More ramblings

[hoodmeister]

I went off hiking toward a tree, or set of trees, that I rather like last night. Nothing inherently special about them, they're just squat hazelnuts - I like the shapes they make and their gnarly trunks, though.

The trees had tons of hazelnuts growing, not ripened yet (obv.) - but I'll have to go back to have a taste later in the year :-D

The sunset was a bit of a non starter when I got there - I had expected this, clear skies all day - but it's not often I feel I have the energy (read : can be arsed) to walk for 21/2 hours up and down hills, through seriously overgrown woods & fields, and through a few streams, all with a ton of photography gear - so I just went for it anyway

I settled on using IR for most stuff - and in turn I was using an 89B filter, I was getting some really really nice crisp B&W's from my 87C, but I just loved the crazy colours from the 89B.

First up a shot of me - sorry about the ****, didn't notice it when shooting :/


My favouritest of all the hazelnuts - got a fair few shots of this one!


Messing around with shadows again :


And a pano - there's another one in some woodland, but that's being a PITA to stitch!


And that's yer lot - comments and suggestions appreciated :-)

[Stoo]

I'm loving the graduation on the skies

I've been wondering if one of those dedicated panorama tripod heads are worth it.. I know there's the "panosaurus" kinda DIY job, and I think manfrotto do one as well - they're supposed to make stitching a lot easier by making sure that the pivot point is exactly in the middle of the lens..

Mind you, it'll have to wait for me, I've just booked a holiday to Canada.. *skint*