Algae covered timber groynes on Gold Beach, Normandy.
This shot was taken in mid-afternoon. There was a light cloud cover, the ambient light was bright and evenly-spread. The result is a feeling of the “tropics”.
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It is said that William the Conqueror and Harold Godwinson crossed the bay from this point.
This shot was taken in late afternoon – there was a light to medium cloud cover above and behind me. The Mont Saint-Michel was covered in denser clouds. The result is this “moonscape”.
An Egg case (Chondrichthyes) or egg capsule, colloquially known as a mermaid’s purse or devil’s purse, is a casing that surrounds the fertilized eggs of some sharks, skates, and chimaeras.
Colza oil is a nondrying oil obtained from the seeds of Brassica rapa, var. oleifera, a variety of the plant that produces turnips. In France, especially, the extraction of the oil is an important industry. See the consequences of monoculture.
Freezing motion when photographing small birds can be difficult. In order to get a decent shot of a small bird you need to get really close-up and when you are really close even slightest turn of the head will cause a blur. So, if you want to freeze motion you need a fast shutter speed. The picture below was taken at 1/320 sec. (this is just about enough to freeze motion in such a situation).
Motion blur can add interest to a photo by making it more dynamic. However, in the photo below there is probably too much motion blur – the bird ‘s head could have been in sharper focus. This shot was taken at 1/320 sec. This is much too slow to freeze motion. A shutter speed of 1/1000 sec. or faster would have reduced blur.
The photographs were taken at 1/6 second interval and at :
- Shutter speed: 1/320 sec.
- Aperture: f6.3
- ISO: 800
- Lens : 105 mm
- Support: tripod
- Weather: overcast
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Here is another example of motion blur. A cascade taken handheld at 1/10 sec. using a Canon G9.
This is my first try combining several shots taken at a different exposures. I took 5 shots in all, each at 1 stop interval and then combined them to give this picture. The camera (Nikon D300) was set to give “vivid” colours hence the saturated look.
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