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Kimmeridge

2008-02-21

Kimmeridge

Large version - Comment at flickr.com

Photoblog: 21 Feb 2008


Keywords: Dorset, England, English Channel, Isle of Purbeck, Jurassic Coast, Kimmeridge, Purbeck, UK, boats, landscape, night, sea, sepia


NIKON D50 18 mm 6918863/1000000 2 sec (2) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2008-01-27 17:22:05


the grim and the ghost

2008-02-20

the grim and the ghost

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Photoblog: 20 Feb 2008

Too busy for going out taking pictures, so I just took some out of the window...


Keywords: Bristol, England, UK, clouds


NIKON D50 46 mm f/11 0.002 sec (1/500) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2007-02-08 16:53:10


Basingstoke Canal

2008-02-19

Basingstoke Canal

Large version - Comment at flickr.com

Photoblog: 19 Feb 2008

Apologies if this looks odd, I processed it with my new monitor. It's awesome. I hadn't though of widescreen, until somebody told me it's brilliant for photoshop work. I'm not convinced I've calibrated it right, because it seems to have a tonal range that I thought impossible.


Keywords: Basingstoke Canal, England, Hampshire, Odiham, UK, bridges, canals, reflections, water


NIKON D50 18 mm f/9.0 0.02 sec (1/50) ISO 400 | Taken by Joe D on 2008-02-10 10:29:09


Canary Wharf

2008-02-18

Canary Wharf

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Photoblog: 18 Feb 2008


Keywords: Canary Wharf, Docklands, East London, England, London, Tower Hamlets, UK, architecture, vapour trails


NIKON D50 18 mm 633985/100000 0.025 sec (1/40) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2007-11-16 14:09:54


Garden of Rest

2008-02-17

Garden of Rest

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Photoblog: 17 Feb 2008

At Arno's Vale Cemetery in Bristol, England.


Keywords: Arnos Vale, Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol, England, Garden of Rest, UK, cemeteries, derelict


NIKON D50 18 mm f/10.0 0.017 sec (1/60) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2007-03-10 14:27:03


Lulworth Cove

2008-02-16

Lulworth Cove

Large version - Comment at flickr.com

Photoblog: 16 Feb 2008

My photosream: now with 0.5% less crap. I've been going through old stuff, deleting the crap that should never have been uploaded (when I joined flickr a year and a half ago I dumped nearly everything I'd ever taken into the uploadr, which wasn't really the best thing to do), and re-processing some of the stuff I took before working out how to use photoshop properly, or which I was too lazy to process at the time.

When I first uploaded this shot, it was pretty bland because of the haze, and had a wonky horizon; it also got lost in the flood of images, as I was less picky about what showed up in my stream. I thought it deserved a fresh airing, rather than just a file replacement.


Keywords: Dorset, England, English Channel, Jurassic Coast, Lulworth, Lulworth Cove, Purbeck, UK, West Lulworth, landscape, sea, world heritage sites


NIKON D50 55 mm f/8.0 0.01 sec (1/100) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2006-09-10 18:36:18


The Wall

2008-02-15

The Wall

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Photoblog: 15 Feb 2008


Keywords: Berlin, Berlin Wall, Deutschland, Die Welt, Germany, derelict, hot air balloons, ruins


NIKON D50 18 mm 6643856/1000000 0.006 sec (1/160) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2007-12-10 12:26:11


Stourhead

2008-02-14

Stourhead

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Photoblog: 14 Feb 2008

This time in colour.


Keywords: England, NT, Neoclassical, Stourhead, UK, Wiltshire, architecture, bridges, churches, gardens, reflections


NIKON D50 70 mm f/11.0 0.006 sec (1/160) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2007-08-09 13:53:40


West of Catbells

2008-02-13

West of Catbells

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Photoblog: 13 Feb 2008

Galleries: Cumbria

Might have gone a little OTT on the processing there.

Update: since you asked. Low contrast and zero shadows when opening the raw. Then a graduated layer mask to make the top darker and bottom lighter. I might have magic wanded the sky and dropped the exposure in curves, I don't remember. Then flattened. Then shadows/highlights with a tiny bit on shadows and a tiny bit more on highlights (probably 2,10*), but a lot of midtone contrast added. Then, in curves, top third of the blues increased, bottom third of the reds reduced, to correct white balance. I might have lassoed the sky with 200px feather to increase the blues, but I can't remember.

* I try to avoid using s/h, but opened them for the contrast tool, and ended up playing with the other sliders too.


