tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80187861819974539032024-03-13T18:54:20.405+00:00Lumbypics<center>Photos and thoughts from a bloke with a camera</center>Dave Lumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11185234642586845923noreply@blogger.comBlogger864125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018786181997453903.post-82210412895329659032022-09-15T16:21:00.001+01:002022-09-15T16:21:09.471+01:00The end of a long hot summer and an apology.<p>
First of all the apology. I've only just discovered that I had comments
enabled on this blog, but not the notification for moderating them. That's why
anyone who has commented hasn't had the comment posted or had an
acknowledgement. All a bit irrelevant now as I think this may well be the last
post I make here having run out of things to say that don't repeat myself.
Anyway....
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I've been to thirteen agricultural shows this summer, and failed to find
another after getting terribly lost, with only one day of light rain and no
muddy fields to get the car stuck in. In some ways the photographs have
changed, mostly because I'm getting in closer than I used to. There is a more
inclusive look to pictures taken up close with a 'standard' or moderately wide
angle lens to those zoomed in from further away to give the same frame filling
effect. As an example, the shot above was taken with a 28mm lens.
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Even so it has proved increasingly difficult to find new pictures of the old
subjects. One thing that has helped is getting a lower angle. Again, being at
'sheep's eye level' increases the connection between viewer and subject. Thsi
has seen me using the flip out screen a lot more than in the past. Not only
does this save my ageing knees, it also means I can get out of the way faster
when sheep are heading my way!
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<br />Unfortunately my camera was slow to respond in liveview, and the focus
point difficult to move around. I was missing a lot of potential shots. So I
bit the bullet and upgraded to a camera with better performance in this
department. For once an upgrade has made a difference to my success rate. So
much so that I find I'm suing liveview at least half the time now, and not
just for low down pictures, it's useful for other angles too.
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Another thing that's changed for me is posting sheep pictures to Facebook. I'm
still no fan of the platform, there's so much about it that annoys me, but it
is the easiest way to let sheep people find the photos and get an idea what
I'm up to. It's a way of giving something back to the unwitting participants
in my pictures and also opens up more interaction with people at the shows.
There are other side benefits such as the odd free entry to shows and the
occasional picture sale too!
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It is not without some downsides, or maybe diversions. There's no doubt that
the sort of pictures which go down well on social media are different to the
ones I take for myself. The boxes are pretty easy to tick, though, so it's not
hard to take the crowd-pleasers while still looking for the Lumbypics.
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One break from sheep photography was a day spent concentrating on cattle. I
wasn't too sure how that would go when asked to go along, but having a fresh
subject was good as everything was new to my eyes.
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No matter what the subject the problem is always the same - looking for ways
to frame pictures that, with a bit of luck, tell a story, or at least put the
viewer 'there'.
<br /><br />As well as trying to get in close I've also been making an effort
to take more 'messy' pictures. Ones in which there is a lot going on and/or
make a sort of abstract composition. Sometimes they work, sometimes they
almost work, mostly they fail!<br />
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It's that striving for the perfect picture (unobtainable) that keeps me
interested when motivation starts to flag. Something else that has kept me
interested is starting to dabble in video. The new camera is easier to use a
video camera. I've only been practicing technique and getting to know how it
works so far, but maybe I'll plan a short sheep video out sometime.<br /><br />
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Dave Lumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11185234642586845923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018786181997453903.post-37352658343099650842022-06-05T21:27:00.008+01:002022-06-05T22:00:22.306+01:00Pointless?<p>For whatever reason the urge to write (about anything) deserted me. Neither could I be bothered posting pictures here for the sake of it - although I have been taking plenty and posting them on Twitter. I've had a few subjects come to mind which could have been written about if only my general lethargy hadn't got in the way.</p><p>This is all a part of the confusion I have about where I, and my photographs, fit in the wide photography world. I think I've mentioned before that I don't want to be taking photographs which appeal to other photographers. That's falling into a similar trap as chasing 'likes' on social media. Or in another sphere taking photographs to win a camera club competition or a jumped up camera club competition like the RPS distinctions!</p><p>To quote Ed Smith (which I may have done before); "When you play cricket to please other people you have lost the point of playing cricket" Or words to that effect.