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World Image Magazine Management Team Gordon Longmead - England - CEO Peter Hogel - Uganda - Deputy CEO Scott Hurd - Namibia Tom Coetzee - South Africa Paul Welch—Australia
Steve Cook - USA Robert Murray - Scotland Tina Andreasson - Sweden and Mexico Jack Glisson - Kentucky USA Rodger Lee - Steam Punk Events
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Photographers Enjoy More … official If Anyone Can, Pelican - Peter Hogel What You See and What You Get - Infra Red with Alan Griffiths Wildlife of America - Deer by Larry Hitchens Paperbark Tree Reflections - Paul Welsh How Not to Take the Picture Gordon Longmead Morecambe Bay- Alan Griffiths some times less is more Three in One - Paul Welsh Going Shopping - Gordon Longmead Film is not Dead - Paul Weijenberg Arachnid - Picture by Tony Sparkes A Study in Nature - Buzzard, Pictures by Scott Latham Pebbles and Surf at West Bay, Dorset, Paul Wenlock. Perfect? Absolutely. Light Room Editing with Alan Griffiths Smart Phones and Photographers. Depression and Photography - Gordon Longmead Sunrise - Fraser's Hill Golf Club - Malaysia - Tony Sparkes A Balinese Carpenter Bee - Paul Welch Ruby-Throated Hummingbird by Louise Bradt A Study in Nature - Deer - Pictures by Scott Latham Infra Red Landscapes - Pictures by Alan Griffiths Wildlife Borneo - Another Day in Paradise, Sabah Reef by Gary Bridger
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Kuyimba means 'to sing' in the Zambian Chinyanja language and this site is a celebration of the sights and sounds of southern Africa. Join us to experience it for yourself.
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Yellow Archangel (Lamiastrum galeobdolon) Gordon Longmead
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Researchers in the USA have finally discovered what As a photographer we watch closely what is photographers have known for decades, happening so as to anticipate the ‘moment’ when we photographers have more fun. can take the picture we want. Using a camera (not a smart phone) to take a picture Unlike the non-photographer who feels the music forces the photographer to focus on the moment and and is usually oblivious to what is happening, the so makes a more lasting impression in the memory. photographer absorbs everything relating to the sights and sounds of the event. The memory of an event is reinforced by becoming engaged with the experiences. With photography we It is not only true for concerts, but any event. At a become engaged with an event days, sometimes race meeting the non-photog will watch cars and weeks, in advance. bikes racing round in circles, but we, the photographer, will focus on the corners because that We begin by planning the visit and finding out what is where the action will occur. the venue is like, what lighting we may find when we get there. We work out what viewpoint we want to A firework display is wonderful, people see the try and obtain for the images we want to capture. pretty colours and the moment is past, the photographer sees the full event, we watch and If we are sensible, we also contact the venue to get photograph the ariel firework exploding and permission to take the pictures, and even the artist for expanding, eventually disappearing to be replaced by the same reason, (release form). Both of these another. approaches can pay unexpected benefits, contact the artist first and they may offer a personal photo When we take pictures of people who are happy, we opportunity, then the venue. share their enjoyment. Our goal is to capture a true representation of that single moment that conveys all If the venue do not normally allow photography, the pleasure of the scene. having the artist on your side can help to bypass the rules. But we go further, the photographer will actively seek out the images that convey the sadness and In the days before we attend our attention turns desolation that people might be feeling in their daily towards the equipment we might need. How many lives and, without invading their space, try to convey cameras, what lens or lenses to take and what, if any, all of those feelings in the picture. other equipment to take. We, as photographers, feel the images we are taking. So we get to the venue and there are the audience Incorporating our thoughts and feelings into the waiting outside for the doors to open and let them image gives the image more depth and strength. We pile in. Everyone rushing to get in the hall even when can look back at those pictures and know what we there is a few hours before the concert starts, (always felt and what it took to get the image. make me smile). Photographers have more fun, but we also see far If you did your preparation correctly you should be more than the general public because we see and feel able to walk to the front of the queue or the stage the moment in a way that no one else ever will. door and gain immediate access so you can meet the artist for those special pictures. So we are already engaged with the event and it has not even started. We think on our feet because the best laid plans can go astray. Far from holding the phone in the air with no thought for the picture, our brains are actually working overtime. Website = photosociety.net
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If Anyone Can, Pelican - Peter Hogel
Pelican taking off … pleasant change from trying to zoom in on the tiny kingfishers....
