Malham Limestone Pavement

[Haselsh1]

Here is another digital shot of the Limestone Pavement at Malham in the Yorkshire Dales taken on Wednesday 10th June 2015. This was also taken using an Olympus Pen Lite EPL-3 compact camera set at 200 ISO. OK, there was quite a bit of manipulation done using Adobe Photoshop CS2.

[Haselsh1]

I was there, almost 50 years ago, on a school trip. 'Limestone Pavement' and 'Ox-Bow Lake' are about the only things I remember from geography lessons.

'Terminal, Lateral and Medial Moraine' are just about the only things I remember from Geography but I cannot for the hell of me remember what the feck they are

[Ali Tait]

The leavings of the passing of a glacier I think..

[Joe]

The leavings of the passing of a glacier I think..

I think I saw that glacier passing when I was there in '68.

[Marco]

Yeah, a Fox's mint was sitting on it!

Stunning photography, as usual, Shaun

Marco.

[mikmas]

Same here, at least, these days anyway. I used to use PS in my Windows days but since moving to a Mac I've been forced to give it a miss.

As far as the Mac is concerned it's a disaster for photographer's on a budget with very few limited options outside of the full-blown (and expensive) editing suites.

Gordon.

Worth looking up a copy of Photoshop Elements for Mac ... I got V 10 free with a scanner but it's pretty cheap to pick up a disc on eBay. Has most of the useful filters and gizmos without the overblown fuss (or price) of Adobe CS

[Haselsh1]

Unfortunately Photoshop Elements is nowhere near good enough for what I use CS2 for. Elements has nowhere near the facilities or flexibility of CS2. I use Photoshop CS2 for designing all of my website graphics as well as working on photographic images. I have to admit though that I do not require anything more advanced than CS2 which fullfills everything I could ask of it.

[Haselsh1]

Here is a shot dedicated to Barry as it is shot on medium format film, Ilford FP4+ in Paterson Aculux to be exact, shot using a Bronica ETRSi fitted with a Bronica 40mm lens and metered using a Gossen meter. The lens was fitted with a Hoya HMC yellow/green filter to enhance the clouds. This can be compared directly to the digital shots presented here so that it is open for you to make up your own minds as to which you prefer. I am passing no comment at this time.

[Barry]

Here is a shot dedicated to Barry as it is shot on medium format film, Ilford FP4+ in Paterson Aculux to be exact, shot using a Bronica ETRSi fitted with a Bronica 40mm lens and metered using a Gossen meter. The lens was fitted with a Hoya HMC yellow/green filter to enhance the clouds. This can be compared directly to the digital shots presented here so that it is open for you to make up your own minds as to which you prefer. I am passing no comment at this time.

Oh - that is just lovely! There is a difference, but I can't really put it into words - suffice to say I prefer it. Although you predominantly take landscapes (as did I, as part of my travel photography), I would be interested in your thoughts on the pro/cons of digital vs. silver halide photography when it come to portraiture; especially the accurate capture of skin tones.

By the way, Ilford FP4 was my preferred B&W film, and when I was thinking of dabbling in medium format, the Bronica ETRS would have been the camera I used.

I feel honoured to have a photograph dedicated to me! Especially one with such good composition: I love the diagonal of the branch; the way the stony ground leads you into the picture, and the railway viaduct in the far distance. Perhaps I run a couple of rolls of FP4 through my camera to see what I can do? I have all the filters.

[struth]

Very good....I had a Bronica myself and foolishly sold it in a fit of pique