ND1000 - 10 stop ND Filter
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Another little purchase in my ever quest to spend all of my hard earned cash is my new 10 stop ND filter, a B + W version (about £55 from Warehouse Express). The idea is that it offers 10 stops of light reduction. It is a really tricky beast to use as obviously you need to do all of your composition and focusing before popping the filter on or you won’t be able to see a thing, you also need a really steady tripod and preferably use a trigger for your camera to minimise any movement. Here is an example:
ISO 100 / 4 sec / f5.0
I am hoping to use it to create some really creamy water over rocks look and will post some pics up when I find a suitable location to take the pics.
Ski Photographer Links
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Some quick links I have found for ski photographers:
http://www.g1photo.com/
http://www.mattiasfredriksson.com/
http://www.whiteroompictures.com/index.php
http://rosswoodhall.com/home/index.php
http://www.pikephotography.co.uk/
http://www.dopeshots.com/
http://www.pallylearmond.com/
http://www.extremesportphotos.com/
http://www.melodysky.com/
http://www.dancampbellphotography.com/
Importing Camera Lighting Equipment
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I have recently imported some camera lighting equipment from the US as I was struggling to get hold of it in the UK and wanted to share what the rough costs were including shipping and duty as though the dollar price seems attractive for certain items it is roughly the same price as if bought in the UK. The items were purchased from BH Photo Video, and their delivery was brilliant. UPS added on the duty and handling costs of about £70. The middle cost shows the $ amount of the item excluding shipping etc. The last column shows the £ cost including shipping, duty and handling costs.
| Item | Item cost ($) | Cost (£) |
|
Custom Brackets FLASH SCREW
|
5 | 3.27 |
| Avenger A630B MINI MAX KIT STAND | 77.95 | 50.91 |
| Westcott 50″ APOLLO JS | 229.95 | 150.18 |
| LumiQuest SNOOT - LUSQ | 27.95 | 18.25 |
| LumiQuest CINCH STRAP - LUCSQ x 2 | 13.9 | 9.08 |
| Westcott APOLLO SPEEDLIGHT KIT 28″ | 119.95 | 78.34 |
| Manfrotto 026 UMBRELLA ADAPTR | 29.95 | 19.56 |
One view - four effects
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A single shot of a hillside near my house, taken with the 40d and 10-22 lens. I also used a 3 stop ND filter and then applied some of the default effects from Lightroom 2.
Sepia:
Grayscale:
Cyanotype:
Antique:
Stormy Sky
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Stormy Sky, originally uploaded by Presidium.
I took this little number while walking my dogs near the house. The weather has been rubbish lately and I am struggling to get any good colour shots but with a little conversion in Lightroom some are looking nice in grey scale.
And we are back
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So I tried Wordpress hosted and found I couldn’t configure it enough, then onto to Tumblr which didn’t give me enough control over the posts but was easy to customise and now onto my own Wordpress installated on my server. Phew. Fingers crossed this will be the last move.