So another pelican … well its the same pelican, another pose … so here is the problem with shooting birds in flight..or sitting still...its so hard to choose one or two good ones, they all have their beauty … slightly this or that with the wings and its another nice one...what to do, what to do .... Website = photosociety.net
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What You See an Infra Red with For those who would like to see what I see on my infrared camera when I'm taking it, here you go. I've learnt to see in black and white, what works and what does not work. I use light room to balance the blown out sky's and bring out the shadows. It is then exported to photoshop as a tiff and edited in the nik software suite (which is free now go have a look https://www.google.com/nikcollection/ ) . The reason I like infrared is - I don't really need to see the colour as it can be a distraction from the subject I'm trying to capture and cityscape / buildings just pop compared to a normal camera. I finish off all my mono editing with lightroom and photoshopping with nik silver pro 2.
Best thing about infrared photography is the hotter the day the better they are, I've have two converted cameras to play with, both converted to mono 720nm. The first is a Nikon s3300 compact which is brilliant for a pocket camera, my second is a sony a5000, this matches my other camera's, the nex 7 and nex 5n, so I've got a vast choice of lenses to use and they all take the same batteries. As in all forms of photography, it is not just a case of taking the pictures, you have to learn to ‘see’ in a different way. This comes with practice and it helps if you can see in black and white, or more correctly, greyscale.
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d What You Get Alan Griffiths The old shops located on the north Blackpool pier using IR.
t easy to use and often disappoint. Although it can cost ÂŁ300 or more to convert a camera, it is worth the effort if you rious about producing infra red images. A serious photographer has at least three cameras, one for colour, one for cale and the one for infra red. Whatever you decide, I hope this has inspired you to try something new.
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Wildlife of America - Deer by Larry Hitchens
Sika Elk young Buck
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White Tail Deer
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Paperbark Tree Refle
The Paperbark tree can be any one of several forms of small trees belonging to the genus Melaleuca, in the myrtle (Myrtaceae) family. These characterized by their whitish papery bark that peels off in thin layers. They are native to Australia and nearby islands, where the common name, swamps paperbark, is more often used to identify the clump forming M. ericifolia, and to M. rhaphiophylla.
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ctions - Paul Welsh
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How Not to Take the Picture Otherwise known as the mistakes we make and would rather not admit too.
“Expecting the lens to get you close enough over open skies". This was taken with the Tamron 150 600mm zoom at extreme range.
When taking a picture, always ensure you have a clear view of the subject. This was also taken with the Tamron 150 - 600mm zoom
Morecambe Bay- Alan Griffiths some times less is more
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Three in One - Paul Welsh
A flock of Correllas in the back yard taken at 400 ISO, f/ 6.5 exp 1/1000 taken on my Nikon D750 with 150 -600 Sigma lens . Below, the rest of the gang - Paul Welsh
In light of many recent discussions I have had recently in group, and also in conference, about blending in post processing, I could be forgiven in my first thoughts that this was a three in one. That is, three pictures showing the same bird in a landing sequence blended into one image. So I was somewhat surprised (and pleased) to be informed that these were indeed three individual birds and that their positions and poses in the picture were as seen. It is not often you get to see a flight sequence in a single image without using post blending - Ed. Website = photosociety.net
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Going Shopping - Gordon Longmead I wonder how many times we sit in the car park and watch as people pass by on their way into the shops. We all have done it, but do we give it a second thought? I suspect the answer is no. The reason being that is an everyday occurrence, We wait for our partner with little or no thought to the world around us, and yet the world is there, calling us to pay attention. I was in the same position, the world was passing me by, but this one day I had a camera with me. The lady in the picture caught my wandering attention and for no other reason than that she was there, I took her picture. It was only later that I began to see the potential in the image. I did not want nor like the background, so I removed it and replaced it with this one, drastically modified from the original to suit the colour scheme. After putting the two images together and blending the edges I achieved the desired effect to create a new picture which told its own story. As this lady walks along into the future, bag in hand, we know she is going shopping, but I wonder just how far she might go to get what she really wants?
