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MSH3906 - The Minimalistic Vertoramic Seascape -

Two image 'Vertorama'.

Nikon D200. Sigma 10-20mm @ 12mm.
3 seconds @ f/16. ISO 100.

.9 [3 stop] Hitech ND Grad. Soft edged.

Shot in Manual.
Spot metered from the surf and sky to determine filter selection.
Custom White Balance applied in Adobe Camera RAW.

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Shot this back on October 25^th '09. Was a bit of a breezy evening; couldn't turn my camera into the wind without the lens getting absolutely plastered with sea spray. Canne remember how many times I cleaned the lens and filters that evening.
Was a shame, as the best light and colours were in the same direction as the on coming wind.

Another down side to the wind was the lashing I got from the waves.
On a few occasions they came over the top of my ankles and down into my boots. Was a bit chilly to say the least.
Hence why this shot was taken from a bit further back though I still managed to get wet, thus resulting in me shooting it as a 'vertorama'...

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So I got a new toy in the post today... Nah, still the same old camera.

I got myself a new timer release & intervalometer... [Its basically a fancy cable release].
Most of the big brands have their own, Nikon have the MC-36, Canon have the TC-80N3.

Thing is, they do the same thing... They're based on the same circuit, and same principle.
You can set it to do lots of exposures, tell it to do an exposure 5 hours, 43 minutes and 19 seconds after you click the button, or program it to do a 3 hour, 59 minute and 2 second exposure, using your camera's bulb setting [normally a couple of clicks after 30sec in manual mode].

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My central heating clicked on this morning!

And cause of this, I officially declare Summer... Over!
Bring on the autumn!

That's all...

This public service announcement was brought to you by Matt Harris Photography.
Wasting my time by wasting yours.

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MSH1458 -

Nikon D200. Sigma 10-20mm @ 17mm.
1/5th sec @ f/16. ISO100.

.9 Hitech soft ND grad. 105mm Heliopan Polarizer - fully polarized.

Nikon Evaluative Metering.
Cloudy White Balance.

This was shot on June 6th, 2009, on my first visit to Swanwick nature reserve, near Fareham in Hampshire.

Pretty cloudy day, as you can probably tell, and as muggy as hell, properly stormy, but we still ventured out into the unknowns.

Swanwick's an almost entirely man-made landscape. It used to be a clay quarry, for the Bursledon Brickworks . Once they were done with it the land was bought by NATS , and management of the reserve handed over to the Hampshire and Isle of Wight wildlife trust .

Swanwick consists of 4 lakes, acres of woodland, meadow and pasture, home to hundreds of species of wildlife, and topped off with ahill, made of the spoil from the clay extraction, now playing host to a hell of a lot of bunnies.