Milsurp After Hours

The Storyteller



Taken at the recent mediaeval fair and converted to mono.

70!



Part of a series "Shooting at night" for another forum. I am still working on the second entry but it's going to be gun based!

Here is one the other end of the light problem from Duncan's last. I was interested in the sun on the water and the dazzling light reflection against the moving waves. I wanted the pier in the backgound to counterpoint as a geometric structural form. I knew if the camera was pointing into the sun that it would hit the lense and screw up the photo. So... I took off my cap and used the brim as a shade for the camera. Worked out ok...I think.

Some night shots on the winding mountainous section of the Gwydir Hwy, NSW.



Right hander.



Lefty.



Sharp lefty, one of the 35 K/H curves.

Niner wrote:Here is one the other end of the light problem from Duncan's last. I was interested in the sun on the water and the dazzling light reflection against the moving waves. I wanted the pier in the backgound to counterpoint as a geometric structural form. I knew if the camera was pointing into the sun that it would hit the lense and screw up the photo. So... I took off my cap and used the brim as a shade for the camera. Worked out ok...I think.

I just had a quick tweek of this one Robert, hope you don't mind.



Just shows how much more detail there can be in an image...........

That's not what I wanted to show. The experience of the sun on the waves was important. However, if I had just used the original size image and did a crop from a small section of it, it would look a lot like your photoshop.

I was using a Pentax Optio 20 because that's my boat camera. It is water proof and fits in a pocket. You have to also take into account I was in a small boat and there was some movement of the boat from the wave action as well. I was attempting to get the camera as horizontal and as still at the moment I took the picture as I intentionally could under the circumstances.

The original size one is 2300 pixels the longest way. The one I first posted, back a few posts, was downsized to 1000 pixels width before uploading so probably lost a little detail.

Beaufort American cornet. 1920's or 30's. Number 28 in the collection. $15.

Am currently staying inside!!!

They're only birds Duncan

As we used to say in the Army, "Only two things fall out of the sky..........bird shit and Airborne."

Vern.