</p><p>First and foremost I want to take <i>my </i>kind of photographs. Being wildly arrogant and self-important for a moment I reckon I have a pretty damned good idea of what makes a good photograph for me. And how to go about it from a technical stand point.</p><p>On that last factor I have come to realise that I'm out of step with not just the RPS and it's love of technical perfection, but also with a lot of the hobbyist photography world. It seems that whenever I give advice to beginners on the photography forum I frequent I get shot down by the resident experts.</p><p> If you want to stop your pictures being blurred, then 99% of the time you'll need to use a faster shutter speed. I've seen it so often with photos taken by anglers I know that are blurred through camera and subject movement because a camera's (or phone's) automatic settings have selected a slow shutter speed. If the option is available (not on my phone it's not) the solution is to use shutter priority to lock in a faster shutter speed. That's why I think telling beginners to use aperture priority (which all too often sets a slow speed) is bad advice. But when I suggest it I get flamed because the experts are obsessed with controlling depth of focus. </p><p>For years my only camera was my Pentax ME, which was aperture priority only. Yet I used it as a shutter priority camera. When I turned the aperture ring on the lens I had no idea what it was set to because I was concerned with keeping the shutter speed displayed in the viewfinder high enough to stop camera shake! If you aren't using a tripod I think this is the best approach. Especially given how high you can let ISO go in modern cameras.<br /></p><p> I guess it's because what I think makes a good photograph is what's in the picture - the facts. For
example, to me a good portrait is primarily about gesture and
expression, light and depth of focus are secondary. If the gesture and
expression are saying nothing great light and creamy bokeh won't save
it.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO_uM7fNB85lVCfF15BkRK3oNEzJ4dJo09XQprQXb-fn4a9TKs2U2IBodUWreD-DftpvV7UCx_ssNrS3r14o2G-wPpAxFndoUriPU21BECMhonhL1yinZB2LkQX0ecY9XSyYuhW9OlbHN1TkgS6NyTnWJhQBxeXQjTZERCQZFL6-D69LjsxV8mY5tBPA/s1200/_7515855.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO_uM7fNB85lVCfF15BkRK3oNEzJ4dJo09XQprQXb-fn4a9TKs2U2IBodUWreD-DftpvV7UCx_ssNrS3r14o2G-wPpAxFndoUriPU21BECMhonhL1yinZB2LkQX0ecY9XSyYuhW9OlbHN1TkgS6NyTnWJhQBxeXQjTZERCQZFL6-D69LjsxV8mY5tBPA/w640-h428/_7515855.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br />I don't fit in the art world of photography either. My photos aren't what's deemed acceptable but mostly I can't be doing with taking it as seriously as seems to be necessary. I certainly can't be arsed taking myself as seriously as some po-faced photographers do. They're far too earnest for me. Pomposity has to be punctured when I see it! When it comes to documentary photography I'm out on a limb there too because I don't have the drive to push my photos to get seen by anyone who could get them out to a wider audience.<p></p><p>So that leaves me floundering around in my own little world, occasionally venturing into the worlds of poultry fanciers, sheep breeders, and sheep dog trialers. Which is why I've taken to posting more pics on social media after avoiding it for ever. At least that way the people in the photos get to see them. Which I think is important. Whether they like my more 'off the wall' pictures I don't know. I'm certainly not trying to make the kind of pictures of the subjects which journalists or other professionals might take. Some of my framings are still 'odd' with chopped off heads and intruding limbs. Traditional subjects shot in a different way.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBzUl4NGtLKMP-_1_fcDcu51dspU3pW2sK2z0W-VUkjrqvZb_bKWFGq4K-xIXzo4Ja9s6gyFVE3ay9XPtjpzlQWXDEO9C-0sY2o0DNnTRYSMatq6InCRaS_Hde-Sb9bCJxvhTfhoRl1yVkDB6XM0lJJSYcw0Cldqz0LtHFUBAF-07qZPItAPXPpKoSQ/s1200/gth-81.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBzUl4NGtLKMP-_1_fcDcu51dspU3pW2sK2z0W-VUkjrqvZb_bKWFGq4K-xIXzo4Ja9s6gyFVE3ay9XPtjpzlQWXDEO9C-0sY2o0DNnTRYSMatq6InCRaS_Hde-Sb9bCJxvhTfhoRl1yVkDB6XM0lJJSYcw0Cldqz0LtHFUBAF-07qZPItAPXPpKoSQ/w640-h428/gth-81.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br />Which brings me to a comment I saw reported about some photos submitted for review for an RPS 'panel'. They were deemed to be 'record shots'. Aren't all photographs 'record shots'? Can't a 'record shot' also be a good picture? What a crock of the proverbial!</p><p>I want my photographs to be records, and I want them to work as pictures. That's what keeps me taking more pictures. Striving to make pictures which work as pictures <i>and </i>which provide a record of what was happening. It's bloody difficult though. But if it was easy it really would be pointless!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpmFvCxGDidlN08q1DukomstEeOik38X_17oZm_DKXqcsrxGvGCCtiCFFEbUkw51yyO91UMg6SBpFqofsQdGLzZq3gc8C4Yd-b5y2yknpvLlTr5zD9BqhiVxNSp9e2cq0ploH7Rl0ZpyvBRvh7OALvtoEIVCmzx-Ew7EIPTUGlBzlb0tx_Y97XNVofhA/s1200/_7517916.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpmFvCxGDidlN08q1DukomstEeOik38X_17oZm_DKXqcsrxGvGCCtiCFFEbUkw51yyO91UMg6SBpFqofsQdGLzZq3gc8C4Yd-b5y2yknpvLlTr5zD9BqhiVxNSp9e2cq0ploH7Rl0ZpyvBRvh7OALvtoEIVCmzx-Ew7EIPTUGlBzlb0tx_Y97XNVofhA/w640-h428/_7517916.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br />Some more random pictures from the last few months. 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It's a case of carry on doing what I do and hoping something interesting shows up. not that much did during December. Dog trials were either non existent or the weather was rubbish. This coming weekend is looking equally grim in that department. It's been a case of local wanders in search of something to photograph in order to keep my eye in.