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Infrared over Troopers Hill

I’ve tried infrared photography a few times in the past with varying success. But one thing that I’ve always found is that infrared film is a lot grainier than regular black & white film, so you end up with a relatively low resolution picture. To work around this, I’ve tried using medium-format infrared film inContinue reading “Infrared over Troopers Hill”

Big, red sunset

This week the Photo Challenge is Leap, inspired by the leap year. There’s a lot of superstition around February 29th, but I’m going back to the astronomical basics. Leap years occur to nudge the Gregorian calendar back in sync with the solar year, and I’ve taken a picture of the sun setting over Bristol onContinue reading “Big, red sunset”

A new view of the Sun

Recently I wrote about making a solar filter for my camera but it’s taken a while to get round to using it. I had a quick go today, using my Canon 450D and a Tokina 400mm f/5.6 lens. The results are a bit iffy – there were massive problems with internal reflections in the lensContinue reading “A new view of the Sun”

Running away from the camera

This week’s Photo Challenge is “running away from the camera”. It’s simple – just put the camera on a tripod, set the self-timer to 2 seconds, press the button, and run away. Here’s my effort, taken on Troopers Hill.

Another HDR experiment

This picture was taken on Trooper’s Hill as another test of my HDR technique. It certainly looks odd, but there’s a strange charm to it, I think.

HDR in a copper smelter

This picture is my first attempt at HDR. It was taken inside the chimney on Trooper’s Hill using a fisheye lens.

Making a solar filter

I wanted a solar filter for my camera, for safe observation and photography of the sun. Typically these filters have an optical density of OD 5.0, which for photographers is ND 100,000. This means that only 0.001% of light is allowed through the filter. You can buy pre-made solar filters, but they are expensive andContinue reading “Making a solar filter”

Merging my blogs

Anyone who has come to this page either from photos.jonathangazeley.com or blog.jonathangazeley.com will notice I’ve now merged the two blogs in a single site called http://www.jonathangazeley.com. For now there are automatic redirects in place, and my RSS feed and all historic links will continue to work. But please do change your bookmarks, and if youContinue reading “Merging my blogs”

Numbers

Some time ago, Paul challenged me to do the numbers challenge. (This isn’t related to the Photo Challenge, by the way). The numbers challenge is simple. You put a film in your favourite camera, and take photos of numbers in order. On a 36-exposure film, you’d take pictures of the numbers 1-36 in order, asContinue reading “Numbers”

Ensign Ranger Special

Released 1953 This camera was a gift. It’s a fairly standard folding camera which prefers to be in the portrait orientation. Its main interesting feature is the built-in mask which allows the photographer to choose 6×9 or 6×6 exposures. See all photos taken with the Ranger. At a glance Lens Fixed 105mm f/4.5 Film 120Continue reading “Ensign Ranger Special”