Keywords: Catbells, Cumbria, England, Lake District, UK, clouds, landscape, mountains


NIKON D50 36 mm f/10.0 0.008 sec (1/125) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2007-06-20 12:24:06


Herd of cranes

2008-02-12

Herd of cranes

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Photoblog: 12 Feb 2008

St Paul's Cathedral.


Keywords: Blackfriar's Bridge, England, Faraday Building, London, River Thames, St Paul's Cathedral, UK, architecture, cathedrals, churches, cranes, tower cranes


Unknown model unkown focal length unknown aperture unknown exposure ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2007-09-20 16:21:07


Photographers on the ledge

2008-02-11

Photographers on the ledge

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Photoblog: 11 Feb 2008

Perhaps even flickrites.


Keywords: Dorset, England, English Channel, Isle of Purbeck, Jurassic Coast, Kimmeridge, Purbeck, UK, sea, silhouettes, sunset


NIKON D50 200 mm 6643856/1000000 0.004 sec (1/250) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2008-01-27 16:54:14


Pur Down

2008-02-10

Pur Down

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Photoblog: 10 Feb 2008

The BT transmitter on Pur Down in North Bristol, taken from the cycleway to the university.Click the "v1" tag to see this view in all weathers.


Keywords: Bristol, England, North Bristol, Pur Down, Pur Down Transmitter, UK, clouds, v1


NIKON D50 70 mm f/11.0 0.002 sec (1/500) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2007-02-08 15:53:17


Black Rock Sands

2008-02-09

Black Rock Sands

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Photoblog: 09 Feb 2008

Galleries: Wales > North Wales

B&W version of something I posted way back.


Keywords: Black Rock Sands, North Wales, Snowdonia, UK, Wales, beaches, bw, landscape, lpyc, monochrome, mountains, redfilter


NIKON D50 44 mm f/8.0 0.003 sec (1/320) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2007-06-24 16:41:35


Stalbridge sunrise

2008-02-08

Stalbridge sunrise

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Photoblog: 08 Feb 2008

Another one from a couple of weeks ago.


Keywords: Blackmore Vale, Dorset, England, Poolestown, Stalbridge, Thornhill, UK, landscape, mist, silhouettes, sunrise


NIKON D50 65 mm f/9.0 0.001 sec (1/1600) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2007-12-30 08:46:15


Avonmouth

2008-02-07

Avonmouth

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Photoblog: 07 Feb 2008


Keywords: Avonmouth, Bristol, Bristol Channel, England, Seabank, Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire, UK, industrial, power stations, sea, water


NIKON D50 44 mm f/11.0 0.04 sec (1/25) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2007-01-21 15:56:04


Kimmeridge

2008-02-06

Kimmeridge

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Photoblog: 06 Feb 2008

An alternative version.


Keywords: 123, 123f, 321, Dorset, England, English Channel, Isle of Purbeck, Jurassic Coast, Kimmeridge, Kimmeridge Bay, Purbeck, UK, flickrpix, landscape, long exposure, lpyc, pif, sea, silhouettes, sunset


NIKON D50 18 mm f/11.0 93 ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2008-01-27 17:30:07


Fluffy clouds

2008-02-05

Fluffy clouds

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Photoblog: 05 Feb 2008

Galleries: Cumbria

Currently going through the last six months of shots looking for stuff to print, and I keep finding shots like this one that I haven't even processed for flickr yet, but which deserve an airing.


Keywords: 123BW, 123L, 123S, 2for2, CF, Cumbria, England, Lake District, UK, bw, clouds, landscape, monochrome, mountains, national parks, redfilter


NIKON D50 18 mm f/9.0 0.008 sec (1/125) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2007-06-20 18:00:13


Cafe

2008-02-04

Cafe

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Photoblog: 04 Feb 2008

On the beach at Brean, where the Bristol Channel has been pushed back from the Somerset Levels. Who said you can't hold back the tide?

As featured in this blog post about Brean.


Keywords: Atlantic Ocean, Brean, Brean Down, Bristol Channel, England, Mendip Hills, North Somerset, Somerset, UK, Weston-super-Mare, beaches, reflections, sea, water


NIKON D50 20 mm f/8.0 0.025 sec (1/40) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2007-02-04 16:46:13


Bristol

2008-02-03

Bristol

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Photoblog: 03 Feb 2008


Keywords: Bristol, East Bristol, England, From Troopers Hill, River Avon, St Michael's Hill, Troopers Hill, rivers, tower blocks, towers, utilitarian architecture


NIKON D50 105 mm f/11 0.017 sec (1/60) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2006-12-17 13:48:05


churchyard

2008-02-02

churchyard

Large version - Comment at flickr.com

Photoblog: 02 Feb 2008

From back in August.