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwij2iaclGrJjEGJTRA4l1Rsilwb7jvDFku0WwCVN58mM1n2LAOkyRBKRNjQ3f37LVgXKKK0RoWMSibjP5spv8ZNTCsWKsBK6sbo57eaZku-4aTY1ZQaelbDq4wswrs64E9mJ1EpnwIJ9zcvatFdVfqoOfqigMCOf85qjKqRmHxV_xPCA4-jfJG1s1oQ=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwij2iaclGrJjEGJTRA4l1Rsilwb7jvDFku0WwCVN58mM1n2LAOkyRBKRNjQ3f37LVgXKKK0RoWMSibjP5spv8ZNTCsWKsBK6sbo57eaZku-4aTY1ZQaelbDq4wswrs64E9mJ1EpnwIJ9zcvatFdVfqoOfqigMCOf85qjKqRmHxV_xPCA4-jfJG1s1oQ=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>That's pretty much what I'm doing when I go for a wander. Try to make sense of what I see within the frame. If what I come home with can add to any project it's a bonus. maybe one day there will be enough to choose from to make a collection of local pictures that stands up on its own merits?<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDl7lUB7GHEedyvR9Oyc0UL0BlIWsviNAkD4pUy-FTJnb4beQRbCfphZQmsfVSJWz-H44derkz4Wx3yN4xCv4psKAx6khDMiNRJ-fwUTUGF1rPsVxDmT1yqi7HNNtGo0ChB19oS2_OiI2kMxXtBRRbXBRh1OppcIZ8qHBvzOtHZU2bTh0WddsEHL3lNA=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDl7lUB7GHEedyvR9Oyc0UL0BlIWsviNAkD4pUy-FTJnb4beQRbCfphZQmsfVSJWz-H44derkz4Wx3yN4xCv4psKAx6khDMiNRJ-fwUTUGF1rPsVxDmT1yqi7HNNtGo0ChB19oS2_OiI2kMxXtBRRbXBRh1OppcIZ8qHBvzOtHZU2bTh0WddsEHL3lNA=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>As usual my 'landscapes' always contain some element of human intervention. A rare misty morning dragged me out to the moss. While I was out there the mist was just a bit too much and wasn't for burning off. As soon as I got close to home, however... I don't know if I'm just unlucky with atmospheric conditions or I don't have the patience to wait for them to change!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNZBz32ZetbUiePn9OVvVrFt555p9PeAwcJrlFV_pXgs-OHRuBAxAnXroDEwMHqTP4QhT4TdTO8IdEhYyPAthAAiXES9ywo8P2aAGyIDu97VuEd1zBbunCfdzYYa1sEJGnlUSsBRoDNSNaRLlNDNux-XYeMag2pVbnmgtDHaD-KMveHwaJQKe8h5tfow=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNZBz32ZetbUiePn9OVvVrFt555p9PeAwcJrlFV_pXgs-OHRuBAxAnXroDEwMHqTP4QhT4TdTO8IdEhYyPAthAAiXES9ywo8P2aAGyIDu97VuEd1zBbunCfdzYYa1sEJGnlUSsBRoDNSNaRLlNDNux-XYeMag2pVbnmgtDHaD-KMveHwaJQKe8h5tfow=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitts79vx7Hppm25AnNBLI2-6umtWIcXcymoK-R9v8u7U3gdfmLWuECCXGbygsG5LmRTM_y3WbKTbDNkdVtmJPolpABxUHLEnGgBhvyFClqYIYPHKEiYze3l4yykdpr1q8nZim6kmHWB3hs7SLLvaJpGluuqdba4JV_By9LTVrfzgPP1uWrD9e8i5SuQQ=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitts79vx7Hppm25AnNBLI2-6umtWIcXcymoK-R9v8u7U3gdfmLWuECCXGbygsG5LmRTM_y3WbKTbDNkdVtmJPolpABxUHLEnGgBhvyFClqYIYPHKEiYze3l4yykdpr1q8nZim6kmHWB3hs7SLLvaJpGluuqdba4JV_By9LTVrfzgPP1uWrD9e8i5SuQQ=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>There have been a few sunny afternoons to tempt me out but they rarely seem to provide me with much. When I wait for them to turn into glorious sunsets they usually do the opposite and clouds form on the horizon and it all goes to pot.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipZntt4AHvFcP9c32uAP7p8OB2yQ7NEzKnZmm8-Cl2W-DjJg4-VG4fJ2pmDtEYJwSAiHnIN-rZyxzVUa7MeNqElyaX-mijuI2mU1ALfh9lQm6rJD5X8vsZpQaHAPSdjHsQR7wTJAsZdC8b6PG6Afly23lT-_uC9-cyrvHDJINFQSyIKugwkZLitSfAIg=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipZntt4AHvFcP9c32uAP7p8OB2yQ7NEzKnZmm8-Cl2W-DjJg4-VG4fJ2pmDtEYJwSAiHnIN-rZyxzVUa7MeNqElyaX-mijuI2mU1ALfh9lQm6rJD5X8vsZpQaHAPSdjHsQR7wTJAsZdC8b6PG6Afly23lT-_uC9-cyrvHDJINFQSyIKugwkZLitSfAIg=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>One sunny afternoon I was driving around looking for inspiration and failing to find it when I did what I often do when that happens. Go somewhere I have been lots of times before. In this case I wanted somewhere out of the wind and went to have a look at the sheep barn. It's in an even worse state now than <a href="https://lumbypics.blogspot.com/search?q=barn" target="_blank"><b>my last visit</b></a>.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTClKsNj8bfCwfco0eUTgE-QWFHHKLxHjmTrA-BZ1Oonx2tI3tHqHFEr7Q9Y2EXxKVspjevZgJiSuScUM7aLd_InSnRpB4Qwbgif4ugUC8XyTtEyY1U2dlg1BJnkT3Mob8R--qJqwOFguhzpwW6OvAV60aa_qI1aAg6h7XHtY2kEO7N_6JZET0dVAmug=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTClKsNj8bfCwfco0eUTgE-QWFHHKLxHjmTrA-BZ1Oonx2tI3tHqHFEr7Q9Y2EXxKVspjevZgJiSuScUM7aLd_InSnRpB4Qwbgif4ugUC8XyTtEyY1U2dlg1BJnkT3Mob8R--qJqwOFguhzpwW6OvAV60aa_qI1aAg6h7XHtY2kEO7N_6JZET0dVAmug=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyd7fH1mmjyMAJsJEv7y58GGrVIfTJmwWSX7dXn-28jY5YJlpAAEpj6aDZ-AUSutwAAtJTSdBAWnrMFLReQ1wy1PIpt0L6SKXWsrlYgdmpzDgI87PIEgrki3xdVhqcXfXUukGKNDFCWma0L08R9CkVRZLdfPDhiduWMV2KdIq4q1j5IyABZQ4VIXa6LQ=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyd7fH1mmjyMAJsJEv7y58GGrVIfTJmwWSX7dXn-28jY5YJlpAAEpj6aDZ-AUSutwAAtJTSdBAWnrMFLReQ1wy1PIpt0L6SKXWsrlYgdmpzDgI87PIEgrki3xdVhqcXfXUukGKNDFCWma0L08R9CkVRZLdfPDhiduWMV2KdIq4q1j5IyABZQ4VIXa6LQ=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9B0CTIAUU16YDGEOJCREsiKO35FgdrPVOfzlEEUqT8FESvFW8nzn6r1Y82W6hq0ijVKMhp9l_sjK-jVkVl_npHh47WUWgXyXjSY7Tw5DD7xPFNsGadMIQNzDO8YVMHNWw82EV6X1RM5tv43IGcSj_JExyOsB30PAocDXKJlOIcC5QPd-Ni66RZ9nBuA=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9B0CTIAUU16YDGEOJCREsiKO35FgdrPVOfzlEEUqT8FESvFW8nzn6r1Y82W6hq0ijVKMhp9l_sjK-jVkVl_npHh47WUWgXyXjSY7Tw5DD7xPFNsGadMIQNzDO8YVMHNWw82EV6X1RM5tv43IGcSj_JExyOsB30PAocDXKJlOIcC5QPd-Ni66RZ9nBuA=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgja8RpwBjLgl8uKUNLcyNgNxVQ37o2OGZGGuQ-gNFIYmLgVBqjYtcMFG_tdMpox4LM8ggVtYex15bmUNYeExd_NkDwOcIvjFyoRW58IGb2dBElWovmGLmqr0FGNKZusVBCWUwXFusoihJHe1I8UxjifyC5el7Nre2TuqY7CpdrV5CHRbOw3IpCxwBCkg=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgja8RpwBjLgl8uKUNLcyNgNxVQ37o2OGZGGuQ-gNFIYmLgVBqjYtcMFG_tdMpox4LM8ggVtYex15bmUNYeExd_NkDwOcIvjFyoRW58IGb2dBElWovmGLmqr0FGNKZusVBCWUwXFusoihJHe1I8UxjifyC5el7Nre2TuqY7CpdrV5CHRbOw3IpCxwBCkg=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Being a bit featureless it's a difficult structure to photograph, and the dark to light contrast of inside and out makes exposures tricky. It's a challenge, which is possibly why I keep going back.