There were various events in Blackpool this weekend, including several live bands, a French drumming troupe, and a kite display. I got four shots that I'm happy with – two kites and two drummers – that I'll put up over the next few days.
Oh, and this is probably my least favourite of the four.
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captured camera lens focal length aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure bias metering mode ISO flash image quality RAW converter cropped?
12.14pm on 26/5/07
Canon 20D
EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS USM
110mm (176mm equiv.)
f/8.0
1/400
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
100
no
RAW
C1 Pro
1x1
E y e V i s i o n: it was a very bright sky, so didn't need much work.
comment bynferreira at 10:15 PM (GMT) on 27 May, 2007
The composition is fantastic and the crop choice couldn't be better. I can't wait to see the drummer photos. hmmm... maybe that's because I played drums a few years ago. :-)
comment bymiChou at 10:42 PM (GMT) on 27 May, 2007
Just wow!
Did that thing really fly? It's like hand-drawn :)
comment byKeith De-Lin at 12:02 AM (GMT) on 28 May, 2007
what a cool image. I'm with eyevision, the blown out background is great.
comment byBrian Ritchie at 01:30 AM (GMT) on 28 May, 2007
Astonishing; it looks like a geometric drawing rather than a solid object, with those sharp black edges and "fake pencil" grey shading. I thought it was going to be some sort of abstract post-processing experiment!
comment byFranck at 03:06 PM (GMT) on 28 May, 2007
Like a flower in the sky ! Great idea ...
comment by nor at 05:19 PM (GMT) on 28 May, 2007
西皮士: 这是一个风筝，David (这个网站的主人)在黑池拍的。
(In response to 西皮士, who was asking what is the object: It is a kite, photographed by David, this website's host, in Blackpool)
honestly, i can't get my mind or eyes to wrap around this image..all i see is a vector drawing...weird!
comment bymikelangelo at 10:08 PM (GMT) on 28 May, 2007
I agree with most of the comments...this has a very geometrical, vector/3d/cad/2d graphic art feel to it. Very nice. The only real hint visually being the cable in the lower left corner. coolness.
comment byRonald at 10:31 AM (GMT) on 29 May, 2007
Stunning shot Dave!
Had to bee scrutinizing this pic from up close to determine if it is a true photograph or a pencildrawing!
Not fully convinced it is the first yet...;-)
(If it is the latter, you are a true pencil-artis too!)
Did you do a lot of postprocessing to bring out the kite this well??
I see you did not overexpose to compensate for the hars backlight...
Extraordinary!
There were various events in Blackpool this weekend, including several live bands, a French drumming troupe, and a kite display. I got four shots that I'm happy with – two kites and two drummers – that I'll put up over the next few days.
Oh, and this is probably my least favourite of the four.
As an aside, if you get the "your comment will be moderated" screen, don't worry about it. Movable Type has updated the way it handles spam and it seems to be flagging a lot of 'innocent' IP addresses as dubious. I'll review this in a few days if it continues to be a problem.
camera
lens
focal length
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
flash
image quality
RAW converter
cropped?
Canon 20D
EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS USM
110mm (176mm equiv.)
f/8.0
1/400
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
100
no
RAW
C1 Pro
1x1
interesting, I'm amazed you could isolate it so well.
I like the yellows in contrast with the greys. How did you make the background white? Is it overexposed or done by PS?
E y e V i s i o n: it was a very bright sky, so didn't need much work.
The composition is fantastic and the crop choice couldn't be better. I can't wait to see the drummer photos. hmmm... maybe that's because I played drums a few years ago. :-)
Just wow!
Did that thing really fly? It's like hand-drawn :)
nferreira: the next kite shot is better than this one, but I like the photographs of the drummers better.
miChou: yep, it flew.
Bonjour,
Good idea..Very nice..Bravo!
what a cool image. I'm with eyevision, the blown out background is great.
Astonishing; it looks like a geometric drawing rather than a solid object, with those sharp black edges and "fake pencil" grey shading. I thought it was going to be some sort of abstract post-processing experiment!
This looks more like an illustrations than a photograph
I like it. First image for a while that made me think "wow". Like the rest I thought it was an abstract at first glance, great looking kite.
une oeuvre d'art aérienne et légère. Superbe traitement!
At first the looked like a 3D / CGI model or something until I saw th string in the buttom! :-)
这是甚么东西？
Reminds me of a complicated lampshade from Ikea with no instructions.
Amazing, like a 3D model!
Like a flower in the sky ! Great idea ...
西皮士: 这是一个风筝，David (这个网站的主人)在黑池拍的。
(In response to 西皮士, who was asking what is the object: It is a kite, photographed by David, this website's host, in Blackpool)
honestly, i can't get my mind or eyes to wrap around this image..all i see is a vector drawing...weird!
I agree with most of the comments...this has a very geometrical, vector/3d/cad/2d graphic art feel to it. Very nice. The only real hint visually being the cable in the lower left corner. coolness.
Wow! Great flying machine, great isolated shot!
Stunning shot Dave!
Had to bee scrutinizing this pic from up close to determine if it is a true photograph or a pencildrawing!
Not fully convinced it is the first yet...;-)
(If it is the latter, you are a true pencil-artis too!)
Did you do a lot of postprocessing to bring out the kite this well??
I see you did not overexpose to compensate for the hars backlight...
Extraordinary!
Interesting shot. Looks like a pen and ink drawing.
I would love to see the unprocessed image!
I just thought like Franck, a fabulous flower with such a delicate paper texture...
One could seriously doubt that this one is real. It looks so graphical and rendered. Really great and a lucky chance for you!