PeterW
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Post by PeterW on Nov 4, 2005 14:53:10 GMT -5
Hi all, Here's a picture I took a couple of summers back from a bridge on the main street of Canterbury, a city about 15 miles from me. Camera was a Canon A1 with 35-70 zoom, film was Fujicolor 200. Brickbats welcomed. Peter
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Post by Randy on Nov 4, 2005 18:56:52 GMT -5
Nice picture Peter, how come it's so skinny? I'll bet that guy's basement leaks.
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Post by PeterW on Nov 4, 2005 19:37:46 GMT -5
Hi Randy, I cropped it a bit to take out a billboard on the right hand side. ALL ancient basements in the UK leak. The damp is included free in the price of the house . Peter
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Post by kamera on Nov 5, 2005 11:38:48 GMT -5
Peter,
Here in my area of the country, we have a rather high water level and many of our basements have sump pumps.
I would guess that the boats are for emergencies rather than pleasure...!? ;D ;D
The pic really turns me on...I like the vertical narrowness of it, the small waterway with the reflections and the contrast. I had initially thought some clouds in the sky would expand the pic, but have decided that since that area is relatively small that clouds would actually detract from the scene.
Ron Head Kalamazoo, MI
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Post by PeterW on Nov 5, 2005 14:08:06 GMT -5
Thanks both.
I walked back and forth along the bridge trying to get the right viewpoint, and this was the one I liked best. I focused on the windows of the houses because if I focused futher away then on DOF preview the windows were out of focus which didn't look right. I had to use a fairly large aperture to give enough exposure to get detail in the houses. As it was I think I was working at about 1/60 sec at around f/5.6 with 200 ASA film (the TTL meter suggested a shorter exposure). It took me about a quarter of an hour to decide how to take this, but it was something I just couldn't take as a spur of the moment shot. It was actually more difficult than I expected when I first looked.
Peter
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Post by ellacoya1 on Nov 5, 2005 17:16:50 GMT -5
Funny, Bob and I have been house hunting, and here also because of a high water table and old stone cellars, they often tend to be damp, lol. Bob see's it as a problem, I see it as a fact of life, lol I like the shot, I like the detail of the houses. I like the way the water leads the eye right up the middle of the image and then curves out of sight. Sherri
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Post by PeterW on Nov 5, 2005 19:38:20 GMT -5
Thanks, Sherri.
Peter
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