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivEzfUnb0yYGP7-IzsXtDmYY-2gkF4TYXVYrqzE7lQTUqUme5zesmEZ1LBu6rG6CKQjvkR_p4wql94c0DufDPBYMIWvoQwBWWh2dZMHJ5IlkpBKiidVug27OIA225gQ5fMmTeJ-BAAJrm_DYTZOIBmICbtVE-TIpEtVIHrvZA9n8VNK5dw8iNqN5A0fQ=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivEzfUnb0yYGP7-IzsXtDmYY-2gkF4TYXVYrqzE7lQTUqUme5zesmEZ1LBu6rG6CKQjvkR_p4wql94c0DufDPBYMIWvoQwBWWh2dZMHJ5IlkpBKiidVug27OIA225gQ5fMmTeJ-BAAJrm_DYTZOIBmICbtVE-TIpEtVIHrvZA9n8VNK5dw8iNqN5A0fQ=w640-h428" width="640" /></a><br /></div><p>Something made me think about why few hobbyist/amateur photographers do documentary type of work. It's not something that gets seen much on a photography forum I belong to. Most people take single images which fit one of the popular genres - wildlife, macro, landscape etc.</p><p>As I've always thought that wherever you live can be documented photographically it would be the obvious thing for people who take photos in their spare time to do. No need to travel hundreds of miles in the hope of the right weather conditions for a location, for example. Either pick your days, or hours, and pop out. Although given my track record of doing that maybe I'm being optimistic? That said, as with fishing, if you 'pop out' often enough you'll get lucky once in a while.</p><p>Then it dawned on me. The reason more people don't adopt a documentary approach is that it does actually take a lot of time. Not everyone can drop everything, any day of the week, and go take photographs for a few hours. I expect people with more ordered lives than mine find it easier to plan ahead to set a day aside for their photography. Even so that could still work for documenting the place you live. But all to often I see people say that where they live is boring to photograph, and familiarity breeds contempt. Maybe I just have a different way of looking at the world? I do think anything can become a subject for a photograph. It only needs putting into a context.<br /></p><p>There also has to be a deal of commitment to carry on in the face of failure, a high degree of perseverance, to engage in documentary. Not qualities I'd ever associated myself with until someone on the forum said they admired my perseverance. I've always thought of it more as being a lack of fresh ideas. I stick with something because I can't come up with a better alternative, so my projects carry on!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiu7d-3RiUbgZHZxHJaq3kS6sHBXaZtUKu8o1D4dPtPdfpf71tdMHUGFMIjggyp_LK4xzyFcDlvRiNpnq6clzXuEvFG3VmWxeOlXeMoi3ToXT9A0e8KmE4_oTmKgJZ4wqlQgloxyY3rtI1id4AtTpHOl5nlkeJrCyJSuls6l91x5mYZphoQTAKqq9u90A=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiu7d-3RiUbgZHZxHJaq3kS6sHBXaZtUKu8o1D4dPtPdfpf71tdMHUGFMIjggyp_LK4xzyFcDlvRiNpnq6clzXuEvFG3VmWxeOlXeMoi3ToXT9A0e8KmE4_oTmKgJZ4wqlQgloxyY3rtI1id4AtTpHOl5nlkeJrCyJSuls6l91x5mYZphoQTAKqq9u90A=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><hr />Dave Lumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11185234642586845923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018786181997453903.post-88250838464319903872021-12-15T21:34:00.005+00:002021-12-15T21:37:32.361+00:00I'm sick of photography for photography's sake<p>Like most in this digital age I spend too much time looking at photographs on-line. Either website galleries or YouTube videos. The more I look at 'photographers' pictures the less they interest me. As a comment I saw on Lensculture when doing this put it about photobooks; "Most photobooks these days seem to be made in the category: art for
art’s sake. It unfortunately leads very often to much ado about nothing." That's how I feel about a lot of the photographs I see - from all areas of phtotography. be that the 'serious' art world or dedicated amateurs. They all seem to be making photographs which fit the ideas of their area as to what makes a good photograph. I've done it myself.</p><p>Back in the real world I tried to find a sheep dog trial on Sunday. It was supposedly signposted but I couldn't find the signs! The day wasn't as bright as I'd hoped, so it might have been a wasted trip in any case. As I climbed into the hills I climbed into cloud too, but that gave me hope that I might find something to suit my idea of landscape to show what the moors are like in that kind of weather. I'd hatched a Plan B by looking on Google maps and set off for a walk, intending to reach a broken down building. I didn't manage to get that far before the cloud lifted, which didn't matter because no sooner had I stepped on to the moorland track than I saw Lonks. I spent my time photographing them.</p><p>I left it a fraction too late to grab a shot of a raddled tup. He'd stood in a perfect pose looking at me as I approached, but as soon as I raised the camera to my eye he started to wander off.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmXdQCuda-ANr6yv-kYfYqmpMxY4pmaRQrgYsXwvruallZFMqNuOUH0I06MKo3nQrJlvYtRULx4M85aDzoufMkxFr-jt0F1qYzefLtFdzLFEZn4gNNtB3lKIjaOzwRvCDbRF3l2WZWZy4JOHKR-Ln1ByIXPXSQqhUspZGU6UUtWRTqPYv77fMDZzh-lA=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmXdQCuda-ANr6yv-kYfYqmpMxY4pmaRQrgYsXwvruallZFMqNuOUH0I06MKo3nQrJlvYtRULx4M85aDzoufMkxFr-jt0F1qYzefLtFdzLFEZn4gNNtB3lKIjaOzwRvCDbRF3l2WZWZy4JOHKR-Ln1ByIXPXSQqhUspZGU6UUtWRTqPYv77fMDZzh-lA=w640-h428" width="640" /> </a></p><p> That's what sheep tend to do. Maybe I need to get a longer lens for sheep photography?