Film is not Dead - Paul Weijenberg
In this building is my office/studio. The pictures were taken on 8x10" film, with the Sinar P-2. First image: 240mm Nikon, and Kodak Ektar 100 negative film. Second image: 480mm Rodenstock Apo Ronar, and Kodak Portrait Professional 400 negative film. Website = photosociety.net
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On my recent trip to Malaysia (Frasers Hill) I thought I would try out some macro photography and technique . I have had a macro lens for some time but never seemed to get around to using it. So I thought I would give it a go on some suitable species. Although no expert, here from the Sparassidae family is a 'Huntsman Spider' (below) a small 8 eyed spider of some 25mm (1inch) in size with longish legs. This spider does not 'spin a web' but prefers to hunt its prey down which consists of small insects. This non venomous woodland species are 'burrow builders' I believe. Tony Sparkes
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In West Dorset we find the village of Eype, it is one o World Heritage Jurassic Coastline, close to the historic m both Higher and Lower Eype, it is Lower Eype that has means "steep place�, many of its buildings can be tra nineteenth centuries, but little is known of its former h sports the Golden Cap - the highest cliff on the south co itself is a steeply shelving pebble beach that benefits the present the same photo opportunities.
The lighting and the condition of the sea and tides mean from day to day. In fact it is probably correct to say that t the various ways in which a picture can be taken, and the
For the pictures of the ocean, take the tripod, that will all a low ISO , that gives the effect of showing the moveme ISO speeds to freeze the waves so try experimenting throu
Thorncombe Beacon from Lower Eype Beach.
High Tide at Low
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f the areas prettiest villages. It is located arket town of Bridport. Eype consists of the access to the beach. The word ‘Eype’ ced back to the late eighteenth or early istory. To the west is Eype beach which ast at 191m above sea level. Eype Beach seascape photographer in that no two days
that almost every image will be different he view changes hour on hour. Add to this possibilities seem to be endless. ow you to slow down the shutter by using nt in the water. You can still use the faster gh the range.
Ethereal waves at Lower Eype Beach.
er Eype Beach.
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A second advantage is that, being south facing, from its shore can be viewed both sunrise and sunsets.
Ok so you may have to set the alarm clock to get up early, and not every day will display the appropriate cloud cover needed to generate that special scene we all seem to enjoy, but that is half the fun.
Sunset, Lower Eype Beach.
The standing about on the beach is a necessary pleasure if you want to get the picture, sorry, I can’t suggest any way to get around that one.
Sunset at Black Rock, West Bay. Sunset, Lower Eype Beach.
The tripod is again recommended, as is a coat, those onshore breezes can be a bit on the chilly side when standing about.
But when we add the patience to the time of day and through in some land, sky and water, something magical happens, that is why we do it.
Two versions of Sunset, Lower Eype Beach., providing two very different images.
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The Promenade at sunset
West Beach, West Bay, Dorset.
Of course you don’t have to go to the beach, you could walk along the promenade , especially recommended if the tide is in or when the sea is rough, not recommended when there is a violent storm hurling waves over the road.
On the next page, I am going to leave you with two of Pauls images that really do appeal to me. I hope you enjoyed my ramble through Pauls pictures, and especially the pictures. Ed.
So what do you do while waiting for the sun? Well you could look around for fossils since this is the Jurassic beach and is probably one of the best places to find them. The odd dinosaur has been uncovered in the past so you could be lucky. Personally I would look around for other pictures, such as the beach itself. Pebbles mean shape and form, wet pebbles also mean reflections. Start practicing your composition, watch to see what the waves do when they hit the shore, watch for the rogue wave, that occurs every three or four times the water reaches the beach. Remember where you are standing (or sitting) when the wave arrives, you don’t want wet feet or a wet butt. Beech level pictures of the pebbles and waves are great, but remember that cameras and salt water do not mix well. In any event, have fun, enjoy the time you spend on the beach today as it will be changed tomorrow. Website = photosociety.net
Pebbles in the surf
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Charmouth at low tide
East Cliff Sunrise
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The Snake Bird and The One That Got Away by Peter Hogel
Inspite of what people will tell you, we all make mistakes in our photography. Most professionals will never show you their mistakes because they must appear as being perfect in what they do, they will never show a bad picture. That does not mean they do not take them, they do, very often they also take a series of many images to get the ‘right’ picture. Some use time lapse and remote shooting, in fact all sorts of tricks can be employed to get the perfect image, and still mistakes are made. The image on the left is of a European Robin taking off from a feeder. It caught the sun, just, but the ISO was set far to low to catch and freeze the image. Why did I keep it? Partly as a lesson in what not to do, but also because of the way the movement and colours appeared. One thing is certain, I could never get this picture by trying so it will never be repeated. Oh, I should also mention that I saturated the colours to give the picture a more dynamic appearance. Gordon
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On my reason trip out to London ,we we're talking about RAW and light room editing , it's a love/ hate thing . Well I love light room for recovering burnt out shadow and reducing blown out hot spots on the sky. Here is a image of just using light room 4 from a RAW file to bring out the lost detail in the rocks and sky. In my point of view it's the fanciest histogram program going .
