I finally decided to remove my “idle plug” and get on and edit a photo (or two). I posted this to my Flickr pages in only my third posting of the year. The first was the lovely winter scenes that I managed to capture a couple of weeks ago and the second was the crane that toppled in to the canal. Since then nothing. It’s not down to my enthusiasm.. well, maybe a little bit; I can’t even put it solely down to the weather, actually its more down to me deciding to be more selective. Over the last few years I have uploaded just shy of 11,000 images to Flickr and I have loved every minute of it. But, and that’s a big but, I have learned that quantity doesn’t override quality and as much as I have time to take and process images I have decided my time would be better used being more selective. So there you go…and here I am, the more selective me. So, for today “Saturday” I removed my idle plug and edited a photo (or 3 as this is a photostitch) and uploaded it to my Flickr page. Just for information, the image is taken with my Canon G9 and stitched using Microsoft ICE. The three images were taken at quite an extreme angle hence the angle of the buildings in the foreground (Left & Right). It was quite difficult to balance the exposure between the highlights of the sunset and the shadows of the foreground. A quarter of an hour later and here we are….enjoy. Thanks for reading. As usual, all comments welcome.
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About Mark Winterbourne
A little about me … well, what can I say. I started photography back in 1979 when I was just 11 years old.
I was given a 35mm SLR Camera by my late Grandfather as a birthday present. The camera was a Russian built Zenit EM and built like a house brick. Many of my slides on here are taken with the very same camera.
My passion stemmed from my Grandfathers love of photography and in particular his fondness of the English Lake District. I will showcase his work on here in the coming months, but there are over 10,000 slides and I have quite a task ahead of me scanning them in.
In the late eighties and early nineties I moved on to autofocus SLR’s and began to accumulate quite a stash of equipment. In between my full time employment and sleeping I started doing small photographic assignments for freinds, family and small businesses.
In the early 2000′s I started using a digital camera and traed all my traditional film cameras in for more equipment.
My Camera Equipment
Canon EOS 20D Body BGE2N Battery Grip
Canon EOS 50D Body BGE2N Battery Grip
Canon 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 EF-S Lens
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 III Lens
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM
Sigma 28-105 F2.8-4 DG Lens
Sigma 50-500mm f/4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM
Canon 580EX Speedlite Flashgun
Canon CP-E4 Compact Battery Pack for 580EX
I took an avid interest in aviation photography at the start of the 2000′s when digital cameras became more accessible. My enjoyment was taken up a level when I discovered I could mix my love of light & colour with aviation photography by taking photographs.
In 1983 I suffered a head injury which was diagnosed as a brain tumour. LIfe soon returned to normal in 1984 but in the early part of 2002 things turned nasty and headaches and sickness returned. To date I dont have a surgeon willing to operate on me and struggle by day to day. You will find more about this in my blogs…….
Nothing will stop my photography, not even this head injury….this blog reflects my day to day life as a person with an interest in photography….with a headache to match
Hope you enjoy….please feel free to contact me, anytime
Pleased you have removed your Idle plug…LOL…you will note,even I ,a complete novice, has become more selective,in the uploading of images.
Thanks Jean, yes I have noticed. Well done, they look great. I now think you should start writing a blog. That way you can give your photos even more coverage.
oops I don’t know how I missed your reply…..I am not an eloquent writer like you Mark,so don’t expect a blog page from me…lol.still have lots to learn and think about in taking photo’s…plus the editing side.