<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh005EXpaRoZOXEnMWBp4RRekymKYwcuyS_q1eIwxFGxIOAZ_hiEGbiem-ricaD4Cg3d4eB8vQ7LC6Q6epd_l_URsKEmJ56Y80UXEz_4ju50Adm2_FMm6jHPCLvL71ym0-ralt1_KGg7KjE8GELcOAhkh78WRlRQTuw0CR3bl5E5KgtR7h7wjz4hvM8yQ=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh005EXpaRoZOXEnMWBp4RRekymKYwcuyS_q1eIwxFGxIOAZ_hiEGbiem-ricaD4Cg3d4eB8vQ7LC6Q6epd_l_URsKEmJ56Y80UXEz_4ju50Adm2_FMm6jHPCLvL71ym0-ralt1_KGg7KjE8GELcOAhkh78WRlRQTuw0CR3bl5E5KgtR7h7wjz4hvM8yQ=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqlQjJRN_nvLxGvdD4SPGgO6SOmFZJ8nfdoF8u5YQSlVk1eYqqGL_YvYkY8Vy1dvJWuHpifkBpa4ARWdImeyAw1qci3FZsSUL88WGZHtZAG3mxic7trdsyYmgE-0qzBVAl9Okt8Q4lGKMl-gVGbJCZTlkh7F1BDbLzN76nlT6nbd7z08m6lKFFGmzqaA=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqlQjJRN_nvLxGvdD4SPGgO6SOmFZJ8nfdoF8u5YQSlVk1eYqqGL_YvYkY8Vy1dvJWuHpifkBpa4ARWdImeyAw1qci3FZsSUL88WGZHtZAG3mxic7trdsyYmgE-0qzBVAl9Okt8Q4lGKMl-gVGbJCZTlkh7F1BDbLzN76nlT6nbd7z08m6lKFFGmzqaA=w640-h428" width="640" /> </a></p><p>Although sheep 'portraits' are well and good as the cloud lifted I tried to get some pictures which said more about their place in the landscape, and the place of farming in it.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJWqCnUTs2iotbSmRU3rPMM0-tR0McQF8ahjReISnmBcxBQO_Cb_Pj-0YvJN7utVEej-xx2WOdPmiiPyJZL5p4uB2sOl35X0BTmW2TlWJAc7GIaRxy9j6c2GfNZxUvugjdh9-_ghkXzaTI1Jc6S6okttDvwFrGwdyQoHnx2GEFRKDD8QsT9r4iugWgeQ=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJWqCnUTs2iotbSmRU3rPMM0-tR0McQF8ahjReISnmBcxBQO_Cb_Pj-0YvJN7utVEej-xx2WOdPmiiPyJZL5p4uB2sOl35X0BTmW2TlWJAc7GIaRxy9j6c2GfNZxUvugjdh9-_ghkXzaTI1Jc6S6okttDvwFrGwdyQoHnx2GEFRKDD8QsT9r4iugWgeQ=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>The juxtaposition of the rural, yet worked, landscape and the urban,
industrial areas not too far away is something I am always trying to
encapsulate in photographs.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgb35ulWc3-qetG9-UWC9P5y39oxFCSY7FBz6qn1OxvIxI8XY7XIBThLpvKR3SRsDPGULKDNPwup6E_x41_FG2Zq_UO2AfJUHtHmJuoJIrPbTlZX2uLQTOnZa20VnVcM2HhF18DugS7c-kPMAPUsq7TK9PS0MLz5USKtH65pyaK2OTIfQh9Ui97CKWIlQ=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgb35ulWc3-qetG9-UWC9P5y39oxFCSY7FBz6qn1OxvIxI8XY7XIBThLpvKR3SRsDPGULKDNPwup6E_x41_FG2Zq_UO2AfJUHtHmJuoJIrPbTlZX2uLQTOnZa20VnVcM2HhF18DugS7c-kPMAPUsq7TK9PS0MLz5USKtH65pyaK2OTIfQh9Ui97CKWIlQ=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwIc1cXqTkZp3cBMcX_16yZBEnkzsSNh089u7sasmGnlspeFotTd-tKPGcC5IgprenbBpilliIWAeGXBAQNb15g_nqb5gTy_t45cQ0tIrEfJQrbHZ35tth3bm9fznIolvkvGwVMOwnG6Sj7FSfk9HBbL2lVI7Q1ZptWi_3oP2reT0Xk--r88uSH_fwNQ=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwIc1cXqTkZp3cBMcX_16yZBEnkzsSNh089u7sasmGnlspeFotTd-tKPGcC5IgprenbBpilliIWAeGXBAQNb15g_nqb5gTy_t45cQ0tIrEfJQrbHZ35tth3bm9fznIolvkvGwVMOwnG6Sj7FSfk9HBbL2lVI7Q1ZptWi_3oP2reT0Xk--r88uSH_fwNQ=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><br />Then there are sheepscapes, where the sheep are the subject but they are small in the frame.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgok8bNbQ6TClRoDQABKH8Qh2oeHJEL0Pw0W7TQnJnZ9ViDH8vrvWN7DtiCxHj5D8eGNxmlotzL5gHfE29bieRF18oynPgsHvhw_5_VKCUPNE6GcWemGPSAIQ4a2MnpOC3Ekj5hitSKGHFufCPKN-QJ-ayXhVFUWDPEYdG2vsj7dKsBvxSGWVS9CtHNJw=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgok8bNbQ6TClRoDQABKH8Qh2oeHJEL0Pw0W7TQnJnZ9ViDH8vrvWN7DtiCxHj5D8eGNxmlotzL5gHfE29bieRF18oynPgsHvhw_5_VKCUPNE6GcWemGPSAIQ4a2MnpOC3Ekj5hitSKGHFufCPKN-QJ-ayXhVFUWDPEYdG2vsj7dKsBvxSGWVS9CtHNJw=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-4fAKdQx_iUgUBWyCm7rpktGf4Pu9wTfqbh3398WfPLDz9BO0dKfuIu1DzpcEvVWAZUZUjJ27HE808n4aEP7dNboJwv3BiE3ON96e4gRKmNftBu35qFj2RfgJWRMVUHM4CYV5Hs1wYY6su1Yl5Ww5XP4wRI6hD3NJ7xaJ4Xubr45TyEBK0b5YODyk8A=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-4fAKdQx_iUgUBWyCm7rpktGf4Pu9wTfqbh3398WfPLDz9BO0dKfuIu1DzpcEvVWAZUZUjJ27HE808n4aEP7dNboJwv3BiE3ON96e4gRKmNftBu35qFj2RfgJWRMVUHM4CYV5Hs1wYY6su1Yl5Ww5XP4wRI6hD3NJ7xaJ4Xubr45TyEBK0b5YODyk8A=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><p>All the while I try to make photographs which work as individual photographs, but which will also form a body of work which can be accompanied by text. That's very much the way I'm thinking about photography these days. But not in the 'photograph as illustration' way, the pictures and the text should have equal weight - either could stand alone, but work together to say more. That's sort of what I'm hoping to achieve if I ever get round to putting a set of pictures together on this sheepy theme.</p><hr />Dave Lumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11185234642586845923noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018786181997453903.post-7186917940019286622021-12-08T21:25:00.004+00:002021-12-08T21:25:43.132+00:00Winter<p>We've entered that dismal period of the year when there really aren't enough daylight hours. And the weather can be awful. Only rarely can I find time to get out after doing some work through winter, and then it never seems to coincide with anything like sufficient light. The lack of light on dark winter days is something I've decided not to contend with when there are sheep dog trials on. I've had enough of returning to find the majority of pictures are just mush on such days. I have no intention of spending the money required to get faster lenses than I have - not least because I'm trying to declutter my lens 'collection' rather than add to it! That's why I've not done much photograph taking of late. </p><p>What little I have done has been very local and haphazard. I left it too late to catch the rams head in the process of demolition, meaning all I managed to photograph was a pile of rubble. Built in teh 1600s and pulled down to make room for yet another Aldi supermarket. