Papplewick Pumping Station (3) Mono

A few photos of Papplewick Pumping Station in Mono

 

Papplewick Pumping Station (2) Colour

Some images from the Line+Light workshop I attended last week (in colour -  Another blog tomorrow in Mono)

Papplewick Pumping Station - Tilt Shift Lens

I wanted to use my Canon Tilt + Shift lens (TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II) to take the side of the Papplewick Pumping Station. The Victorian  architecture was stunning. I moved back towards the bushes but could not get far enough to get the top and bottom of the building in. I knew about the technique of using the shift function of the lens as a way to create a panorama and had previously done this with a horizontal panorama. In this instance I needed to create a vertical panorama.

I set the lens up so the verticals were vertical however the amount of shift was not quite enough. I choose to have the verticals just slightly off 'true' and was then able to get the composition I wanted. I had been shooting bracketed exposures all day inside the pumpung station so I choose to do this with each of the two shots to create the pano.

Beautiful light on the building. Back home I merged the 6 images in Lightroom using the HDR Pano feature. The resulting file was then vertically corrected using the Guided Upright Tool. I am really pleased with the result. 

Wild Flowers in the Garden

 Popped into the garden today to take some photos of our wildflowers.

Pasque Flowers

Visited Therfield Heath a few days ago with friends Phil and Ann to see the Pasque Flowers. These flowers only grow in a few places in this country and we are lucky to have one of the sites in our area.

We  visited late afternoon in order to get the evening light. We were not disappointed with the display. This year appears to be one of the better years. The flowers are quite small. A beautiful evening but still quite windy. Most of the images here are focused stacked.

FortyFive

 FortyFive

Had a wander around the house just after Lunch with my camera looking for 'Lines created by shadow and light'. Popped a few off using in-camera multiple exposure and various white balance setting, all in light mode. 

My Plan was to create a triptych however I was surprised when I got them onto the computer that there were nine I actually liked enough to put into a panel. Only basic adjustments in Lightroom and then the panel created in Photoshop. I may well produce a / some triptychs too.