Pictures should tell a story

I'm a believer that pictures should tell a story and create emotion. This is what I have attempted in the following pictures.

 

Bride

 

Bride and groom

 

Hopelessness

 

 

Heritage listed builing at The Rocks

 

Remembering Scheyville

Landscapes and Panoramas

I'm not really into landscapes and seascapes, but occassionaly I do a panorama shot.

 

Approaching storm over Sydney viewed from Long Reef. Nikon D7000, 1/2500 sec, f/7.1, 18mm, 200 ISO

 

Been fishing: Nikon D90, 1/1600 sec, f/8.0, 200mm, 200 ISO

 

Panorama of Fisherman's Beach, Long Reef

 

Super wide angle of entrance to Narrabeen Lagoon

 

Panorama of entrance to Narrabeen Lagoon

 

Panorama of Sydney Cricket Ground

 

Reflections, Sydney CBD

 

Storm surf at Dee Why

 

Stand up board rider

Birds and other wild life

I'm into birding - patience is required and often with no result. Some of my better shots were taken by chance - being at the right place at the right time. As with portraits of people the better shots of birds have the eyes in sharp focus and preferably with some catch light.

 

Gull in flight. Nikon D90, 1/2000 sec, f/5.6, 200mm, 200 ISO

 

Gull in flight. Nikon D90, 1/2000 sec, f/5.6, 200mm, 200 ISO

 

Portrait of a Nankeen Kestrel - Nikon D7000, 1/1250 sec, f/8.0, 500mm, 200 ISO

 

Portrait of a kookaburra - Nikon D90, 1/500 sec, f/8.0, 500mm, 200 ISO

 

Lorikeet - an aboreal parrot found on the east coast of Australia and now common in urban areas. They are nectar feeders and often seen around bottle-brush bushes. Nikon D90, F/5.6, 1/100 sec, 170mm, 200 ISO

 

Tawny frogmouths in my backyard - they are thought to be owls but they are not raptorial birds.

 

 

Cat's eye

 

Focussed on something

 

Experimenting with film

I enjoyed my days with film, and I do occassionaly shoot film today. I particularly like to experiment, and below are some examples:

 

Patterns of street and car lights by moving camera, slide film and reverse processed. Shot with a Nikon F60 on Fuji Sensia 200ASA. F11 at 10 seconds. Reverse processed.

 

 

 

Creative blur can be used for effect. Portrait, irridescent light shot with film. Black border on the right is due to my crappy scanning.

Fuji Sensia 100 ASA, f9.5, 2 secs. Under bulb light and cross processed.

 

Sydney night time, Agfa CT 100 ASA, F4.8, 1 sec, cross processed.

 

Display cabinet, shot with Nikon F60 and Fuji Sensia 200ASA, F5.6, 1/6 sec . Internal flouresecent light. Reverse processed.

 

 

Sydney opera house shot with film - deliberate movement to produce blur. Nikon F60, Fuji Reala 100ASA, F4.6 at 4 secs.

 

 

Abstract, film. Shot with a Nikon F60. I'll have to find my notes for film type, F setting, exposure time etc.

 

 

 

Patterns of street and car lights by long exposure, slide film and reverse processed. Shot with a Nikon F60 on Fuji Sensia 200ASA. F11 at 10 seconds. Reverse processed.

 

 

 

Reverse processing is a method of obtaining "negative prints". Pictures are taken in slide film and processed normally in E6 chemicals, but the film is not cut nor mounted. Instead, these positives are printed as you would "negatives" to onatine the negative prints. Dee Why street scene at night. Shot with slide film and reverse processed. Reverse processing is more suited to night scenes where weird effects can be achieved. Shot with a Nikon F60, Fuji Sensia 200ASA, F11 at 10 secs. Reversed processed.

 

 

Today is 13th December, the first day of the 12 days of Christmas. So it's appropriate to put up my Merry Christmas image.

The nativity figurines and Santa Claus were photographed in my home made light box, with both velveteen and white paper background. Two flashes used (SB910 and SB700) at various EV's and various locations relative to the figurines through double layer muslin. The tych was created using Tych Panel, a photoshop automation tool for Photoshop for the creation on diptychs, triptychs and ntychs by Reimond Trost. The text was added in Photoshop.