Uploads from Gordon Mould, tagged explore

Barrow Upon Soar - Weir

nobody@flickr.com (Gordon Mould) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:22:45 -0700

Copyright © Gordon Mould 2009

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Highest position: 31 on Wednesday, September 16, 2009

About this Shot
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Camera: D90
Lens: 18-105mm VR kit lens
Camera Mode: Aperture Priority
Shutter Speed: 1/60
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 200
Tripod: No

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Comments/questions are always appreciated

The Shack #2

nobody@flickr.com (Gordon Mould) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:54:48 -0700

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Copyright © Gordon Mould 2009.

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Highest position: 35 on Monday, August 24, 2009

I haven't had a huge amount of time to upload anything to Flickr or comment on all my contact's great photos, so apologies for that. It's actually scary how quickly you can get behind on commenting and uploading (I've got roughly 50+ shots to upload, eeekk!).

Anway enough of the excuses....

This is a shot I took a number of months ago which I had never gotten around to doing anything with. Shot was taken on walk heading South from Loughborough along the Grand Union Canal.

About this Shot
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Camera: D90
Lens: 18-105mm VR kit lens
Camera Mode: Aperture Priority
Shutter Speed: 1/100
Aperture: f/9
ISO: 320
Tripod: No

Processing:
- 3 x RAW exposures (-2, 0, +2) taken handheld
- Imported into Lightroom 2
- 3 exposures exported into Photomatix
- Tonemapped using Photomatix, new HDR version re-imported into Lightroom
- Cropped (significantly)
- Contrast increased
- Clarity and recovery slightly increased.
- Colours slightly saturated
- Saved out as Tiff and resized/noise reduced/sharpened using Photoshop
- Saved out as a jpg, uploaded to Flickr.
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Comments/questions are always appreciated

Exploration

nobody@flickr.com (Gordon Mould) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:33:00 -0700

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*Update* - I'm actually up to 11 as rather strangely one of my previous shots just appeared on Explore a good few days after it was posted.

A bit of shameless self promotion after I got my 10th pic into explore! Many thanks to everyone for your views/comments/favs.

Overall I’m still a bit undecided about how I feel about explore. In one way it's a great way to increase the exposure of your work (photo pun fully intended), but I found that it’s easy to start getting a bit obsessed with getting shots into it.

I also found it can also act as a bit of a drug which you can easily get withdrawal symptoms from. I remember really wanting to get my first shot in, then wanting 3 in, then 5 in....etc....I’m a bit more relaxed about it now and don't follow it quite as closely, that's not to say I don't appreciate it when a shot gets picked up.

It's also funny scanning the various group discussions to see how passionately people feel about it, at the end of the day it's what's "interesting" as defined by a computer, so to get upset if a shot doesn't get included is pretty stupid.

Gordon (gpics07)

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1. River Soar (towards Normanton on Soar), 2. French Lavender, 3. A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way, 4. Sail Away, 5. Water is the driving force of all nature, 6. Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong, 7. =========, 8. Bradgate House Ruins, 9. Vanishing Point, 10. Mauritius Sunset

River Soar (towards Normanton on Soar)

nobody@flickr.com (Gordon Mould) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:26:40 -0700

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Highest position: 112 on Thursday, July 30, 2009

Photo of the River Soar with Normanton on Soar in the background (well its church at least).

About this Shot
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Camera: D90
Lens: 18-105mm VR kit lens
Camera Mode: Aperture Priority
Shutter Speed: 1/100
Aperture: f/9
ISO: 250
Tripod: No

Processing:
- 3 x RAW exposures (-2, 0, +2) taken handheld
- Imported into Lightroom 2
- 3 exposures exported into Photomatix
- Tonemapped using Photomatix, new HDR version re-imported into Lightroom
- Contrast increased
- Clarity and recovery slightly increased.
- Vibrancy increased
- Blue slightly increased
- Saved out as Tiff and resized/sharpened (only a tiny amount) using Photoshop
- Saved out as a jpg, uploaded to Flickr.
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Comments/questions are always appreciated

A Picture of many colours proclaims images of many Thoughts

nobody@flickr.com (Gordon Mould) — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:38:53 -0700

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Copyright © Gordon Mould 2009

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Highest position: 437 on Wednesday, July 29, 2009

The weather has been pretty awful of the last few days here in England (no surprise there), so I have been playing with some indoor shots.

