I had a short jaunt around the estate this afternoon with my Panasonic Lumix mirrorless camera and its lenscap fisheye lens. This is an interesting cheap little lens with plastic lens elements, fixed aperture of f/8 and only three focus settings, close-up (20cm), middle and distant. I took these shots in Aperture priority mode, as that is fixed anyway, and let the camera select the shutterspeed and ISO. The above image is one rendition of three that I created from the same raw file. I like this one in black & white and the low vantage point and ultra wide-angle lens really emphasises her head and the span of her horns. I like the framing of this one with the bright blue sky (darkened here with a red filter appl;ied in Nik Solution's Silver Efex Pro) and the trees leaning inwards lsightly due to the wide-angle distortion of the lens. The next two shots are from the same RAW file, the first, simply colour version of the one above. The second is a portrait crop which I think would make an excellent gift card. The remaining images were all taken at Kirkton where there is an traditional old Lochalsh type barn which is category C(S) listed. Adjacent to the barn is a lovely path that leads to the saltmarsh and shore at Kirkton Bay and there were a few nice woody glades with bluebells and primroses worth a shot or two. For these shots I decided to stick with the wide-angle approach, aiming to get close to the foreground features while retaining an element of their context in the background. The exception is the last one of the ivy covered fence post which was taken using my 100-300mm lens.
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3/5/2019 02:25:31 am
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AuthorI am an amateur photographer who is also a Chartered Geographer with his own part-time consultancy business and I work as an estate manager for a national conservation charity in Scotland. I am based in Lochalsh, Wester Ross, Scotland, just next to the Isle of Skye. SalesIf you like my photos and are interested in purchasing prints, whether framed, mounted or otherwise please click here.
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