Image
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Description
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Week
1
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A
Selfie with attitude!
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Annoyance |
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Camera model E-M1X
F-stop f/6.3
Exposure time 1/2 sec
ISO speed ISO 200
Focal length 33mm
Suppose to be a selfie where I look annoyed, not sure I captured it too well.
Natural light through a window, black background drapped over a frame, slightly oblique to the light. Camera slightly to one side.
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Week
2
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Tiny
(Macro).
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The humble Zip |
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Camera model E-M1X
F-stop f/5.6
Exposure time 1/50 sec
ISO speed ISO 400
Focal length 60mm
Focus stacked In camera
The humble zip on my grey hoodie.
Focus stacked in camera with the olympus macro twin flash head, converted to B&W
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Week
3
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Lighted
match.
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Stuck match |
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Camera model E-M1X
F-stop f/8
Exposure time 1/2000 sec
ISO speed ISO 400
Focal length 43mm
A safety match igniting
Used high sequence burst to capture a match bursting into flame,
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Week
4
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Water in Action.
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Pouring tea |
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Camera model E-M1X
F-stop f/11
Exposure time 1/60 sec
ISO speed ISO 400
Focal length 19mm
The moment as water is poured to make a cup of tea
Used a flash to capture the steam and freeze the moment.
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Week
5
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An
egg.
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Chocolate egg and soldiers |
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Camera model E-M1X
F-stop f/14
Exposure time 1/10 sec
ISO speed ISO 200
Focal length 30mm
My take on egg and soldiers using a creme egg and a kit kat
Lit by a small LED light in front of the setup, next to the camera
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Week
6
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Rule
of thirds
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Wicked wind pump |
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Camera model E-M1X
F-stop f/6.3
Exposure time 1/80 sec
ISO speed ISO 200
Focal length 13mm
Windpump at Wicken Fen National Trust
Aligned the windpump with the right third line and got the intersetion with the upper third line to occur in the centre of the sail.
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Week
7
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Black
& white.
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Married to the book |
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Camera model E-M1X
F-stop f/5
Exposure time 1/100 sec
ISO speed ISO 200
Focal length 12mm
'Married to the book' - My old wedding ring posed on a copy of the hobbit.
Taken in RAW and converted to Black & White in Lightroom..
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Week
8
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Eye.
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Screen eyes |
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Camera model E-M1X
F-stop f/10
Exposure time 1/15 sec
ISO speed ISO 6400
Focal length 43mm
'Screen eyes' - A selfie taken when looking at computer screens.
The image was hand held and guess work on the composition, cropped the image in Lightroom and enhanced slightly to bring out the screens
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Week
9
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Bubbles.
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Pouring Lemonade |
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Camera model E-M1X
F-stop f/7.1
Exposure time 1/250 sec
ISO speed ISO 400
Focal length 43mm
Pouring Lemonade, capturing the bubbles in the glass, bottle and in the air above the glass.
Taken using a single flash with a snout to the left and slightly behind the glass.
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Week
10
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Mirrors
and reflections.
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Three tulips - reflected |
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Camera model E-M1X
F-stop f/2.8
Exposure time 1/20 sec
ISO speed ISO 800
Focal length 60mm
Focus stacked In camera
Three tulips reflected to make it look like a bigger bunch
Taken in daylight with a mirror under the flowers and black backgroup with the mirror picked up. Took 15 images using the focus stacking available in the camera. Edited in Photoshop and light room to remove marks on the mirror and a variation in the black across the image.
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Week
11
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Light
bulb moment.
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Low power |
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Camera model E-M1X
F-stop f/22
Exposure time 1 sec
ISO speed ISO 200
Focal length 21mm
Bulb Mode Composite
'Low power, a 60w bulb that as distintive filament.
Low power bulb taken in live bulb mode, took an image with the bulb off and a torch shining on the background behind the bulb, then turned the bulb on to capture the image as an overlay in camera for the effect which was enhanced in lightroom by taking the tone down to get the blue.
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Week
12
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Frame
within a frame.
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Tea for one |
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Camera model E-M1X
F-stop f/11
Exposure time 1/6 sec
ISO speed ISO 400
Focal length 25mm
Still life of tea set for one, framed using an old picture frame.