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPBPrXQ1FI5fKJNsYvju5nVcQiepFvIUyeWWk7dgenRiWOCSPS2B9W4qFpJmfIK7xmVmFLpsN6eEuhr62neJl11RjyyDhIs33xfkA4nWBRGPfa4G7OXeJPFKjvNE7LrKihmVreYvRBsB_Ef1rsJBo7nj4GRvTh_KjMPCDRiEXePa6QylhZrFvWiz7sMQ=s1200" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPBPrXQ1FI5fKJNsYvju5nVcQiepFvIUyeWWk7dgenRiWOCSPS2B9W4qFpJmfIK7xmVmFLpsN6eEuhr62neJl11RjyyDhIs33xfkA4nWBRGPfa4G7OXeJPFKjvNE7LrKihmVreYvRBsB_Ef1rsJBo7nj4GRvTh_KjMPCDRiEXePa6QylhZrFvWiz7sMQ=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgs5sUM8uVpi7DhBR4CzQ8OVWy4ZyiVQNq2jMbvwPeYQzh9kJkB7HHsha9z0MbD2t2QTCSpKIKoTfT8VbRuffRvoDl7C6YdC9BLt7c42AQgkWMNtDC4HzNQcZjNl1M94ZvpzWSXITx18Gk9KayxKMiJg2ik0u_rjSE-eH7qaKbGO7NaXb1TAh0wz6ChFQ=s1200" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgs5sUM8uVpi7DhBR4CzQ8OVWy4ZyiVQNq2jMbvwPeYQzh9kJkB7HHsha9z0MbD2t2QTCSpKIKoTfT8VbRuffRvoDl7C6YdC9BLt7c42AQgkWMNtDC4HzNQcZjNl1M94ZvpzWSXITx18Gk9KayxKMiJg2ik0u_rjSE-eH7qaKbGO7NaXb1TAh0wz6ChFQ=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><p><br />The moss doesn't change much at this time of year, so I've not been out there much. Not that conditions have been favourable very often when I have had time enough spare. On one flying visit I noticed the water tank by the greenhouses had been pulled to bits. Another thing that was 'always going to be there' gone. Like the Rams Head I was glad to have photographed it when it was in place. It always pays to photograph boring stuff because there may well come a time when it's disappeared.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbAncAqSF9EV2_QN4JmzonQ3Fvxin_RoPwj5zOkUJHTuK2d6JA2XXeEQvtbIGm5RLWYDxFv9VWdMm_OA1QkWYkK2uPaPNslghcKOc7eT3OSRPaXH0blMlTYVsCQwNQGd2BZu5qMZOPD9qovDuFzU3uQqEbB3pQl_MBMRh3af_hDKPtaqMapISJ1z4t0Q=s1200" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="795" data-original-width="1200" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbAncAqSF9EV2_QN4JmzonQ3Fvxin_RoPwj5zOkUJHTuK2d6JA2XXeEQvtbIGm5RLWYDxFv9VWdMm_OA1QkWYkK2uPaPNslghcKOc7eT3OSRPaXH0blMlTYVsCQwNQGd2BZu5qMZOPD9qovDuFzU3uQqEbB3pQl_MBMRh3af_hDKPtaqMapISJ1z4t0Q=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><p>On that walk I'd taken my current favourite zoom lens and, for a wider option, my Nikon compact with it's 28mm equivalent fixed lens. The few reasonable photographs I came back with were taken using the compact. It's a bit of a clunky camera to use but it can turn out really pleasing pictures.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0sbm1kgRuT3L4e7no8m___NKBt4SRiRinDl5YmRUKlMhpq-rN1L3oOPovui1nsUmsSw5mzJBrrFrlz6gwdZb3zzMu8nqvaJRZ7b_EVDFlth0u8goytKPZGirLfj1w1reFACxw9linPtFieHrspVp6LGGUfGSPiICrRrCPyI5Yc9puMxL9RWu4kkL5HQ=s1200" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="795" data-original-width="1200" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0sbm1kgRuT3L4e7no8m___NKBt4SRiRinDl5YmRUKlMhpq-rN1L3oOPovui1nsUmsSw5mzJBrrFrlz6gwdZb3zzMu8nqvaJRZ7b_EVDFlth0u8goytKPZGirLfj1w1reFACxw9linPtFieHrspVp6LGGUfGSPiICrRrCPyI5Yc9puMxL9RWu4kkL5HQ=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><p>With no sheep shows to go to I've been at a bit of a loose end really. I can't get my brain into anything else. I think real life work is too much for me at the present! To take a break from the grind I have been out to clear my head to the marshes on either side of the river. They are different in character. The nature reserve looks far more like a worked landscape than the other marsh which looks more natural.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgh2vhGBzW-9_vdjXisgAWzJt_5kWaJfNVvl4h9p-p378kD-0q1bCN452Ocly5iIWmfFaNqnJjyZ2BLIoIHV_1xRwwJSXK1UXuoA_SF3AFtORvepy1s2336ANZBw_TW7xDJ3Ow0DBEuUbtIvxjmzlBcLCQTAqTOBb15Cfb-vc0f8glAI4I3i42qNCUR9g=s1200" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgh2vhGBzW-9_vdjXisgAWzJt_5kWaJfNVvl4h9p-p378kD-0q1bCN452Ocly5iIWmfFaNqnJjyZ2BLIoIHV_1xRwwJSXK1UXuoA_SF3AFtORvepy1s2336ANZBw_TW7xDJ3Ow0DBEuUbtIvxjmzlBcLCQTAqTOBb15Cfb-vc0f8glAI4I3i42qNCUR9g=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgX-20IY2Ba9abjEjr-kVxQaHmVKMFjIgNfRvH_fxpfCHcTuk4VneoFU_0yBmdHmtcGGGdq0Z4VoKTZRORneiwN0MVsNnrS8vZilxLB_9240M7YOKCOyfF5mF-H9x3mNh2G8GTfecoc6SBBWzcHJRGfjRdSOzJbGs_IszSuHbTwOCOolCSklTDunJTz_A=s1200" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgX-20IY2Ba9abjEjr-kVxQaHmVKMFjIgNfRvH_fxpfCHcTuk4VneoFU_0yBmdHmtcGGGdq0Z4VoKTZRORneiwN0MVsNnrS8vZilxLB_9240M7YOKCOyfF5mF-H9x3mNh2G8GTfecoc6SBBWzcHJRGfjRdSOzJbGs_IszSuHbTwOCOolCSklTDunJTz_A=w512-h640" width="512" /></a></div><p>I hadn't been to the other side of the river for ages. It was a wild and windy afternoon and I didn't stop long. Maybe if the sheep had been within range I would have done! Can I be bothered going back again to work on some ideas I had? probably not. The landscape thing is far too dependent on the light conditions...<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4CAAxb1x7ZEJqgUhZNIOG1RrgzzcOz37ziXpMAaIK2WjWEPHIKSkasS7CpQlwTGEnDqaWkhnGkq36UdL6NQ6_Jtj85YYOiAyvwfAqbf8QYv-GEizLXtQ8VSGEYLApnOBKd-CG8Egf5K9TSmqoPmVXcSQoEZzwdRxkQM1MhQRWsHbiOoDNCxCsbXnGTg=s1200" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4CAAxb1x7ZEJqgUhZNIOG1RrgzzcOz37ziXpMAaIK2WjWEPHIKSkasS7CpQlwTGEnDqaWkhnGkq36UdL6NQ6_Jtj85YYOiAyvwfAqbf8QYv-GEizLXtQ8VSGEYLApnOBKd-CG8Egf5K9TSmqoPmVXcSQoEZzwdRxkQM1MhQRWsHbiOoDNCxCsbXnGTg=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><p>Somewhere else I hadn't been for ages was Southport, not since Covid kicked in had I made a visit with a camera for more than a few minutes. Last week I was booked in for a vaccine booster and made sure I had plenty of time on my car park ticket. The Fuji compact was in my pocket for a wander round before and after the jab. A few things had altered, but mostly I took record shots of closed touristy shops and attractions.