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Back a Bit

Daily Photo – Back a Bit

Here’s an alternate version of a shot from last week, this time a bit wider and a bit further back. So many options with a quadcopter and each interesting in their own right.

Back a Bit

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2023-06-13 12:25:29
  • CameraFC3411
  • Camera MakeDJI
  • Exposure Time1/160
  • Aperture2.8
  • ISO100
  • Focal Length8.4 mm
  • FlashNo Flash
  • Exposure ProgramManual
  • Exposure Bias

Weird Observation

Daily Photo – Weird Observation

For someone who doesn’t really golf, I seem to spend a strange amount of time at golf courses. Here’s another, from a Links course in Scotland. And if you’re going to golf there, why not do so via helicopter transfer! (Which I didn’t… because I wasn’t golfing…)

Weird Observation

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2023-06-13 21:02:38
  • CameraILCE-7RM3
  • Camera MakeSony
  • Exposure Time1/1250
  • Aperture4
  • ISO200
  • Focal Length25.0 mm
  • FlashOff, Did not fire
  • Exposure ProgramManual
  • Exposure Bias

Tara Iti at Sunset

Daily Photo – Tara Iti at Sunset

The sun sets over Tara Iti on the North Coast of New Zealand

Tara Iti at Sunset

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2020-08-03 22:20:47
  • CameraFC2204
  • Camera MakeDJI
  • Exposure Time1/120
  • Aperture3.8
  • ISO110
  • Focal Length8.6 mm
  • FlashNo Flash
  • Exposure ProgramProgram AE
  • Exposure Bias+1.3

North Island Coastline

Daily Photo – North Island Coastline

Another little chunk of lovely scenic NZ coastline from above 🙂

North Island Coastline

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2016-05-27 09:40:00
  • CameraILCE-7RM2
  • Camera MakeSony
  • Exposure Time1/640
  • Aperture14
  • ISO10000
  • Focal Length24.0 mm
  • FlashOff, Did not fire
  • Exposure ProgramManual
  • Exposure Bias+0.3

Another Bit of Hobbiton

Daily Photo – Another Bit of Hobbiton

Another lovely little chunk of Hobbiton.

Another Bit of Hobbiton

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2016-05-25 06:16:23
  • CameraILCE-7RM2
  • Camera MakeSony
  • Exposure Time1/160
  • Aperture8
  • ISO100
  • Focal Length10.0 mm
  • FlashOff, Did not fire
  • Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
  • Exposure Bias

Tree at Tara Iti

Daily Photo – Tree at Tara Iti

A cool looking tree stands in the dunes at Tara Iti golf course.

Tree at Tara Iti

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2020-08-04 23:53:22
  • CameraILCE-7RM3
  • Camera MakeSony
  • Exposure Time1/8000
  • Aperture7.1
  • ISO250
  • Focal Length105.0 mm
  • FlashOff, Did not fire
  • Exposure ProgramManual
  • Exposure Bias-2

Across the Loch

Daily Photo – Across the Loch

An alternate view of Carrol Rock (and the surrounding hills) to the one I posted the other day. I used the Air 2S for this one. It’s got a lovely 1inch sensor despite being pretty compact. A great mix.

Across the Loch

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2023-06-13 12:27:51
  • CameraFC3411
  • Camera MakeDJI
  • Exposure Time1/80
  • Aperture2.8
  • ISO100
  • Focal Length8.4 mm
  • FlashNo Flash
  • Exposure ProgramManual
  • Exposure Bias+0.7

I’m a ChatGPT!

I don’t know if you will be into this, but I programmed my own GPT, constructed from my 5,000 blog entries and several of my books I fed into the machine. You can upload any photo you like, and it will give you a critique with my experience and voice. Super fun!

Exploring Ideas

Daily Photo – Exploring Ideas

Another shot (option) from the whisky project. It’s always good to give a decent number of images, some of which you know probably won’t be chosen but might push the thinking of the client a little in ways they didn’t expect. Here is one of those. The texture is important but that’s a story for another day…

Exploring Ideas

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2023-06-14 02:03:58
  • CameraILCE-7RM3
  • Camera MakeSony
  • Exposure Time1/2500
  • Aperture6.3
  • ISO250
  • Focal Length74.0 mm
  • FlashOff, Did not fire
  • Exposure ProgramManual
  • Exposure Bias

Progress…

Daily Photo – Progress…

Some of you may remember that one of the main reasons I was in Scotland earlier in the year was to work on a project with Diageo/Brora and Sotheby’s. That’s been slowly ticking along in the background with the hero image now chosen that will feature on the bottles and be produced as a large format fine art print… that I can’t share yet but here’s a little image, on a lovely warm June day, from the distillery which was built back in 1819. Diageo have done a great job of sympathetically restoring and maintaining the whole distillery. So impressive to explore.

Progress…

Photo Information

  • Date Taken2023-06-14 00:36:08
  • CameraILCE-7RM3
  • Camera MakeSony
  • Exposure Time1/500
  • Aperture8
  • ISO250
  • Focal Length24.0 mm
  • FlashOff, Did not fire
  • Exposure ProgramManual
  • Exposure Bias