The shot above was done by placing a DVD flat on a standard piece of A4 then lighting it from above using a normal desk lamp. I wet the DVD and managed to push the water droplets into some sort of order. No flash, tripod or any other fancy studio style equipment was used.

Quote by Donna A. Favors

About this Shot
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Camera: D90
Lens: 18-105mm VR kit lens
Camera Mode: Aperture Priority
Shutter Speed: 1/200
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 250
Tripod: No
Flash: No

Processing:
- 1 x RAW exposures
- Imported into Lightroom 2
- Cropped (the kit lens is pretty limited in terms of macro shots so I had to crop quite a bit)
- Temperature increased as the white balance wasn't quite correct
- Adjustment brush used to paint out the surrounding areas to black (exp -4 & brightness - 200)
- Adjustment brush used to brighten the edge of the CD (exp +0.20)
- Dust spot removal done on various blemishes
- Clarity, vibrance and blacks increased to really bring out the colours
- Saved out as Tiff and opened in Photoshop to resize and sharpen
- Saved out as a jpg, uploaded to Flickr.
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Comments/questions are always appreciated

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way

nobody@flickr.com (Gordon Mould) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:37:53 -0700

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Copyright © Gordon Mould 2009

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Update (13/11/2009) - 2000+ Views, many thanks to you all :)
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Update (11/9/2009) - Really confused me as to why there was a sudden increase in interest in this shot as it's a good couple of months old, then finally spotted that it had been included on digital-photography-school.com/great-reader-shots at Number #11. Very chuffed to be included on such a great site. Thanks!
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Explored - *Many thanks*
Highest position: 39 on Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Personally my favourite photographers on Flickr are the ones who keep you guessing as to the style/substance of their next shot. In my own way, I attempt to do the same with my shots (that's not to say these little balls wont make any appearance again in the near future).

This shot was constructed by placing these little balls (which are normally in a vase) on a dinner plate. To minimise the depth of field as much as possible, I used the the biggest aperture possible (smallest f-number) with the longest focal length available (105mm). The lighting except the flash was used.

Quote by John C. Maxwell

About this Shot
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Camera: D90
Lens: 18-105mm VR kit lens
Camera Mode: Aperture Priority
Shutter Speed: 1/200
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Tripod: No
Flash: Yes

Processing:
- 1 x RAW exposures
- Imported into Lightroom 2
- Temperature increased as the white balance wasn't quite correct
- Clarity, vibrance and blacks increased to really bring out the colours
- Some dust spot removal used to try and remove imperfections in the plate!
- Saved out as Tiff and opened in Photoshop to resize / reduce noise / sharpen
- Border also applied in Photoshop
- Saved out as a jpg, uploaded to Flickr.

Sail Away

nobody@flickr.com (Gordon Mould) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:09:15 -0700

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Copyright © Gordon Mould 2009

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Highest position: 56 on Tuesday, July 21, 2009

First shot from my recent holiday to the South of France, hope you like?!!

About this Shot
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Camera: D90
Lens: 18-105mm VR kit lens
Camera Mode: Aperture Priority
Shutter Speed: 1/160
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 200
Tripod: No

Location: Sainte-Maxime harbour

Processing:
- 3 x RAW exposures (-2, 0, +2) taken handheld
- Imported into Lightroom 2
- Exported into Photomatix
- Tonemapped using Photomatix, new version re-imported into Lightroom
- Clarity and recovery slightly increased. Yellow/oranges slightly saturated.
- Saved out as Tiff and resized/sharpened (only a tiny amount) using Photoshop
- Saved out as a jpg, uploaded to Flickr.

Water is the driving force of all nature

nobody@flickr.com (Gordon Mould) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:44:01 -0700

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Copyright © Gordon Mould 2009

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Highest position: 489 on Wednesday, June 10, 2009

About this Shot
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Camera: D90
Lens: 18-105mm VR kit lens
Camera Mode: Aperture Priority
Shutter Speed: 1/5
Aperture: f/32
ISO: 100
Tripod: No
Note:Polarising Filter used

Location: Weir at Zouch

Processing:
- 1 x RAW imported into Lightroom 2.
- Various tweaks made, including: recovery, clarity, blacks and contrast.,
- Saved out as Tiff, resized and large amounts of sharpening applied using Photoshop.

