Project 15 : planning your portfolio

This project requires that a series of photographs are taken from the same location, of the same view but at different times of the year. The purpose is to demonstrate how the seasons change to landscape, the changes in foliage colour (providing the trees are disiduous) and the change in colour of the light.

I probably used up 6 hrs of my time looking for the location. I needed some height, maybe looking into a valley and foloiage of correct genre. To reference the alighment for each visit a building or two would also be useful and it needed to be available all the year around. The village of Castle Acre lies in the Nar Valley and being about 10 miles from home ticked all the boxes. After the first visit it was nesseccary to take a print on return visits to get the approximate alignment for repetition.

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Birding - Project 15 - 5x4

21st December, the shortest day of the year so probably not the best day to do some bird shots with the 600mm lens. Started the day with a "Winter" set for project 15. I now have all the seasons shot at Castle Acre and will process them and put them in the journal when I have caught up on some of other projects prior to 15. Also made some very wintery shots with the Wista 5x4 around Castle Acre, using Provia and Delta 100. Then to Cley and Salthouse for some bird shots. I have always wanted to do more with the 600mm lens and while the odd trip to Thetford forest for Dear never quite comes up with that magic moment and "Wildlife Photographer of the Year" I decided to have a look at seabirds and waders again. One reason for choosing them over songbirds in the garden is their size. The 600mm has a closest focus distance that is still 5m or so (cant remember exactly) and makes a finch small in the frame and a gull therefore is easier to fill the frame. Salthouse on the North Norfolk coast is about as cold and windswept a place that you will find. Problem number one was that the pools behind the shingle banks were 98% frozen over and not much prospect of gulls or waders using them. Some birds, havent looked up the names yet and a few images for todays posting, maybe more over Chritmas.

 

Nikon D3 600mm f4  1/1250 sec f5  ISO 1000

 Nikon D3 600mm f4  1/1250 sec  f5 ISO 1000

Nikon D3 600mm f4  1/800 sec F4 ISO 1000

And some departing Geese

Nikon D3 600mm f4  1/1000 sec f4 ISO 400

The rotten apples - an image of late Autumn

D3 60mm macro 2 secs f32 ISO 200

Pylons in Fog and a Tree

Two from the early mornings this week

This one has had less work, but is suitable for Project 15

Autumn Trees

From this morning. D3 300mm f2.8 ISO800 1/800 sec f5.6

Temp -2c

 

And one from yesterday

 

These images may be short listed for project 15

Paused - Playing again - In a Poppy Field

Due to a number of circumstances I have pressed pause on the Landscape work for a few weeks. Some difficult work assignments and a close family member in hospital contributing to overload. I did manage a few hundred words to add to Project 11 a few days ago and felt pleased with my efforts on light measurement and my renewed interest in measuring light. However blogspot managed to wipe it away and I have nothing to show for it. This was such a demoralising moment I didn't have the energy to start it all again. Maybe I should write in Word and cut and paste into here. Certainly as a platform to work in this is unpredictable to say the least.

29th June 2010

Pressed play again yesterday and visited a field of poppies that a friend had told me about. First visit was mid day and didnt work, but in the evening another visit which may have one or two for  summer in the final assignment. Also found time and energy to write some more on Project 11, which despite blogspots second attempt to delete words is now complete.

One of the Poppy shots. Not sure if this will ever get used in an Assignment but its just refreshing to have taken a photograph again. Maybe in Project 15.