GilesGuthrie's Gallery: now inc Leuchars Air Show 2012

[GilesGuthrie]

I've been experimenting with into-the-sun silhouettes. What do you think?

 

[GilesGuthrie]

A bridge study. Taken with 50mm lens. CPL simulated with adjustment layers in Photoshop

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Edinburgh by night...

[15s @ F/11 ISO100]

[5s @ F/16 ISO100]

[20s @ F/16 ISO100]

[15s @ F/16 ISO100]

[30s @ F/10 ISO100]

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Playing around with bounce flash...

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Trying to get the hang of my 85mm on full frame. Depth of Field is ridiculous, but when you get it right, it's crazy-sharp. This is my daughter.

And a 100% crop of her eye...

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Self-portrait.

 

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A couple from the Photoblog.

Bowled!

Pink Flower

Feeding Bee

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Tractors!

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Got pretty wet at the weekend, but it was worth it. Good fun, a relaxed event with some cool cars and mad drivers charging up a too-narrow hill.

The changeable (but generally bad) weather was challenging for those of us without weathersealing. It was pretty dark under the cover of the trees.

[EDIT] Full gallery here

 

[emad]

Fantastic shots man. Out of curiosity, what are you using to power the photoblog? I like how you have the independent galleries running through it.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Thanks!

The photoblog is Pixelpost. The independent galleries are just inserted into the directory structure by Lightroom. But it works well with visitors to have them arranged that way as it makes sense.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Boiling Sky

I noticed this view, and just had to shoot it. Thanks to Canon for the Image Stabilisation that allowed me to shoot at one fifth of a second, handheld, as a tripod would not have been usable. Thanks also to Adobe, for their Shadow recovery tool, to bring out a little detail in the trees and the road.

Camera: Canon EOS 5D with 24-105 F/4 IS L
Focal Length: 32 mm
Exposure: 1/5 sec @ F/9, ISO 500 (Flash: Not Fired)

 

[Pako]

The example of your daughters eye is amazing. Looks like you would have used a macro lens unless you saw the full original picture.

The other shots look amazing also. 👍

 

[Bram Turismo]

Love that sky shot Giles 👍


Also, you captured the wheel blur on that Caterham, or whatever that car is, really really good

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Thanks guys. Yes, Bram Turismo, that is a Caterham. Very fast hill climbing car.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Wet Man Watching

Motorsports marshals are an odd lot. Keen to go watch racing like the rest of us, but happy to take on responsibility for whatever disaster may unfold in front of them. Often in mortal danger, never for any pay. Good on you lads! At least this dude, at a hill climb in Doune, was dressed for the occasion.

Camera: Canon EOS 5D with 70-200 F/2.8 IS L
Focal Length: 200 mm
Exposure: 1/50 sec @ F/2.8, ISO 640 (Flash: Not Fired)

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Rozel Garden

This is my grandmother's garden, in Jersey. Phsyically vast, and quite exerting to get from bottom to top, my children loved exploring it, and we were there at the right time of the year, for there was plenty to shoot.

Camera: Canon EOS 5D with 16-35 F/2.8 L II
Focal Length: 16 mm
Exposure: 1/125 sec @ F/8, ISO 100 (Flash: Not Fired)

 

[McLaren]

I love the garden shot, and Edinburgh photos, esp. the 2nd one. 👍

 

[Dazzla]

Great shots GilesGuthrie, it seems to me from the first photos to your last set, your photography/shots seems to get better. 👍

 

[skylineGTR_guy]

Wet Man Watching

That would be an awesome place to do a photoshoot with all that green leafy stuff around but there is no way I'd find anything like that anywhere near me!

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Competitive Blacksmith
Captured at the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh, this is competitive blacksmithing (blacksmithery?) The contestants have to make as many perfect horseshoes as they can in an hour. Intense work.

Camera: Canon EOS 5D with EF70-200 F/2.8L IS
Focal Length: 145 mm
Exposure: 1/60 sec @ F/2.8, ISO 500 (Flash: Not Fired)

 

[Cano]

mmmhh... how come I have not commented a thing on your work? I was pretty sure I had.

