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Will You? (Part II)

Posted at 22:36:11 on Thu, August 28th 2008 by graham
in: d300 edited lochlomond longexposure love marriage photography proposal scotland sigma1020mm three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008 water wedding

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Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 240

This is the spot (within a few feet), where I asked my fianceé to marry me, on the shale beach at Luss, on the shore of Loch Lomond.

Someone had stuck these two chairs at the water's edge for reasons unknown. Nevertheless, I liked the looking-to-the-great-beyond feel that they lent to the image.

Shot handheld at 1/2 second to blur the water (oh to have taken the tripod with me). I'm amazed it's as sharp as it is, though.

Edited to remove an unfortunately blurred duck.

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Junk by moonlight

Posted at 23:19:45 on Thu, February 14th 2008 by graham
in: d40x fakettv fatpete junk longexposure moonlight nesster photography random shallowdepthoffield three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008 ttv

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Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 44

I went out in the freezing dark tonight, wondering if I could snaffle some star shots. Well, it turns out that astrophotography isn't my forte yet, which is why you're not seeing a beautiful shot of Ursa Minor here.

But whilst I was outside in the pale moonlight I did spot this pile of junk in my neighbour's yard. So I shot it, using the same settings, more-or-less, that I'd used for the star shots.

It was still a bit boring so, inspired by FatPete's recent TTV shots, I applied one of Nesster's TTV overlays to it in multiply mode.

And voila. A slightly grotty-looking junk pile. Probably a bit too dark, but still interesting-looking, I think.

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Running out of time

Posted at 23:49:17 on Sun, January 20th 2008 by graham
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Three-hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 19

So it's been one of those days: lousy weather, busy with work (or at least Stuff That Needs to be Done), not much in the way of photographic eurekas.

By twenty-five to midnight I was thinking that I didn't have much time left. So I photographed it as it whizzed by. I particularly like the effect of the longish exposure on the mechanism at the bottom.

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Night-time walk

Posted at 23:54:31 on Sat, January 19th 2008 by graham
in: caton crookolune cyclepath d40x dark lancaster longexposure night photography three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008

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Three-hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, Day 18

I had a couple of ideas for today's photo, one of which I didn't have time to try but which I might try tomorrow. This was the other one.

Taken on the cycle path, Crook O'Lune, near Lancaster, at about quarter to eleven at night. I'm not hugely fond of this; there really wasn't enough light to work with, but it does have a certain dark and lonely quality to it, which is what I was after. I like the fact that there's still colour at this time of night.

Really, I wish I'd had more time to compose this. It would probably have worked better if I'd been closer to the ground (though I'd need a much smaller tripod for that, or very, very steady hands). I also wish that I'd done it earlier in the day.

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Graham Binns is a writer, photographer, musician and software developer from Lancaster, England, with far too much hair, a penchant for odd t-shirts and a magnificent hat. He has been making things up for as long as he can remember and has been making code work for long enough to make a living from it.

He has written one novel, which is in the process of composting, and is working remembering how to write before embarking on a second. In the meantime, he photographs things, since it's easier not to have to make the world up in his head all of the time.