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| Posted: Fri Jul 28th, 2017 18:12 |
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Robert
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Had a few hours to kill in the middle of the night recently, what better way than to use the D3 to capture some of the sights of Morecambe in a different light. Taken from 2:30am until about 3:30am. Nikon D3 all shots with the Nikkor 18-35 f3.5-4.5, the Benbo tripod, no flash but a small LED torch. Firstly four pix of Eric Morecambe, a Bronze Statue on the sea front at Morecambe. 35mm, 5 seconds @ f6.3, ISO800 Lit with sodium vapour street lights.  35mm, 5 seconds @ f6.3, ISO800 Lit with sodium vapour street lights.  35mm, 8 seconds @ f14, ISO500 Lit with sodium vapour street lights and a small LED torch.  35mm, 8 seconds @ f14, ISO500 Lit with sodium vapour street lights and a small LED torch.  All processed in Lightroom and finished in Photoshop. I had to increase the exposure time for the LED torch lit images because I couldn't cover the entire statue in 5 seconds, I only just managed in 8 seconds.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 29th, 2017 03:14 |
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Eric
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You should get up in the middle of the night more often!! Nice images. Have you thought of using the spotlighting feature in photoshop? It would add a stage light effect that might be even more dramatic of that pose. Here's a basic one I did for an advert concept ....back in 2009! Eek!! You can greatly vary the position, spread, colours to get amazing effects. These were simple farmers so they just wanted a hint of celebrity. Attachment: DSCF2954v2 copy.jpg (Downloaded 56 times)
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| Posted: Sat Jul 29th, 2017 03:33 |
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Robert
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Thanks Eric! I have wanted to photograph the Eric Morecambe statue for a while but I hate the hordes of tourists that are usually taking pix of themselves and family etc. Even at 3am I had to deal with a drunk 18 year old who took a keen interest in my activities. Not aware of the spotlight feature in Ps, will look into it and try it out... I have some photo's of Venus and Cupid which are a bit different too. Will post them later.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 29th, 2017 04:46 |
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Eric
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Robert wrote:Thanks Eric! Was Eric Morcambe in the Observer Corp with those binoculars? Or was he a bird watcher ....and the sculptor didnt know the size (small and lightweight) of birdwatching bins?  Nice work though!
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| Posted: Sat Jul 29th, 2017 04:51 |
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Eric
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You never said what you were doing on Morecambe sea front at 3am!!!! ... ......... or  ?
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| Posted: Sat Jul 29th, 2017 05:32 |
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Robert
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Eric was a keen bird watcher I believe, one of the hides at the Yealand seaward RSPB site is named after him. I think the design of the statue is fairly well documented, I read it up when the statue was unveiled by the Queen but stuff like that doesn't stick well in my memory, not that much does nowadays... Some idiot lowlife cut the statue down with a petrol stone saw. It's not long been re-errected. I was supposed to be at Sharon's place to hand over when they came back from Turkey, at about 4 am. I had been looking after the Wabbit and minding the place while they were away, Christopher was banned from going back to Turkey this year... Christopher gets very bored, very quickly and last year he sought some amusement when they were all sunning themselves by the hotel swimming pool, a porter came by wheeling a very large stack of poolside chairs on a trolly. Christopher, I am told seized his moment and next thing, chairs, porter and trolly were all bobbing up and down in the pool; much to the amusement of the guests but not the porter, who didn't see the funny side and wasn't best pleased... Christopher banned.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 29th, 2017 06:04 |
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Robert
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This is a bit boring but illustrates the amazing power of the D3 to capture the unseen. The boats were barely visible to the human eye in the darkness. The rocks in the foreground were lit by Christopher who rapidly painted them with the light of his small LED torch. Again, Nikon D3, Nikkor 18-35mm f3.5-4.5: 35mm, 5sec @ f4.5, ISO3200. Processed in Lightroom, border and signature added in Ps.  The seafront and promenade, Eric's statue behind me and the next feature, Venus and Cupid at the far end of the prom. 18mm, 0.5sec @ f3.5, ISO3200  Finally a couple of pic's of Venus and Cupid... I have never seen them close up before, not really my sort of thing but I was in an adventurous mood. 35mm, 1.6sec @ f4.5, ISO3200 Lit by Sodium discharge orange street lamps, colour corrected in Lightroom, white balance on one of the white mosaic tiles.  26mm, 3.0sec @ f20, ISO3200 Lit by Sodium discharge orange street lamps, and small LED torch, colour corrected in Lightroom.  So that was the product of a lovely night at Morecambe. Very enjoyable. I had actually hoped for some star trails to take surrounding Eric's statue but it was a cloudy sky so no stars to be seen. May have another go...
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| Posted: Sat Jul 29th, 2017 08:05 |
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jk
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Good shots of EM. Prefer the blacker WB of the later images.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 29th, 2017 13:33 |
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Robert
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Thanks JK, just playing about really but it's fun trying to get nice shots under what would normally be considered difficult circumstances. I like a challenge!
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| Posted: Fri Aug 4th, 2017 08:34 |
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Eric
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Robert wrote:Thanks Eric! I would have liked to see a shot from a slightly different angle than the first two....halfway round between them, so it shows a bit more right palm and more bent leg ...but not square on. You may have to go back at 3am again....or tell me to &£*^%^#* off. Although the lighting may? be better in the 3/4 shots, I think showing full length to get the signature bent leg is a must. Great statue and a good nights work! The Venus and Cupid ones ....I had heard about them but not seen them. Not sure they are my cup of tea. I sometimes sculptors that fudge faces are short changing us. I hear the reasoning for all these faceless people....think it's an excuse. Attachment: barefaced.jpg (Downloaded 49 times)
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