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtOWZVTTdoxrM10llu5F6UaJC-oxQRQkTlBGpTAvZ0wlrM-xWyUFgb4E1koodaCM44R8r29E0j3XaI0JfKxtALQt_JvaL7zlzYpCD1EylNa5Saxxzv4KGRBW2ICfafpEZpeqO-xpercWRC7g-kQTlP7m2kFE_1K2fiKwGiP7KC_ObGEw-pxOGwq_fbOw=s1200" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtOWZVTTdoxrM10llu5F6UaJC-oxQRQkTlBGpTAvZ0wlrM-xWyUFgb4E1koodaCM44R8r29E0j3XaI0JfKxtALQt_JvaL7zlzYpCD1EylNa5Saxxzv4KGRBW2ICfafpEZpeqO-xpercWRC7g-kQTlP7m2kFE_1K2fiKwGiP7KC_ObGEw-pxOGwq_fbOw=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7IKl-XAdPNZ06Aj6ATwt-LlmiHZWdbBBGR1KmFIoBs6WctWiedZdw2ViGltquI_5lqpGk2V-ay7wIzaOUUpIiKX-g9411j-45Z-mPu6OI8Y6ZNTSYYo92d0y05nNRQkRG3rewhICEYTQ5eu8kdzaknVwC6VmOLyuWK9ZGRc3Vh0n2ZUR_1tfGSfA4HQ=s1200" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It's not something I'm too keen on. There's sharp enough and there's too sharp to my mind. Which probably sets me apart form the majority of the digital photography word where super-sharpness and micro-contrast seem to be the most prized qualities - possibly after creamy bokeh! <br /></p><hr />Dave Lumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11185234642586845923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018786181997453903.post-358846566235778882021-11-14T21:17:00.006+00:002021-11-14T21:20:28.116+00:00Keepers<p>
The last big sheep sale of the autumn for me was held on Friday. I went along
mainly because I've had so little chance to photograph anything this year and
because there wouldn't be another big sale at the mart for three months or
more. It was only a short visit too as I really should have been getting on
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It was no surprise that my enthusiasm wasn't high, nor that I was stuck for
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While I was playing about I tried a different setting for focusing using
liveview. It made a huge difference to my success rate! It was far from 100%
foolproof but it was much improved.
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Although there was a lot of the usual stuff to see there was also a chance to
get some photos of a large pen of sheep being put through the ring, which is not
something I can recall photographing before. I wasn't in the best position, but
it's something to mentally log for future reference.<br />
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<br />Mostly I was using the standard zoom having remembered it was versatile
enough in the mart. The other option I had available was the new 90mm which I
wanted to test out in the gloomy shed. As expected the focusing was a bit slower
than it had been at the comparatively well lit poultry show. I coped though and
in the sale ring it was fine.
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</div><p>A few days ago I read something (I think on The Online Photographer) to
the effect that photographs can become more interesting with time. Up to a
point that's true. However, it is content dependent. In the case of
photographs which show people and man-made objects the passage of time lends
every such photograph a status as a historical document. People age, fashions
and designs change. These photographs show the past to the present.
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I was considering this when reading a forum discussion about how many picture
files people have on their hard drives and some commenters said they delete
most of the photos they take and only keep the very best, some even going on
to say there's no point keeping 'bad' photographs. Not everyone agreed with
that extreme view. And again I think that is down to content.
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If all you ever photograph are, let's say, macro pictures of insects then
sure, keep only the most technically and aesthetically pleasing pictures. But
if you photograph your family, friends or pets then pictures which are not
going to win any prizes can still be personally meaningful. They may be 'bad'
photographs, but they are valuable for other reasons.
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<p>The same can apply to photographs which are documentary in nature. They might not be well framed or focused but they might contain information which becomes valuable as time goes on. That could be something in the background which was insignificant at the time the photograph was taken but seen with the benefit of hindsight becomes more interesting than the main subject.</p><p>This is one reason I delete very few pictures. The only drawback for future generations is that these are all virtual pictures while they remain on a hard drive. A hard drive that will no doubt go to landfill soon after I pop my clogs!</p><p>I should use the lack of sheepy events and long dark evenings over the coming months to MAKE MORE PRINTS!! I wonder if I could turn my digital folders into print on demand A4 'contact sheet albums'?<br /></p>
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Dave Lumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11185234642586845923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018786181997453903.post-79448758374577895682021-11-11T20:22:00.002+00:002021-11-11T21:06:47.352+00:00When in doubt, repeat yourself<p>
There was a local poultry show back in September which I'd intended to go to,
not so much to take photos, more to hand over a couple of books to someone.
