Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2021 5:14 pm
I took these today at a Repsol gas station. It made me giggle 
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I'll be sure to go there when threaten to visit againgremlin wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 2:19 pm Don't worry. I'll look at it, then close my eyes for three seconds, then reopen them.
There! Saved you a whole load of running around.

When you do, take the photo in the last hours of daylight (or first hours of day) as the light will be much warmer and the shadows longer giving more contrast to the land etc.Yorick wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:35 pm Just grabbed this off FB. Really cool pic and gonna try to get to where it was taken from and replicate it.
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Can you work out, from the shadows on the ground, whereabouts the sun was?Taipan wrote: Thu Mar 11, 2021 8:34 amWhen you do, take the photo in the last hours of daylight (or first hours of day) as the light will be much warmer and the shadows longer giving more contrast to the land etc.Yorick wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:35 pm Just grabbed this off FB. Really cool pic and gonna try to get to where it was taken from and replicate it.
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Hasn't that got a name like "the photographers magic hour" or something?Taipan wrote: Thu Mar 11, 2021 8:34 amWhen you do, take the photo in the last hours of daylight (or first hours of day) as the light will be much warmer and the shadows longer giving more contrast to the land etc.Yorick wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:35 pm Just grabbed this off FB. Really cool pic and gonna try to get to where it was taken from and replicate it.
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Yes, exceptions to all rules not withstanding, but if you think of any notable views/vistas, you'll often find photographers queuing and jostling for the best positions before dawn breaks or as the sun starts to drop. People often think bright sunshine is great for photography, but generally speaking it isn't, it can be an exposure nightmare as you'll often get flare (no data) etc. Its why Bride, Groom and families love sunny wedding days, but wedding photographers don't! They often prefer the sun behind cloud to get a nice even diffused light, etc blah. A lot of pro photographers know a fair bit about meteorology and use it for good effect...Trinity765 wrote: Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:19 amHasn't that got a name like "the photographers magic hour" or something?Taipan wrote: Thu Mar 11, 2021 8:34 amWhen you do, take the photo in the last hours of daylight (or first hours of day) as the light will be much warmer and the shadows longer giving more contrast to the land etc.Yorick wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:35 pm Just grabbed this off FB. Really cool pic and gonna try to get to where it was taken from and replicate it.
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Edit of the Edit: I was half right the first time, Golden Hour = After sunrise, Magic Hour = just before sunset
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_hour_(photography)
Yep. Golden Hour, or as I know it, the hour when your teenage daughter disappears on holiday to take a few thousand selfies to post on social media, complete with mandatory 'Insta-pout'.Trinity765 wrote: Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:19 am [
Hasn't that got a name like "the photographers magic hour" or something?
Edit of the Edit: I was half right the first time, Golden Hour = After sunrise, Magic Hour = just before sunset
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_hour_(photography)

Mummy did not hug him enough as a child....
Holier than thou?
Now she can't get close enough.
He needs his dole money stopped.