Photos you have taken in the last month of which you are proud?

ook ages to get his eye in focus

You’ll be pleased to know then that there is a dedicated ‘Eye AF’ function on the Sony cameras (and I pressume on other makes also). Activating it causes the camera to recognise an eye in the shot and then automatically focus on that.

On the a6300 there is and it works incredibly well. It doesn’t work on the dog though, it’s doggist!
Some of the focus functions are very clever I haven’t really got my head round them yet

It will recognise a dog’s eye as an eye but it has to be able to see it. With the image above the eye is dark and the head is dark so the camaer wouldn’t be able to distinguish the eye from the background.

High above the Isere valley near Tignes

A few more from Carfest…

Honda F1 by davetheblade[/url], on Flickr

Honda F1.4 by davetheblade[/url], on Flickr

Honda F1.3 by davetheblade[/url], on Flickr

Honda F1.2 by davetheblade[/url], on Flickr

Honda F1.1 by davetheblade[/url], on Flickr

F40 by davetheblade[/url], on Flickr

F40.2 by davetheblade[/url], on Flickr

F40.1 by davetheblade[/url], on Flickr

Wanted to share my new blog post. Some of you might be interested:

Anonymity in Street Portraiture

This is on Facebook so dunno if it’ll link but,

some from a quick photo opportunity at Porthcawl..

Porthcawl harbour wall B&W by jon bawden[/url], on Flickr

Porthcawl rocks by jon bawden[/url], on Flickr

Porthcawl light HDR by jon bawden[/url], on Flickr

Had a day in that there London today.

I like that eddiebaby. 10, or even 16 stop ND?

Red Arrows doing their thang.

Red Arrows flypast by Kit Carruthers[/url], on Flickr

10 stop plus a .6 stop soft grad. And of course the Manfrotto BeFree tripod you recommended.

Wow Kit – that’s the kind of shot that makes a year’s worth of shooting worthwhile. Nice job!

Some pure candid from Margate and Brighton

Anticipation by Greg Turner[/url], on Flickr

Shape of Masculinity by Greg Turner[/url], on Flickr

On the Beach by Greg Turner[/url], on Flickr

Watching by Greg Turner[/url], on Flickr

And of course the Manfrotto BeFree tripod you recommended.

😀 How are you getting on with it? I’ve had mine a couple of years now and it’s been terrific (although still need a ‘proper’ heavy duty one).

Wow Kit – that’s the kind of shot that makes a year’s worth of shooting worthwhile. Nice job!

Thanks Greg! Truth be told, it’s a bit of a cheat 😉 Burst mode on the A7II but I didn’t get the whole castle in shot (hand held), so I stitched it with a shot I’d taken earlier. You don’t see it though, because PS is frikkin’ clever 😉

I really like the BeFree because it packs small. I have a few others including a 60’s studio thing bought second hand that was designed to hold big old 10×8 cameras. That weights about 3 stone and never leaves the building. Or get used much to be honest.

Anyway a couple more from yesterday.

As above…

… so below.

Taken from a moving car with a phone so quantity isn’t great…but really like this lucky shot.

Different reasons

Stood in awe at these guys 75miles into the Lakeland 100 fell race and were moving only slightly slower than I was in the 50miler. Another level of mental toughness to me.

DSC01101.jpg by Greg.May[/url], on Flickr

And, this weekend I took my wife out for her first ever bikepacking/bivi trip. I brought her rum and coke to ease the pain
DSC01116.jpg by Greg.May[/url], on Flickr

For once, I’m in front of the camera instead of behind it on this one (taken by my wife). Very chuffed with this, going on the wall!

