Malham Limestone Pavement

[Haselsh1]

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Malham Limestone Pavement, 10th June 2015

Sue and I decided to have a few days away from music and hi-fi and went to stay at a campsite at Gordale Scar in the Yorkshire Dales. This is one of the photographs that resulted from a very hot Wednesday. What a fantastic three days away.

[mikmas]

Superb photo Shaun, great B/W toning !!

Great photos on your website too :)

[walpurgis]

Yes. Nice one Shaun (again). :)

[Solrighal]

Nice photo mate :stalks:

[Joe]

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.

[Haselsh1]

Thanks so much for your comments guys. I used to treat photography like a lot of people treat religion and was a devout traditionalist but these days things are just so much easier with a digital camera and a good version of Photoshop with a few plugins.

[Solrighal]

Thanks so much for your comments guys. I used to treat photography like a lot of people treat religion and was a devout traditionalist but these days things are just so much easier with a digital camera and a good version of Photoshop with a few plugins.

That's my rationale too these days. The transition to digital sure was a rough one though eh, with arguments as to validity breaking out all over the place. Like you though I've come to the realisation that at the end of the day it's just an image, however it was created.

More power to you :)

Gordon.

[walpurgis]

Thanks so much for your comments guys. I used to treat photography like a lot of people treat religion and was a devout traditionalist but these days things are just so much easier with a digital camera and a good version of Photoshop with a few plugins.

I don't use anything too fancy to edit/alter images. I'm happy with Faststone Image Viewer. It does what I need. And it's free, which is handy for a skinflint like me. :)

[Solrighal]

I don't use anything too fancy to edit/alter images. I'm happy with Faststone Image Viewer. It does what I need. And it's free, which is handy for a skinflint like me. :)

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.

To be honest though, I find that as long as I'm prepared to accept the limitations of working with jpeg's rather than RAW files, better editing options are available on mobile platforms, and for relatively little cost. The current iteration of Snapseed on both Android & iOS is superb for instance. iOS is better served than Android in my opinion but Android is catching up fast.

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.

[Haselsh1]

Hmmm... these days guys I use an old version of Adobe Photoshop (CS2) which I absolutely love but I use two plugins, Silver Efex Pro and Colour Efex Pro and I find that these two pieces of software give me everything I need except beautiful warm tones, staggering depth of image and stunning tonal range...LOL. There really is no substitute for silver chloride on a beautiful photographic paper like Agfa Record Rapid but, I admit defeat. I admit that I am no longer as narrow minded as I used to be and I accept that after 45 years of this shit, I just don't need it anymore (Starting to sound like Andre) so, for the future, I am staying with digital and getting a life. Now on to Hi-Fi and vinyl...!!! Don't get me started :doh:

[Haselsh1]

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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 :doh:

[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! :D

Stunning photography, as usual, Shaun :youtheman:

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]

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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]

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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:doh:

[Gordon Steadman]

For me, the digital shots stay too much in focus all the way to the horizon without any softening. They this tend to look overlit (too much contrast?) and sharp. The tree shot just looks more natural. It is a very good picture.

[Haselsh1]

OK, first things first. Many thanks as always for your comments guys, I do so appreciate them. I am going to be drawn into this because I choose to so here goes... For me digital is dynamic, short, sharp and forceful. It has massive depth of field which, by the way, I do NOT like and it has massive contrast and sharpness which I also do NOT like. Silver halide is graceful, delicate and refined, all things I very definitely do like. Also because the format of the imaging sensor has a dramatic effect on the depth of field, film photography has a very narrow depth of field. A six by seven centimeter negative has an extremely shallow depth of field even using a wide angle lens. As a result of this, the horizon tends to be very soft and slightly 'out of focus' although this is not strictly true, it is a result of seriously limited depth of field. This is essential for portrait photography which brings me on to Barry's point.

I did a lot of portrait photography through the nineties mainly for friends and colleagues and the results were truly stunning. I always used Ilford Pan F+ which I developed in Paterson Aculux but these days I would use Tetenal Neofin Blue. It is a match made in heaven. I always used my Bronica at 6X4.5 cm with a plain prism finder and a 150mm medium telephoto lens so as to just squash the perspective slightly. It is essential that one focusses on the eye closest to the camera and ignores everything else as nothing else matters to be really honest. I shall post one of my shots as soon as it is scanned as I have nothing else to do tonight. Had curry, had beer, going to have vodka later.

Take great care everyone.

[Haselsh1]

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My colleague from way back when Nikki. Taken using my then Bronica ETRSi fitted with a Bronica 150mm slight telephoto with no filtration whilst loaded with Ilford Pan F+ film which was processed using Paterson Aculux. Two soft boxes were used to light the shot with one unit set at a quarter power. A Chinese style blind was used as a backdrop. My guess is that this was taken around the mid nineties.

[Haselsh1]

This photographic print was part of a panel I submitted to the Royal Photographic Society towards an LRPS distinction. I got the award but had to surrender it a year later when I left the RPS due to having no money to pay the subscription. What was the bloody point :mental:

[Spectral Morn]

Beautiful photos as usual.

Regards Neil

[take5]

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Well, im not a photographer at all, but saw the thread title, so called in.

We went walking up there 2 weeks ago. fantastic scenery.

Walked up to the bottom of Malham Cove and looked up in amazement at the rock climbers doing their stuff on the sheer face.

Then up the path to the left side of those cliffs and along the edge ( where I think your pic is from )

Thanks for the lovely photo. My daughter took some similar ones for a school project, but Im afraid to say.......... only on her phone ! ( am I allowed to admit to that here ? )

[Haselsh1]

My daughter took some similar ones for a school project, but Im afraid to say.......... only on her phone ! ( am I allowed to admit to that here ? )

Any photo is better than no photo ;)