image from my stanley park shoot.
Evidence of wildlife/fauna
I liked this because of the textures within the image. I think the silvery cobweb contrasts well against the darker green of the door hinge creating an icy/wintery effect.
Evaluation.
Evaluation.
In my final imagery I tried to get across a moody nighttime landscape and the stars to create an interesting scene.
I think my final images were successful as the colours and tones reflected the nighttime cold atmosphere, creating that moody feel. I believe that the research I did helped develop a certain style to my images, which is unique and interesting. I used a sturdy tripod to aid my long exposure times and a standard lens with my Nikon d90. I organized to go on this shoot with a few friends to beacon fell, although I would have preferred to go at sunset or sunrise, the only available time I could go was at around 8/9 ish in the evening meaning it was pitch black.
With my work I tried out long exposures and using different tones to create interesting vibrant images. I also tried using a macro lens to do some fauna photography to include a variety of themes within my work.
I was most confident with my testing of exposure times and landscape as I felt I could create more effective imagery by doing this. The technical difficulty I encountered was that my flash wouldn’t work whilst trying to do fauna shooting at night.
My work could reflect some of the research I did for this task as I took into concept the other photographers work and tried to involve it within my own.
One of my main problems with my work was that my final images had too much noise in them due to the long times. If I were to re-shoot I would take this into consideration and would experiment with different technical things to try and help reduce this.
>>My final 5 images from my beacon fell shoot.
I used these images for my final as I felt that these were the strongest out of all the shoots I have done. I focused on the theme of landscape as I thought that beacon fell at that time of night would give off some really effective imagery
David Fleet
Landscape Photography
http://www.davidfleetphotography.com/
David Fleet is a professional landscape photographer based on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
David produces stunning landscape photography, in particular, the rugged beauty of the Scottish islands can be seen in his landscape photographs of the Isle of Harris and Outer Hebrides.
David is one of the most exciting young landscape photographers in the UK. He is currently busy capturing striking landscape photography of Scotland which is quickly gaining national recognition and has been featured in magazines, the national press and art galleries.
(from david’s website.)
Tim Edgar was born in Somerset, England and studied at Salisbury College of Art and the University of Wales, Newport.
info@timedgar.co.uk
He often explores specific sites of “Natural History” combining scientific conventions with a practice rooted in contemporary documentary photography. Local sites of conflict are explored over long periods of time. Starting points are often the life / death cycle of particular nests and habitats, for example a “Rookery” a “Cobweb” or the daily rural “Dog Walk”.
He lives in Swanage, Dorset and is a Senior Lecturer in Photography at
The Arts University College at Bournemouth.
I liked this image as I think the depth of field works well bringing out the yellow flower in the image. Although i could have brought more focus into the blue flower infront.
Shooting Log.
BEFORE SHOOT
Date of shoot : 8th February
Location of shoot : Stanley park - Blackpool
Ideas : for this i am planning to take flora/fauna photos as i think this would bring out the best images as there are lots of plants and interesting things that i could incorporate within my work. Also within Jans lessons we have been looking at evidence of wildlife as there isn’t much wildlife present in the area i live, so this would be interesting to look at / attempt to photograph.
Inspirations: Mike Gallager - http://www.mikegallagherphotography.co.uk/index.htm
i like some of his flora work as he uses DOF well and has contrasting colours which are eye-catching.
AFTER SHOOT.
What went well : I got a variety of photos which i think work well together, i also experimented around with my macro lens which gave some effective images.
What didn’t work so well : I forgot to take out gloves with me which made my hands cold, making me less enthusiastic about shooting. Also i wore innapropriate footwear for the area, creepers dont work well for gripping to icy grass as i discovered.
Improvements : If i was to re-soot, i would consider my clothing as to keep myself warm and enthusiastic about shooting. Also i would like to have used a wider variety of lenses, maybe using extension tubes along with my macro lens would have given a better quality image. I would also have planned my time out better as i think i didnt use it as effectively as i could.
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