Cropping and extending.




Proteus, the oracular Old Man of the Sea and herdsman of the sea-beasts from Greek legend was a shape shifter who once captured was compelled to tell his captor the truth to any question posed to him. Like Proteus my photography is fluid and shape shifting as I perfect my craft and search for my niche. It is also a truthfull representation of the image in my mind when the shutter is released.
Nikon D700 ISO200 90mm 1/125sec f/13
Nikon D700 ISO200 80mm 1/125sec f/13
Here the vertical frame gives a balanced space above and below the subject whilst the horizontal gives the impression of wasted space either side of the subject.
Nikon D700 ISO1600 50mm 1/60sec f/1.8
Nikon D700 ISO1600 50mm 1/60sec f/1.8
Here the subject actually appear larger in the frame with the horizontal image even though both were shot using a fixed 50mm lens from the same standing position. This is because in the vertical image the roof and floor act as leading lines to the subject. Because the leading lines are more obvious in the vertical image the impression is that the subjects must be further away.
Nikon D50 ISO200 80mm 1/1000sec f/4.2
Nikon D50 ISO200 70mm 1/1600sec f/4.0
Nikon D200 ISO1250 10mm 1/400sec f/10.
A trip to the canal side. This shot taken with a wide angle lens at 10mm showing the length of the canal tow path.
Nikon D200 ISO1250 200mm 1/160sec f/10
Taken from the same place as the first shot but with a 200mm lens picking out the tow path anchor ring and lining up the tow path edge from bottom left to top right of the frame.
Nikon D700 ISO200 70mm 1/80sec f/2.8
Nikon D700 ISO200 200mm 1/15sec f/2.8
Two images of a subterranean lake shot from one end of the lake to the other. The first is at 70mm taking in the whole cave including the reflection in the lake. The second taken at 200mm showing the seating area at the other end of the lake.
Nikon D200 ISO400 80mm 1/125sec f/16
Nikon D200 ISO400 200mm 1/125sec f/16
Taken on a foggy morning where it struck me that Paul Weller once sang "They were gonna build communities, it was going to be pie in the sky" and here it was. First shot taken of the view at 80mm. Telephoto shot of the block of flats taken at 200mm.
Original image.
Nikon D200 ISO100 50mm 1/320 sec f/7.1
Nikon D200 ISO100 50mm 1/320sec f/2.8
Nikon D200 ISO200 50mm 1/125sec f/2.8
Various panning shots of motorcyclists. The various shutter speeds giving different feels to the end results, especially the last one which gives a feel of the subject even without any defined focus.
Two images of the waterfall at Newstead Abbey to show the effect of shutter speed on an image. Both shot with Nikon D50 ISO200 70mm
First image 1/320 sec f/4 which almost freezes the motion showing individual droplets of water.
Second image 1/4 sec which is slow enough to start turning the motion into a milky flow.
Using a slow shutter speed and a torch bulb to write with light.
Nikon D50 ISO200 32mm 8sec f/11
A church lit by the road traffic, in this case a single decker bus.