Marks Wasted Time: Photo-nephology

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Photo-nephology

ISO200, 33mm, f/13, 1/60s, -1.3ev, circular polariser, desaturate, levels, curves, vignette, noise reduction

ISO100, 21mm, f/13, 1/50s, -1.3ev, circular polariser, cropped, levels, curves

ISO400, 16mm, f/6.3, 1/50s, -1ev, circular polariser, noise reduction, levels,curves, vignette

Three shots taken down a lane that I travel down all the time, but never actually look for possible shots. With some great cloud formations in the evenings lately I challenged myself to taking some shots locally instead of slipping into a "nice sky, if only I was at .. " (somewhere more overtly photogenic) mindset.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: I love these shotts, we need to get one or two printed :) amazing to think a few mins from your doorstep and you can create these.....well done you x; 8:24 pm

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Whos wasted time?

My name is Mark Coombes, I live in the South of England, near the City of Bath. I'm 42 and have a deep passion for all things photographic. I always had some artistic talent, but never had the patience for most art forms, so digital photography suits me down to the ground.

I was given a Canon 1000F for my 18th birthday with some old Sigma lenses, but really only got serious in 2006 when I bought a 350D. My equipment went from 17-85mm, 100-300mm IS and Sigma 105mm Macro, to a 16-35mm II L and 100-400mm L thanks to some serious saving and in 2010 I upgraded to a Canon 50D, before finally investing in a Canon 5D mark III in 2013. Since then I've added various flashes, flash modifiers, filters, polarisers, tripods and a Canon 135mm f/2 lens.

I tend to photograph anything and everything that I find photogenic, combined with my passion for adventure and exploration most of my photos are happy coincidences, rather than the odd planned or staged effort. If I was to pick one specific area to specialise in it would be wildlife photography, especially now I'm getting out for less sunrise landscapes. Only time will tell where it leads and if anything productive ever comes out of it, or if I am just wasting time..