during the year.

Balloon pilot

Nikon D80, ISO 200, f8, 1/500 sec, 15mm efl, Capture NX2

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We can work it out

Nikon D80, ISO 200, f2.8, 1/350 sec, 75mm efl, Capture NX2

I took this one last month; last night I saw another picture in it and reworked it to focus attention on the hands and the eyes - looking down and looking up.

Bedding out

Nikon D80, ISO 100, f8, 1/45 sec, +1EV, 187mm efl, Capture NX2

They were bedding out the plants down at the Botanic Gardens today when the lighting caught my eye ... +1 stop to capture the highlights.

Action Man

Nikon D80, ISO 400, f4, 1/2000 sec, 75mm efl, Capture NX2

'JJ' getting ready to launch at the local playground.

Morning walk

Nikon D80, ISO 200, f11, 1/750 sec, 60mm efl, Capture NX2, Color Efex Pro 3

It makes me smile to select a 'filter' during digital post processing called, in this case, "bleach bypass". Especially as I
can remember bypassing the bleach process when we still used chemicals in a darkroom. Then it was a bit of a hit or
miss afair; would you get the effect you were after, and if not what could you do about it? Now I can tweak the
settings in software until its just the way I want it and there's no bleach to bypass at all! That's progress, I guess.

Soft focus

Nikon D80, ISO 400, f2.8, 1/90 sec, 75mm efl, Capture NX2

Just a candid, natural light, portrait with a bit of post processing (but she's beautiful anyway!)

Boy at a party

Nikon D80, ISO 400, f1.8, 1/125 sec, 75mm efl, flash, Capture NX2

The solitary pose, the focus on food, the colours ... priceless.

"Tyler"

Nikon D80, ISO 200, f2.8, 1/45 sec, 75mm efl, Capture NX2, natural light.

'Boy' racers

Canon PowerShot A590 IS, ISO 80, f5.5, 1/320 sec, 140 mm efl, Capture NX 2

Chess in the Square

Canon PowerShot A590 IS, ISO 80, f5, 1/200 sec, 40 mm efl, Capture NX2

Time out

Nikon D80, ISO 100, f5.6, 1/125 sec, 100 mm, Capture NX2

Christchurch Buskers Festival

Nikon D80, ISO 100, f9.5, 1/125 sec, 66mm, Capture NX2

"Jayden"

Nikon D80, ISO 100, f5.6, 1/60 sec, 150 mm, Capture NX2

Celebrating life

Nikon D80, ISO 100, f5.6, 1/250 sec, 150 mm, Capture NX2

Grandma Hog

Nikon D80, ISO 400, f16, 1/125 sec, 150mm, Capture NX 2

Tyler

Nikon D80, ISO 200, f5.6, 1/50 sec, 150mm, Capture NX 2

Pick up

Nikon D80, ISO 200, f4.8, 1/125 sec, 52mm, Paint Shop Pro