[/url]20160808_215942 by Rob Rowe[/url], on Flickr[/img]

[/url]DSC00906 by Rob Rowe[/url], on Flickr[/img]

[/url]DSC00922 by Rob Rowe[/url], on Flickr[/img]

DSC00918 by Rob Rowe[/url], on Flickr

trying out an old manual focus and aperture Pentax smc-m 100mm f2.8 prime that I just picked up from ebay…

show me the way.. by jon bawden[/url], on Flickr

water drop by jon bawden[/url], on Flickr

Corrugated patina by jon bawden[/url], on Flickr

First few with a borrowed Hasselblad and medium format film (albeit expired and there appear to have been a few light leaks from the film back).

Lola by Greg Turner[/url], on Flickr

10677-003-0010 by Greg Turner[/url], on Flickr

'Jane' by Greg Turner[/url], on Flickr

Looks like you’re enjoying the mf experience Greg, lovely images. What film is it?

Expired Portra 400VC. It expired around 2009 and hasn’t been kept in a freezer!

The experience has been one of promise and frustration. The light leaks, missed focus and in some cases poor performance of the expired film are frustrating but there is still a depth and tonality to MF film that is incredibly rewarding.

It sounds a bit weak but MF film is something that has more ‘feeling’ to it than smaller film formats or digital to me. Nothing wrong with any, and all have their place, but I enjoy MF film despite it being cumbersome and frustrating when old cameras just don’t work or jam, or development doesn’t work properly. Whether the rewards for me come from putting more thought in when clicking the shutter, the depth and tonality of the format/medium, or just something sentimental is anybody’s guess – but I can never seem to sell my gear despite how little it gets used.

I should get round to posting something on here after seeing some of the really great work but everything would be from months ago now…

I really wouldn’t let that stop you! Please do share.

Kings Weston House by SGMTB[/url], on Flickr

From Corfu last week, taken on my Galaxy S7 Edge.

Marcel

Cheers for the link Fasthagis, been away for a bit so just got to see it.
I love the subject matter and would also have loved to have found the spots he did.
Like Kit says, best/better it’s subjective.

I like the aspect of telling a story.
I like melancholy, decay and sentimentality.
I prefer the film look to the digital,
The camera has a fixed 70mm lens, 12 shots in it and for the most i take just one shot of each subject.

So that’s how i choose the photos i take and the medium and the gear dictates how i take them.
Both contribute to what they look like.

You either like it or you don’t, you prefer it or you don’t.

Untitled by Polarisandy[/url], on Flickr

p.s. good to see the Hass GT. Light seals tend to go on the A12 backs though.
Above shot was on film that expired 2006. Bought cheap of “the bay”, no idea how it was stored.
I allow 1 stop for every 10 years OOD, so above Fuji RDP was shot at 50 rather than 100.
Look forward to seeing more

And another from Corfu

Marcel

I am enjoying shooting with film again and the Hasselblad continues to delight, surprise and disappoint all in equal measure. When it’s good it’s sublime, but get it wrong and there is no salvaging anything and each frame costs about £2!

'The Old Crown' by Greg Turner[/url], on Flickr

Nick by Greg Turner[/url], on Flickr

6975 by Greg Turner[/url], on Flickr

Grab 'n' Go by Greg Turner[/url], on Flickr

Aye GT £2 per shot, but it teaches you to get it right..having said that you need a film back that doesn’t leak light..
Your film pics look great anyway..

I take it that you are using a light meter rather than sunny16?

Strangely another thing like about film is that you can miss the shot, it seems to make it a little bit more special. I’m not sure the idea of the ‘decisive moment’ still holds true with digital and 8 frames per second.

Did you scan your own negatives?

Untitled by Polarisandy[/url], on Flickr

just back from snowdonia and loads of images to process but here are a couple of early ones out the bag…

Llyn Cwmorthin bridge by jon bawden[/url], on Flickr

Cwmorthin waterfall by jon bawden[/url], on Flickr

I only have more holiday snaps I’m afraid. My lad and his cousin enjoying a freezing August day on Walney.

Bob, that second one is pure, unbridled joy captured on film!

Love it.

Thank you so much Cap’n. They hadn’t seen each other since last summer but just carried on as if it were yesterday, lovely to see.