Taken in the evening with a black backcloth and a single light above the camera which was on a tripod.
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Week
13
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Triptych.
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Cycle of life |
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Camera model E-M1X
F-stop f/5.4
Exposure time 1/250 sec
ISO speed ISO 200
Focal length 30mm
A Triptych of three daffodil images showing the cycle from bud to death.
Taken across a week with a white background and some lighting. Images were cropped to the same size in photoshop before merged into a single image.
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Week
14
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SOOC.
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Reflected fruit |
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Camera model E-M1X
F-stop f/8
Exposure time 1/3 sec
ISO speed ISO 200
Focal length 30mm
A still life of three fruits reflected in a glossy surface.
Fruit placed on glossy black acrylic sheet with a shite foam board backdrop. Photographed slightly looking down. Two lights aimed at the backdrop used to lit the still life.
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Week
15
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Patterns.
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Cacti |
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Camera model E-M1X
F-stop f/13
Exposure time 1/6 sec
ISO speed ISO 200
Focal length 24mm
A cacti from above showing the circular pattern of leaves.
Photographed in natural light from above with the cacti on a white foam board. Processed in Lightroom and Photoshop, background edited to make a consistent colour and remove a shadow.
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Week
16
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Sugar
and spice.
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Sugar & Spice |
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House hold spices and sugar cubes photographed in natural light.
Use a set of black and white acrylic sheets for the background and positioned the spices and sugar cubes on top and then tried various angles to capture the look I was after.
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Week
17
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Abandoned.
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Abandoned farm equipment on daily walk
Photographed in Raw and converted to Black and White in Lightroom using a high contrast pre-set
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Week
18
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Intentional
camera movement.
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ICM of a woodland scene on daily walk
Captured by moving the camera when taking the shot and then some slight colour correction in Lightroom
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Week
19
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Random bird.
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 | Yellowhammer
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Camera model E-M1X F-stop f/6.3 Exposure time 1/800 sec ISO speed ISO 640 Focal length 400mm
Picture of the first bird spotted on a woodland walk
Taken with a Panasonic 100-400 on the Olympus E-M1X, a bit of tidying up of noise in the RAW file.
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Week
20
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Explosion
of colour!
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 | Lion's head graffiti |
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Camera model E-M1X F-stop f/2.8 Exposure time 1/320 sec ISO speed ISO 200 Focal length 60mm
A colourful Lion's head in a Stevenage underpass
Used the 60mm to crop the image in the camera to get the face only.
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Week
21
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Decay.
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Camera model E-M1X F-stop f/5.6 Exposure time 1/4 sec ISO speed ISO 250 Focal length 28mm
Flowers just prior to being disposed in the compost bin
Convert in Lightroom using Silver Efex Pro from Nik collection by DXO
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Week
22
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Isolate
and blur.
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 | Mr. Fox |
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Camera model E-M1X F-stop f/5.9 Exposure time 1/640 sec ISO speed ISO 4000 Focal length 350mm
Taken on a fox photoshoot from a private hide. Tried to isolate the fox by blurring both foreground and background
Processed in Lightroom using Denoise and sharpen from Topaz.
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Week
23
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Levitation
effect.
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Week
24
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One shot only!
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Week
25
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Make
a splash.
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Week
26
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Celebrate
your personal learning!
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Week
27
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Leading
lines.
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Week
28
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A
bug’s life.
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Week
29
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Candid
camera!
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Week
30
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Cool
down.
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Week
31
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Wheels.
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Week
32
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Panning.
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Week
33
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Stormy
or sunny?
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Week
34
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Filters.
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Week
35
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Mono
flower.
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Week
36
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Faces
in places.
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Week
37
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Make
us laugh!
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Week
38
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Bokeh.
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Week
39
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Toy
Story!
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Week
40
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Minimalist.
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Week
41
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Portrait.
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Week
42
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Startled
portrait.
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Week
43
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Red
and/or orange.
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Week
44
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Golden
hour portrait.
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Week
45
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Landscape.
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Week
46
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Light
in the night.
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Week
47
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Window.
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Week
48
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Guess
the film?
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Week
49
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White.
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Week
50
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A
pic of two halves.
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Week
51
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Seasonal
Jolly Food.
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Week
52
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A
Selfie with attitude! (Repeat)
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