Keywords: Blackmore Vale, Dorset, England, Stalbridge, Stalbridge Church, UK, bw, cemeteries, churchyards, graves, infrared, monochrome


NIKON D50 18 mm f/11.0 6 ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2007-08-12 18:22:30


Westminster Abbey

2008-02-01

Westminster Abbey

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Photoblog: 01 Feb 2008


Keywords: England, London, UK, Westminster, Westminster Abbey, abbeys, architecture, churches, londonist, vapour trails


NIKON D50 18 mm f/9.0 0.017 sec (1/60) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2007-11-16 12:51:35


Castlerigg

2008-01-31

Castlerigg

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Photoblog: 31 Jan 2008


Keywords: Castlerigg, Cumbria, England, Lake District, UK, landscape, national parks, stone circles


NIKON D50 18 mm f/10.0 0.006 sec (1/160) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2007-06-20 09:44:44


Shillingstone church

2008-01-30

Shillingstone church

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Photoblog: 30 Jan 2008


Keywords: Blackmore Vale, Dorset, England, Shillingstone, Shillingstone Church, UK, architecture, bw, churches, monochrome, redfilter


NIKON D50 18 mm f/8.0 0.003 sec (1/320) ISO 400 | Taken by Joe D on 2007-07-11 14:37:53


Redcliffe Wharf

2008-01-29

Redcliffe Wharf

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Photoblog: 29 Jan 2008

Cold version of something I posted last Winter.


Keywords: Bristol, England, Floating Harbour, Redcliffe, Redcliffe Wharf, UK, Welsh Back, architecture, docks, industrial, night, reflections, water


NIKON D50 48 mm f/4.8 3 ISO 400 | Taken by Joe D on 2007-02-01 19:38:08


Nelson

2008-01-28

Nelson

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Photoblog: 28 Jan 2008




On his column.


Keywords: England, London, Nelson, Palace of Westminster, Trafalgar Square, UK, architecture, night, statues


NIKON D50 38 mm 6918863/1000000 20 sec (20) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2007-11-26 17:06:14


Jurassic Coast

2008-01-27

Jurassic Coast

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Photoblog: 27 Jan 2008






Keywords: Bat's Head, Bull Rock, Dorset, Durdle Door, England, English Channel, Jurassic Coast, Lulworth, UK, clouds, landscape, sea, silhouettes, sunset, water


NIKON D50 18 mm f/8.0 0.002 sec (1/500) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2006-09-10 19:17:59


Snowdonia

2008-01-26

Snowdonia

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Photoblog: 26 Jan 2008



The estuary of the Afon Glaslyn, near Portmadog.


Keywords: Afon Glaslyn, North Wales, Portmadog, Snowdonia, UK, Wales, estuaries, landscape, mountains, rivers


NIKON D50 200 mm f/8.0 0.005 sec (1/200) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2007-06-24 16:02:36


Fernsehturm

2008-01-25

Fernsehturm

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Photoblog: 25 Jan 2008



From Marx-Engels-Forum.


Keywords: Berlin, Deutschland, East Berlin, Fernsehturm, Germany, Marx-Engels-Forum, Television Tower, architecture, towers, transmitters


NIKON D50 18 mm f/11.0 0.033 sec (1/30) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2007-12-10 11:03:06


Castlerigg

2008-01-24

Castlerigg

Large version - Comment at flickr.com

Photoblog: 24 Jan 2008





Keywords: Castlerigg, Cumbria, England, Lake District, UK, landscape, mountains, stone circles


NIKON D50 29 mm f/8.0 0.013 sec (1/80) ISO 400 | Taken by Joe D on 2007-06-20 19:35:08


Squaring the circle*

2008-01-23

Squaring the circle*

Large version - Comment at flickr.com

Photoblog: 23 Jan 2008




Reinventing the wheel.

Slicing the pie.**

Mmmmm. Pie.



* Runs and hides from the mathematicians.
** Is that a euphemism? It sounds like it should be.


Keywords: England, London, London Eye, UK, square


NIKON D50 18 mm f/11.0 0.04 sec (1/25) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2007-11-09 12:14:46


South Drain

2008-01-22

South Drain

Large version - Comment at flickr.com

Photoblog: 22 Jan 2008




Draining the Somerset Levels, once tidal wetlands like the Broads.


Keywords: England, River Brue, Somerset, Somerset Levels, UK, landscape, reflections, rivers, water


NIKON D50 18 mm 6643856/1000000 0.017 sec (1/60) ISO 200 | Taken by Joe D on 2007-08-11 13:59:31


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