Turimetta Beach

Turimetta Beach, originally uploaded by dr.r.lam.

Still practising. . . .

Not really happy with the cloud in the top left corner, though - my eye seems to be constantly drawn to it. However, I do like the warm tones of the sand, and the leading lines to the central anchor of the big rock.

Recently upgraded to CS5 and LR3. What a simply phenomenal combination. Pretty seamless integration.

Turimetta Hexagons

Turimetta Hexagons, originally uploaded by dr.r.lam.

A preliminary foray into CS4, courtesy of Brent Pearson, and his fantastic Seascape Workshop.

I have much learning to do......

Helvellyn Panorama

Helvellyn Panorama, originally uploaded by dr.r.lam.

360 degree, 13 x vertical shot, horizontally stitched panorama.

EOS 1Ds II, 17-40 F4/L, 17mm, f/8.0, ISO 400, 1/1000sec,

Handheld (tripod is too heavy!).

Taken on the walk out from Helvellyn, in the Lakes District UK. The same sheep is on the very left and the very right of the panorama.

Original sizing is 15820 x 4292 pixels.

My wife can be seen just to the left of the lake in the picture.

A truly memorable walk, favourable conditions, and one which I hope to repeat!

I'm working on some images of "Striding Edge" (also on the Helvellyn walk) which should be finished soon! I'll keep you posted.....

Frigid

Frigid, originally uploaded by dr.r.lam.

"Devoid of Warmth"
--- Fingal Head, QLD ---
210sec, f/8.0, ISO100, 17mm

Shot at Fingal Head Queensland, when Amy and I were at Science Week (Australian College of Veterinary Scientists Conference).

I hired a car and drove an hour to this site to find it raining and pitch black! Fortunately by the time the sun came up the rain had died off.

This is a long (210sec) exposure using my older Hoya 400ND (which I believe is an 8-stop equivalent). I also had recently acquired Lee filters (specifically a 0.9 (or 3-stop) hard GND), which I found helped dramatically with the skyline.

I think the cooler white balance helps with the illusion of ice and freezing temerpatures.

These are the kinds of pictures that I will be learning more about at Brent Pearson's workshop (http://brentbat.wordpress.com/seascape-workshop/). I'd love to learn how to properly post-process these. When I get better at these, expect to see a lot more!

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Avalon Beach

Avalon Beach, originally uploaded by dr.r.lam.

As the info states - 9 shot vertical panorama. This is one of the first panoramas made with the Acretach GP-s Head. I think this piece of equipment is fantastic. It is essentially a panoramic head and leveling base combined into a single piece of machined aluminium, weighing less than 500g. Simply phenomenal.

A few things I'd have changed about the photo - I think a closer crop from the left, and I would have taken a few more shots to the right in order to correct the distortion (seen as a warping of the balustrade of the wooden deck on the right side). So much to learn!

I'm glad the colours came out well - it certainly was a wonderful day for shooting. Glad I was in the shade though - using the Lee filters makes use of the lens hood impossible - I would have had significant glare issues were it not for the eucalyptus.