A Founder Member Finally Joins the Forum

Helen Summers · Post by **Helen Summers** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 7:50 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Hi everyone

At last I have my own account; this is a great leap forwards for me as I don't do computers. Here are a couple of efforts; many thanks to Jo for getting the images into Photoshop and then this forum.

We spotted Hornby Castle on the way to Ribblehead Viaduct; it was a great piece of luck as it all came together nicely allthough we never did get a shot of Ribblehead that day.

I know pictures of sunflowers have been done lots of times but not by me

Apple · Post by **Apple** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 8:13 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Welcome aboard, Helen.

I bet Jo has been itching to colour one of those sunflower heads in on the computer...

Was the Hornby Castle shot taken with your standard orange filter?

Andrew

Helen Summers · Post by **Helen Summers** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 8:19 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Hi Andrew

Nope I used the Ebony

No seriously, yes it was my inevitable orange filter.

Post by **Joanna Carter** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 8:22 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

As it happens, I have a similar shot of the sunflowers in glorious Astia; for which I didn't need any filters

and got a shutter speed of 1/30sec; I think that's the fastest I have ever used in LF

I know I could be accused of being biased, but I really like the Hornby shot; in my opinion, it is one of the best B&W shots Helen has taken.

Post by **masch** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 8:59 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

I still think the Hornby shot would work nicely as a sq*** crop.... GDRVF.

Marc

Steve Bell · Post by **Steve Bell** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 11:34 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Both very nice Helen, although I prefer the Hornby Castle shot. What lens did you use? It must have been quite wide to get the water in below.

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:39 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Hi Helen ... at last ... you are being tempted over to the dark side!! A big welcome to a founding member!

Paul

Helen Summers · Post by **Helen Summers** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:56 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Marc, You are right, it will work as a square crop and we thought so at the time, so we are going back again in the autumn when the trees have their posh autumn clothes on. At present I feel that it would be a bit boring without the foreground interest.

Steve, the lens was my equally inevitable 150mm as I seem to see all my pictures at this focal length, except when I don't

Paul, or should it be Master, we all have our breaking point

Ole Tjugen · Post by **Ole Tjugen** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:34 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

I would crop the Hornby picture a little - 3cm off the top, 2cm off the right, and about 1 cm off the bottom. If it were my picture, at least

Then again I would probably have shot it on 9x12cm film using a 180mm lens, which would just about give the crop I'm thinking of

Or 5x7" film and a 270mm lens...