Further Thoughts:
My first attempt at trying to get that soft watery feel from a long exposure shot. Unfortunately not having a tripod meant that 1/5th was about as long as I could hand hold it without blur or over-exposure.
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Quote by Leonardo da Vinci

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong

nobody@flickr.com (Gordon Mould) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:37:56 -0700

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Copyright © Gordon Mould 2009

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Highest position: 418 on Tuesday, June 9, 2009

About this Shot
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Camera: D90
Lens: 18-105mm VR kit lens
Camera Mode: Aperture Priority
Shutter Speed: 1/250
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 200
Tripod: No

Location: Outskirts of loughborough, near to Stanford on Soar.

Processing:
- 3 x RAW files (-2, 0, +2) imported into Lightroom 2.
- Tonemapped the three files using Photomatix, new version re-imported into Lightroom.
- Various tweaks made, including: Vibrancy, clarity, and contrast all increased. Blues slightly saturated.
- Saved out as Tiff and resized/sharpened using Photoshop.
- Saved out as a jpg.
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Quote by Winston Churchill

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nobody@flickr.com (Gordon Mould) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:00:48 -0700

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Vanishing Point

nobody@flickr.com (Gordon Mould) — Mon, 25 May 2009 04:29:02 -0700

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Copyright © Gordon Mould 2009

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Highest position: 380 on Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Camera: D90
Lens: 18-105mm VR kit lens
Camera Mode: Aperture Priority
Shutter Speed: 1/100
Aperture: f/13
Tripod: No
Flash: No
Location: Grand Union Canal just outside Loughborough (Leicestershire)
Software: Lightroom for the main processing, with some Photoshop for cropping/sharpening.

Further Details: I've always enjoyed photos with vanishing points as they tend to get you thinking about what is around the corner, or just out of shot. I used a sepia tone as I felt that any colour may have distracted the eye from the leading lines.

Mauritius Sunset

nobody@flickr.com (Gordon Mould) — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:16:25 -0800

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First shot on explore
Feb 22nd 2009 - Highest Position #279

The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side

nobody@flickr.com (Gordon Mould) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:15:14 -0700

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Copyright © Gordon Mould 2009

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Highest position: 417 on Thursday, July 30, 2009

Got a great response to my balls first time around, so I thought it was time to get them out again :-D Same technique as last time.

This shot was constructed by placing these little balls (not marbles) on a dinner plate. To minimise the depth of field as much as possible, I used the the biggest aperture possible (smallest f-number) with the longest focal length available (105mm). No lighting except the onboard flash was used.

Quote by Margaret Carty

About this Shot
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Camera: D90
Lens: 18-105mm VR kit lens
Camera Mode: Aperture Priority
Shutter Speed: 1/200
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Tripod: No
Flash: Yes

Processing:
- 1 x RAW exposures
- Imported into Lightroom 2
- Cropped hard (the Kit Lens is definitely no macro lens)
- Temperature increased as the white balance wasn't quite correct
- Clarity, vibrance and blacks increased to really bring out the colours
- Saved out as Tiff and opened in Photoshop to resize and sharpen
- Saved out as a jpg, uploaded to Flickr.

French Lavender

nobody@flickr.com (Gordon Mould) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:39:22 -0700

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Copyright © Gordon Mould 2009

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Highest position: 389 on Sunday, July 19, 2009

About this Shot
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Camera: D90
Lens: 18-105mm VR kit lens
Camera Mode: Aperture Priority
Shutter Speed: 1/320
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Tripod: No

Processing:
- 1 x RAW captured
- Imported into Lightroom 2
- Cropped
- Vibrance increased
- Exposure increased slightly
- Blacks increased slightly
- Clarity and contrast increased
- Saved out as Tiff, then used Photoshop to resize, reduce noise and then sharpen.
- Saved out as a jpg, uploaded to Flickr.

Bradgate House Ruins

nobody@flickr.com (Gordon Mould) — Sun, 31 May 2009 03:04:21 -0700

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