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In a recent press article it was commented “When your view of a concert is blocked by a forest of smart phones, it is easy to assume the photographers are missing out on the magic of the moment.� So lets deal with this one first. People using smart phones in this manner are not photographers, they have little or no idea of what they are taking and have even less control over the images and exposures. I am surprised that the science editor even made the statement. It is annoying for the photographer (and any one else not using a phone) to have a forest of smart phones in front of them, it spoils the pictures and the enjoyment of the event for those behind them who want to see the band on stage, after all, that is what they paid for. Continuing my presentations from my EastWest-East road trip a month or so ago, this Yellow Mongoose (Cynictis penicillata) approached the watering hole to have a morning drink while I sat in the bird hide at the Witsand Nature Reserve in the Northern Cape-South Africa. The low level of the bird hide gave me a good opportunity to almost get to the same eye level mongoose. Picture by Tony Sparkes
The Cat Survival Trust was registered as a charity in 1976. The Trust's on-site objective is to promote education regarding the conservation of wild cats and their habitat by housing an array of species in natural enclosures. http://www.catsurvivaltrust.org
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Depression and Photography Gordon Longmead For the vast majority of people discussions about depression are taboo. The subject is a problem to understand unless you suffer from it, and if you haven't then you have no idea what a dark place it is.
My own insights helped me to understand what it was that I was hiding from, and what, in the present, was driving me into that dark place.
There are certain points to be understood, there is more than one type of depression. The first two have a known cause, one is already known by everyone so it is easy to discuss, the other is known only to the sufferer and needs to be coaxed out into open discussion. Both can be resolved or at least understood. There is another, far more dangerous type of depression, that which has no apparent cause or reason for being. As a society we disregard it as being silly. The question “What is wrong?” usual answer “I don’t know.” , and we don’t, it is like looking at an empty landscape knowing that there should be something there but not finding it.
Those of you who have been in that place will know of the silent screams that echo through your mind. Screams that no one must hear even though you desperately want them to. It is those ever-present screams that we will never forget.
The reason we don’t know is either that we simply don’t, or that we do but the root is so deep we refuse to pursue it. This we refer to as Clinical Depression. It is a state of mind that is a killer, either we learn to control it or it will kill us. I know this is a generalised set of observations, and I could write on this subject for many pages. I have been there and survived. I survived due to my wife who worked with me through her training as a counsellor, and my own insights into how my mind worked, and through photography. Wendy’s training as a counsellor made me look past the black cloud that shrouded me and start digging into my own mind. Website = photosociety.net
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The torrent of bad language that followed the realisation could not possibly be repeated in these pages, and I certainly would not want to do so verbally ever again, but the result was in effect that everyone else could go to hell and sort out their own problems.
My world had collapsed in on itself and the only one who could fight out of it was me. Easy to say, hard to do. I had been driven down to the point of having a breakdown. Others could see the effects, I was just living through it. I retreated into a closed world comprising of my singing, even photography was abandoned, the cameras left untouched. I became isolated by my own choosing and the lack of understanding in other people.
At that moment a great cloud lifted from me. It did not cure me from the depression, there is far more hiding deep within me that still has its hold on me, but it was a start. A new beginning that allowed Wendy to relax and me to step out into the countryside again, camera in hand.
It took two years before I began to look at the world outside, two years in which I put my Wendy through hell, she never knew if she would find me dead or alive when she returned home from shopping. Every time she left the house even I could not answer that question. I was accompanied everywhere until one day in early February I had the sudden realisation that I was worrying about some friends who lived nearby. Then it dawned on me that they were not the only ones, I was concerned about the well being of people on the street I did not even know, except through others.
