The final day of the Workshop started on Reynifsjara Beach, where some of the party were able to walk to the basalt column cave, whilst I (and my bad back) had to content myself with taking photos of the stormy beach and the sea-stacks and arch at Dyrhólaey and the farm houses nearby. We then […]
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We lost a day, which given the state of my back was not really a loss to me, as it poured with rain for nearly a whole night and most of the next day. We stayed in the Skyrhusid Centre near Hali and did some Lightroom work on the images we’d already taken. The next
If you look through my Galleries or Albums you will soon realise I rather like taking pictures of rivers, waterfalls, and the like. It’s obviously a throwback to my days as a fluvial geomorphologist and hydrologist. I think I’ve just about got the “silky” water effect cracked now, although when you’re short of light to start with,
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A short walk from the road just below Chateau Tongariro is this spot – used as a location in Lord of the Rings. Why is this a moment? Well I think I can confidently state that it was here that Peter learnt how to take soft, silky waterfall shots – perhaps the only lesson passed
A picture from the Yorkshire Dales Photo Workshop. This is where I learnt to do silky waterfalls. The secret, if there is one, aperture priority and use a graduated filter to reduce the shutter speed. I actually like the composition of this image with the river exiting the picture to the right front. Below is