The night shots are awesome, you have great composition, and your hillclimb pictures are amazing too, I really liked the very blurred Healy taken from above, with the exact focus in the rear windscreen, very good!

but my fave pic of them all is the racing marshall. that guy is cool. awesome depth of field.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Thanks! I guess you may have commented in The Photography Thread. I tried in vain to extricate lots of posts from there into individual threads.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Hopscotch

The Sunday morning ritual: dads with their children in the play parks while the mothers get a well-earned lie in. The art to urban hopscotch is not in placing the feet in the correct squares, but instead completing the challenge without falling over and cutting oneself on the shards of broken glass. Modern life.

Camera: Canon EOS 5D with 16-35 F/2.8 L II
Focal Length: 16 mm
Exposure: 1/1000 sec @ F/2.8, ISO 100 (Flash: Not Fired)

 

[TheCracker]

Loving the photos Giles, great composition 👍

 

[Pebb]

I like the shot in post 21.

 

[Cano]

Hopscotch

The Sunday morning ritual: dads with their children in the play parks while the mothers get a well-earned lie in. The art to urban hopscotch is not in placing the feet in the correct squares, but instead completing the challenge without falling over and cutting oneself on the shards of broken glass. Modern life.

Camera: Canon EOS 5D with 16-35 F/2.8 L II
Focal Length: 16 mm
Exposure: 1/1000 sec @ F/2.8, ISO 100 (Flash: Not Fired)

aaaaaaaaaaaawesome, if the girl was closer... but one heck of a picture, awesome composition

I want a lens like that.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

aaaaaaaaaaaawesome, if the girl was closer... but one heck of a picture, awesome composition

I want a lens like that.

Thanks.

I love my 16-35. It's a lens that comes in for a lot of criticism because it's very expensive, but it's totally worth it. Obviously, this shot's a B/W, but the colours you get off it are amazing.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Sparking Up
Andrew Jordan in the Honda Integra kicks up the sparks on his way to the John R Weir chicane at Knockhill.

Camera: Canon EOS 5D with EF100-400 F/4.5-5.6L IS
Focal Length: 375 mm
Exposure: 1/1000 sec @ F/6.3, ISO 800 (Flash: Not Fired)

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Lots of Flowers!

Bright White

Sorry, couldn't tell you what it is [EDIT: It's a "Cala Lily" (thanks Smallhorses)], but it (like the rest in this post) was in my Grandmother's garden in Jersey.

Camera: Canon EOS 5D with EF100 F/2.8 USM Macro
Focal Length: 100 mm
Exposure: 1/800 sec @ F/9, ISO 640 (Flash: Not Fired)

Buzz Daisy Buzz

It's probably not a daisy though.

Camera: Canon EOS 5D with EF100 F/2.8 USM Macro
Focal Length: 100 mm
Exposure: 1/640 sec @ F/6.3, ISO 640 (Flash: Not Fired)

Fluffy Bee Feeding

This is developing into something of a theme! But the bee was so markedly different to those in the prior shots it was interesting in itself.

Camera: Canon EOS 5D with EF100 F/2.8 USM Macro
Focal Length: 100 mm
Exposure: 1/500 sec @ F/5.6, ISO 640 (Flash: Not Fired)

PIIIIINNNKKK!

My 4-year-old daughter would probably like her walls this colour.

Camera: Canon EOS 5D with EF100 F/2.8 USM Macro
Focal Length: 100 mm
Exposure: 1/1250 sec @ F/10, ISO 640 (Flash: Not Fired)

Morning Dew

I think that this is a daisy, but I'm probably wrong. The dew drops are genuine, however.

Camera: Canon EOS 5D with EF100 F/2.8 USM Macro
Focal Length: 100 mm
Exposure: 1/1000 sec @ F/10, ISO 640 (Flash: Not Fired)

Curly Girl

This tree seemed to be hiding its flowers away. But getting in close revealed some real detailing.

Camera: Canon EOS 5D with EF100 F/2.8 USM Macro
Focal Length: 100 mm
Exposure: 1/80 sec @ F/6.3, ISO 500 (Flash: Not Fired)