The Wall Test

[Rob MacKillop]

I always laugh at those websites which photograph blank brick walls. So, here we go. Walls around Edinburgh Castle. DP2 Quattro.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

I have walked round those walls several times and each time I was too tired to see the stones for the whole wall. I kind of like the way you have done it here Rob, albeit I can't put words to what I feel as I see them. Very crisp and the clarity is very good.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, Ivar.

 

[Martin Carlin]

These are proper stone walls Rob. Nice shots is that a letter box?

 

[John Allen]

They look like really well-done hdr images. HDR in the way it was meant to be used, which was to increase the dynamic range of digital cameras. Far too many people use it to make images that look cartoonish.

 

[Rense Haveman]

Obviously no distortion at all, as one can clearly see...

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Strange place for a letter box, possibly a joke.

Like Ivar, but more so, I walked passed this wall hundreds of times, and rarely gave it a second glance. Today I was seeing it for the first time, in a way. It's great to be inspired again, thanks to my new friends at Sigma!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

John, no HDR used - not that you are saying there is: I'm just clarifying.

 

[John Allen]

John, no HDR used - not that you are saying there is: I'm just clarifying.

Yes, of course. You obviously knew what I meant. I've seen some hdr images that didn't really look like people think of when they think of hdr. They just looked like really good photos. I've tried my hand at it a few times to get more dynamic range and it works well if not overdone. What I haven't done is to do hdr on an image before converting to b&w. That sounds like it might be interesting. But not as interesting as your new quattro.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I'm sure I saw one for sale with your name engraved on it...

 

[John Holland]

I can imagine the things people thought as they watched you photograph a wall.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Haha. Yes. There were a couple of workers in a lorry behind me. I couldn't hear what they were saying, but they were staring at me.

 

[Martin Carlin]

Think it probably was in a previous life of a gated mansion or something similar

 

[Pete Askew]

Cracking set, Rob and just look at those colours.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

It really does look like that, even more so when wet...which is all too frequent!