Bored afternoon shots - I like boredom. It usually means something is cooking.

[Rob MacKillop]

Restless this afternoon, I thought I'd have a bit of experimental time with the Q3 and a wine glass in front of the lens, sometimes moving the glass with a slow shutter speed. I used the Polopan setting in Exposure 7 for the grain.

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[Rob MacKillop]

PS There’s a mixture there. For instance the first shot did not have the glass in front of it, but was (iirc) a 4-seconds exposure.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

I have been struggling to follow this forum lately, there is too much news every day. Good thing, indeed!

I like experiments, but no. 1 (without the glass) is probably my favourite. Also the cyclopean spacecraft in no. 2 captures my attention. In no. 3 the baroque guitar is fighting against the hanging paintings and nobody knows who will be the winner, I'm rooting for the guitar, but who knows?. No. 4 is a no for. No. 5 has teeth and eyes that scare me out of my pants. No. 6 is intimate and thoughtful and relaxing. I vote for No. 6.

Where is No. 7?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Haha. It was never my intention to scare you, Gianluca! I did not see those eyes and teeth…Now I can’t NOT see them!

Well, they were fun to do, and I do like the first and last.

I’ve been contributing a lot here this last week or two, thanks to the new camera reigniting my passion for photography. My enthusiasm will die down in a while, and you’ll just hear from me occasionally. So please excuse the excess of contributions and comments. But what else is this place for?

 

[Gianluca Drago]

Please @Rob MacKillop, don't let your enthusiasm die. I do love your posts!

 

[Brian Moore]

Black and white serenity. How did you manage that semi-fisheye effect in the final one, Rob?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

As I mention in my initial comments, Brian, I put a wine glass in front of the lens, and sometimes moved it around while doing a relatively long exposure of one to four seconds. In that last image the edges of the wine glass came into view occasionally during the long exposure, with quite an interesting result! I might explore the technique more. You heard of it here first! I’m sure you’ll tell me if it works with beer tumblers as well

 

[Rob MacKillop]

PS Manual focus works better. I also tried slightly shifting the focus wheel over a long exposure.

 

[Brian Moore]

As I mention in my initial comments

Oh yes. (I typically skim right over your blether...)

 

[Rob MacKillop]

 

[Gianluca Drago]

@Rob MacKillop Next time try with red wine so even @Brian Moore will read your "blether".

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Brian’s from Rutherglen, a satellite town to Glasgow. We have to cut him some slack. That he can read at all is a wonder

 

[Brian Moore]

Brian’s from Rutherglen, a satellite town to Glasgow. We have to cut him some slack. That he can read at all is a wonder

Cheeky Dundonian bugger!