Time and Motion

F/2.8   ---   ¼ Sec ---   ISO 100   ---   67mm

I bought a couple of cheap so-called scientific toys
a little while ago, with the intention of photographing them. Well, eventually I found a spare couple of hours to set up a light box, a couple of flashes and a tripod and off I went.

f/16   ---   1 Sec   ---   ISO 100   ---   67mm

The intention was to freeze motion while capturing motion trails. For that you require a combination of flash and slow shutter speed.

 

f/11   ---   1 Sec   ---   ISO 100   ---   65mm

 As is my wont (and 35mm purists will no doubt shudder at this) I shot off a couple of hundred frames, messing about with all sorts of camera and flash settings, changing gels, re-positioning the subject and so on.

f/22   ---   10 Sec   ---   ISO 100   ---   65mm



I won't say that the results were disappointing - they weren't - but, well, there was no "wow" at the end of it all. More, "Yeah, that's ok I suppose."

f/22   ---   6 Sec   ---   ISO 100   ---   57mm

If I'm honest, I don't really know what I expected. I think that the environment wasn't quite right and I also think that my images do not display at their best on my rather elderly monitors.

 

 

 

 

 



f/22   ---   6 Sec   ---   ISO 100   ---   57mm

 

 

I'll no doubt have another go at something similar one day, but for now, these are a few of those that made the final cut, which was about a tenth of the whole shoot.


 

Subtle Changes

One of the driving forces behind my photographic efforts is my fascination with the continually changing landscape of our local areas. I often shoot quite mundane scenes, just to record those changes.

 

For those who are interested, this is a preserved brewing vat outside the entrance to the Romford Brewery Trust car and retail parks. Romford, Essex, England, UK.

Less than two years on, this small area looks completely different.
I wonder how many drivers queueing for the car park even notice.