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But something else had changed, where I had once looked at the landscape and the unseen view, now I was seeing the sky, trees and fields. My mind was focussing on the image seen through the lens not on what the rest of the world was forcing on me.
The most important part of my own fight was my photography. It allowed me to explore the world around me and understand what was really important as opposed to what I thought was important. Photography opened up my world to a reality that my The dark cloud still appears, will I ever find the root mind had lost long ago. cause? That will depend on my finding the courage and strength to look inside the dark recesses. Once I started to look again at the world through the camera I realised that I had become acutely focused on the present, that had to change in time, but for then it was enough that I had returned to the photography.
Photography gave me a reason to go out of the house, my short walks lasted for six hours or more and covered many miles. Many times I had to call Wendy to fetch me home as I had walked too far. Most of these walks were of six to ten miles. They also allowed me to start meeting and talking to people I met along the way. Most said hello and smiled as they passed by, some said nothing, keeping Until then I will look through the camera and enjoy their heads down, but not so many people in the what I find there, whatever it may be. And yes, I do countryside to make it uncomfortable. still sing.
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Early morning sun just creeping over the trees on this picturesque course. Difficult to take photographs into the sun but just about saved this one.
A Balinese Carpenter Bee - Paul Welch
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With it’s flash of green and red, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird is eastern North America’s only breeding hummingbird, and they can be found in pretty much every garden during the summer and early fall. They are like tiny bionic little flying machines whizzing around our heads, glinting in the sunlight, making their way from one plant or feeder to the next. Some people literally turn their yards into buzzing clouds of hummingbirds each summer, by placing several feeders around their porches and hanging from their trees. You do have to make the most of them while they are around though because once the fall comes they start to head for Central America, and some of these little ones can make the journey across the Gulf of Mexico in a single flight! They are a small hummingbird with a slender, slightly down curved bill and fairly short wings that don’t reach all the way to the tail when the bird is sitting. They are bright emerald or golden-green on the back and c r o w n , w i t h gr a y- w h i t e underparts. Males have a brilliant iridescent red throat that looks dark when it’s not in good light. So as you can see my images are all females. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds fly straight and fast but they can stop on a sixpence, hover, adjust their position up, down, or backwards with exquisite control, and then zip off again. While they love taking nectar from feeders and tubular shaped flowers they also enjoy taking tiny insects out of the air from spiders. They live in open woodlands, on the edges of forests, meadows and grasslands. Also in parks, gardens and in our backyards. Website = photosociety.net
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They build nests about the size of a thimble usually right on top of a branch rather than in the fork of a branch, and they tend to build their nests of thistle and dandelion down which they hold together with little strands of spider silk or sometimes pine resin. The female hummer will stamp on the base of the nest to make it harder but the walls will remain pliable. She shapes the rim of the nest by pressing and smoothing it between her neck and her chest. She will camouflage the outside of the nest with little bits of moss and lichen. A nest will take about 6 to 10 days for the female to build and will usually be about 2 inches across and an inch deep when finished. Cool Hummingbird Facts Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds beats their wings approximately 53 times every second. They have very short legs that prevent it from being able to walk or hop. The only thing they can do is shuffle along a branch. However, it is able to lift it’s leg up and over its wing in order to scratch it’s head! Because of the shortness of it’s legs it is scientifically classed as an ‘Apodiforme’ which means ‘without feet’ – Swifts are also in this same classification. Apparently, Hummingbirds prefer Red or Orange flowers. Like many birds they have good colour vision and can see into the ultraviolet spectrum, which us mere humans cannot of course! While Hummingbirds normally build their nests on the branch of a deciduous or Coniferous tree, they become accustomed to our human habitat and have been known to build nests on loops of chain, wire and extension chords – so keep your eyes open, you never know where you might find one! As women so often discover (only joking guys) male hummingbirds don’t stick around for long. Pairs only stay together long enough for courtship and mating – a few days to weeks! After this the male is off and may actually migrate early. Sometimes by early August! This explains why I only have females on my feeders! Louise Website = photosociety.net
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Wildlife Borneo - Another Day in Paradise 8 Sabah Reef by Gary Bridger The underwater world of Sabah Reef is threatened by development and irresponsible tourism. Here is just a glimpse of the fragile beauty that may soon disappear.
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Cooling Off in the Summer Heat- San Diego by Naomi Moriyama
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Short Eared Owl in Austria by Gordon Longmead
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