Mid Kent college

did some urban exploration inside Mid Kent College today, photos up on flickr http://flic.kr/p/7rccLU

HDR

HDR is all the rage at the moment, however lots of peoples images, look very fake and artificil, some of mine do, sometimes it works, depending on the look you want.

An interesting article here

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/hdr-plea.shtml

some postprocessing

spent most of the evening working on this HDR image, Rochester castle at night http://flic.kr/p/7pyhNb

trains

got up early to get some snow shots, train was on time, just a shame the train infront decided to break down.

We're meant to be getting more snow, so should be able to get some photos tomorrow.

Snow

We're expecting snow tomorrow, so could be an ideal photo opportunity, although it could mean getting up early.

December

Decent day out taking photos in London on Saturday.

Was lucky enough to get some photos of the London SantaCon 2009 in Trafalgar square, as I headed back across town toward the winterwonderland in hyde park

http://flic.kr/p/7nz2HW

Upgrades

Decided to shell out for the MB-D10 grip, and glad I did. Really improves the handling and the ability to run the extra battery or even use AA batteries as a reserve is great. Also switched to Lexar pro memory, the UDMA stuff flies.

Made the switch

Made the switch to Windows 7 over the weekend, this means that I can now run Photoshop CS4 64 bit and Lightroom 64bit.

Also started shooting in pure RAW, which then gives me full control over the produced JPEG files, but it doesn't half add some time, when it comes to post processing.

Don't order from https://www.dc-battery.co.uk/

Ordered some copy batteries from https://www.dc-battery.co.uk/ about 2 weeks ago, still waiting for them, i'd rather have paid extra and gone somewhere else, or put it toward a MB-D10 and used my Ni-MH AAs

New tripod

Really impressed with the new tripod, feels really solid and the "3D" column makes it very versatile. Managed adapt a strap for it, and strap for the remote shutter release, so that can now hang off the tripod spider.
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Missed out

On a "as new" MB-D10 for my camera, wasn't going to pay over the odds for a second hand grip.
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New tripod

The new tripod head (808RC4) has arrived, might even go out and test it tonight.

Waiting

Currently waiting for my replacement tripod head to arrive.
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Welcome

Welcome to my blog, here i'll be posting links to my Flickr sets as I update them, news and reports about field trips and other things relating to my photography.

Urban exploration set

Latest set's been uploaded;

Urban Exploration

Couple of photo's from an abandoned hospital near me.