johnloguk > 26.11.09 - See The Light

Another Lincoln Cathedral shot, but I've not done this angle for a long time and this is the first time I've done it at night. This is a difficult shot to do at night. The Cathedral is a long way away, and the camera is always trying to expose for the dark sky. You have to under expose the shot or the Cathedral will be blown out completely. I was shooting across a sports field, and the lights in the foreground are considerably closer than the Cathedral. I had the camera wedged in between the spikes on top of a high metal fence, and it was very cold and windy. Apart from that it was a piece of cake :)
johnloguk > 30.8.09 - Smiley Face

I've been shooting for the Tourist Board again today, in and around the cathedral. I must have taken thousands of photos here, but every time I manage to find new subjects, new angles, and of course the light changes almost every minute. I'm still processing the shots from today, and I'm hoping to go out again this evening to shoot fireworks, but the weather is conspiring against me. You might get fireworks tomorrow, or you might not :)

I've now created a gallery of shots from the shoot here;   http://www.lightanddreamsphotography.com/Photography/LINCS-TOURISM-COMMISSION/9463058_eMtTs#634919705_fdnCi
johnloguk > 7.8.09 - Happy Birthday Tennyson

OK, it's a day late, but it's been one of those weeks! 

By the way, later this century Lincoln Cathedral will have it's 1000th birthday, but I probably won't be around to celebrate that one :)
johnloguk > 30.7.09 - After the Rain

Well we finally managed to do the photo walk this evening. There had been heavy showers all day, as you can see from the water in the gutter, but as you can also see we had a cloudless evening. We walked through that wonderful period between day and night, when the light is constantly changing. I've not had time to process all the photos yet, but this one of Scott and Lincoln Cathedral will do for now.
johnloguk > 29.6.09 - Glow

This is another shot from last night I'm afraid, and I've used this view before on my Smugmug Christmas card, but I really like the light in this one. I can't believe we're almost in July already, where did June go? I suppose that means that tomorrow's daily will be a wildflower collage :)
johnloguk > 17.6.09 - Caught in the spotlight

This is another shot from Tuesday night, but I was still working on it last night. The guy was walking his dog, and I suddenly realised that he was going to go through the glare from the floodlights. I was disappointed with the original, because I didn't have chance to set it up properly and there was some camera shake. I decided to go with an artistic feel rather than a natural one and I hope this works. I used the watercolour filter in Elements on top of a B&W conversion and a simple frame.

Thanks for the wonderful comments on yesterday's Cathedral shot, it is one of my favourite views and I never tire of it. This was taken at the opposite end of the Cathedral, where the lawns and trees create a very different atmosphere.
johnloguk > 16.6.09 - "Because the Night"

It's been a while since I did any night photography, it isn't that easy when it doesn't get dark until about 11pm. I took lots around dusk, which I normally prefer to total darkness, but in the cold light of the morning this is the one I prefer. It is an iconic view, one I've done before many times, but no two shots are exactly the same after all. I'll post some of the others as I get chance. Have a great day!
johnloguk > 3.6.09 - Silence is Golden

It's been a long time since I had a sunset for my Daily, I hope it has been worth the wait. I originally went out for a walk along the river and got some nice wildflower shots, but this presented itself on the way home. I don't like having the sun in the frame, it can make the image noisy, fill it with flare and doesn't do wonders for the eyes, but I hope it adds to the image here. This view of Lincoln Cathedral is from the south-east, with the observatory tower of the Castle on the extreme left of the shot. There weren't many clouds in the sky, but there was a low haze that gave this wonderful golden glow. A group of birds flew over at just the right time too.

I've had lousy hay fever the last couple of days, which has made staring at a computer screen pretty painful, so apologies if I didn't comment on your pics. Thanks for all the kind words on my truck pics and postcards, you are a wonderful bunch of people :)
johnloguk > 18.5.09 - Secret View

This is another shot from my rainy photo walk yesterday afternoon, but I like it so much I just had to share it on the Dailies. I was walking along a very muddy riverbank taking photos of the old industrial buildings on the other side of the river, when I turned round and saw the Cathedral framed between the trees up on the hill. I liked the framing, but I also liked the rich colours as though the rain had washed everything bright and clean.

I used a B&W version of yesterday's industrial Daily for my Monday Challenge shot here;  http://johnloguk.smugmug.com/gallery/7093288_hSxt4#539436712_xQFxH
26.11.09 - See The Light

Another Lincoln Cathedral shot, but I've not done this angle for a long time and this is the first time I've done it at night. This is a difficult shot to do at night. The Cathedral is a long way away, and the camera is always trying to expose for the dark sky. You have to under expose the shot or the Cathedral will be blown out completely. I was shooting across a sports field, and the lights in the foreground are considerably closer than the Cathedral. I had the camera wedged in between the spikes on top of a high metal fence, and it was very cold and windy. Apart from that it was a piece of cake :)
johnloguk > 26.11.09 - See The Light

Another Lincoln Cathedral shot, but I've not done this angle for a long time and this is the first time I've done it at night. This is a difficult shot to do at night. The Cathedral is a long way away, and the camera is always trying to expose for the dark sky. You have to under expose the shot or the Cathedral will be blown out completely. I was shooting across a sports field, and the lights in the foreground are considerably closer than the Cathedral. I had the camera wedged in between the spikes on top of a high metal fence, and it was very cold and windy. Apart from that it was a piece of cake :)
26.11.09 - See The Light

Another Lincoln Cathedral shot, but I've not done this angle for a long time and this is the first time I've done it at night. This is a difficult shot to do at night. The Cathedral is a long way away, and the camera is always trying to expose for the dark sky. You have to under expose the shot or the Cathedral will be blown out completely. I was shooting across a sports field, and the lights in the foreground are considerably closer than the Cathedral. I had the camera wedged in between the spikes on top of a high metal fence, and it was very cold and windy. Apart from that it was a piece of cake :)
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