Unfortunately I felt dog rough and couldn't face even the ten minute drive let
alone being cheerful and taking photos. The next show, and last for this year,
was on Saturday gone and I went along there, making a late start through
idleness. I didn't have a burning ambition to take more poultry pics to be
honest. By the time I arrived most of the birds had been penned. I'd only have
been repeating the usual pre-penning rituals any way<br />
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<br />The only interesting thing was that since my last visit to the club's
exhibition hall it had been extended. That at least gave me something new to
record. Albeit in a fairly meaningless way unless the photos are put alongside
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The old photo 'studio' had been retained and mounted on the office wall.
There's still no dedicated photographer to take 'professional' photos though.
I'm not volunteering, even if my lighting skills have improved!
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On the subject of lighting, I'd forgotten how awful the strip lights are in
the hall. It took me a while to get back in the groove of keeping my shutter
speed below 1/100th of a second to avoid the strobing colour changes. A
shutter speed that isn't quick enough to freeze chicken twitches!
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After a a short while fruitlessly trying to find a fresh angle on the judging
I came home to await delivery of a new-to-me lens.
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<br />This interlude gave me a chance to change lenses on my cameras as
something else I'd forgotten was how cramped the space is between the rows of
pens. I put on a wider zoom as my main lens and pocketed the handy 20mm just
in case. Then when the new lens arrived I stuck that on the second body to
take it for a play.
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Judging was almost over when I got back to the show but there was still
nothing fresh to get me interested. I amused myself by seeing how the new lens
performed. It's the first macro lens I've used which focuses quickly enough to
use as a non-macro. And at 90mm it's a little bit more to my taste than the
loathed 85mm I'd traded in for it. Even if I don't use it much as a non-macro
I've got the close up facility back after parting with my previous macro lens.
Not something I use much for 'serious' photography but it is useful for
product type shots for my business. It worked OK on the chooks.
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The best I could manage was to get a slightly different angle. I'd actually
taken a photo of the drinking cups because I'd not seen any old metal ones
before, then I noticed birds being put in a box and went a bit wider hoping to
time something right. I nearly managed it.<br />
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As a test for getting to know some new gear the outing was worthwhile. That's
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There won't be any more poultry shows, or auctions, for some time now. Avian
flu has entered the UK for the winter and all poultry gatherings were to be
banned until further notice two days after this show. This is hitting the show
world hard with these bans becoming an annual occurrence as the two biggest
national shows, and many big regional shows, take place at this time of
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Dave Lumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11185234642586845923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018786181997453903.post-33844857368235796832021-10-31T16:53:00.004+00:002021-10-31T16:53:31.562+00:00Sheep, sheep, sheep<p>Two days of madness this week with a breeding sheep sale held over two days. 5000 plus ewes on day one, 300 plus tups on day two. The first day being a long one. I had flagged by two thirty and as much mentally tired as physically gave up, but the sale carried on for another four hours. no doubt one of the staff when asked how he was shortly before I left said he'd be all right by the following night!<br /></p>
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</div><br />I didn't arrive too early, knowing it would be a long day, the light would be rubbish early on, and that sheep would be arriving for a long time after the seven thirty start. I had plenty of time to get arrival pictures, something lacking in my files.<br /><p></p>
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</p><p>All the usual problems were to be overcome. Finding new ways to show things being the main one, but there were also technical problems like white balance variations and the lack of light. On sunny days there's some ambient light finds its way in and brightens the inside of the sheds. Two days of gloom were what I was up against.<br />
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<br />Knowing day two would be less hectic I made a slightly later start. There was the usual stuff to see and the usual pictures to make. In the main shed I used my two prime lens approach, which is becoming my preferred way to operate if I can. Aside from the lenses being lighter than a pair of fast zooms the shutter sound seems nicer too. It probably isn't though.<br /><p></p>
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Once more I find the pictures with lots in them the most interesting. I made an A3 print of one from an earlier sale and it 'works' much better than as a 1200 pixel wide jpeg on a screen. There's a pleasure to be had in looking at the expressions on the faces of the people around the sale ring as well as having a picture which works as a whole. Much more engaging than simple close ups of a few faces. For me at any rate.<br />
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Dave Lumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11185234642586845923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018786181997453903.post-88896518327300827022021-10-28T21:06:00.004+01:002021-10-28T21:06:21.519+01:00Changing gear<p>No, not physical photographic gear, but shifting subjects as the season's change. Autumn is when the sheep dog nursery trials begin and I went along to one on a dry(ish) day. for a couple of reasons I couldn't get into it at all. One was that I don't have a long enough lens to focus in on the that venue. The other was that I'd run out of ideas. I suppose it would be quite easy to fill the memory cards with files of cute sheep dogs. Not much of a challenge, or of much meaning no matter how many 'likes' they might get on social media. I left early thinking that I am probably done with the sheep dog scene.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SDZdKpCMeEs/YXr9JkdzeQI/AAAAAAAAraM/D17cWp_wWqgOW3vJY5B9SDRulscZgJTFACLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7514966.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SDZdKpCMeEs/YXr9JkdzeQI/AAAAAAAAraM/D17cWp_wWqgOW3vJY5B9SDRulscZgJTFACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7514966.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>When the weather's been fit, and I've has time, I've been back out wandering locally making more of my boring farmed landscape pictures. Something else I'm finding a bit tedious. I take fewer and fewer photos on my walks round the mosslands these days.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QbgB_OdYwqA/YXr9FwjG0XI/AAAAAAAAraA/-m3Wgv_qF24wspZ4wpyUKcnd54E-Ns0iQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7514808.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QbgB_OdYwqA/YXr9FwjG0XI/AAAAAAAAraA/-m3Wgv_qF24wspZ4wpyUKcnd54E-Ns0iQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7514808.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />With darkness falling around tea time now it seemed like an idea to resurrect my nocturnal village 'project'. It was a full moon that drew me out the other evening. I was out of practice and had forgotten what settings I'd used in the past. It was also a dry night, and in the past rain or mist has made for more interesting pictures. With the full moon clouds might have helped, but the sky was clear. <br /><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QBBGGVRJpG8/YXr9IVLNS4I/AAAAAAAAraI/8Ribor-u7B8Sjndep-WVNaP-6cKGUUO2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7514756.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QBBGGVRJpG8/YXr9IVLNS4I/AAAAAAAAraI/8Ribor-u7B8Sjndep-WVNaP-6cKGUUO2QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7514756.jpg" width="640" /><br /><br /></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2-6_AfOW1Gs/YXsAjreJsCI/AAAAAAAArac/N95X5xVFFyoK-on7FCO67VO0UGKEAsjawCPcBGAYYCw/s1200/_7514745.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2-6_AfOW1Gs/YXsAjreJsCI/AAAAAAAArac/N95X5xVFFyoK-on7FCO67VO0UGKEAsjawCPcBGAYYCw/w640-h428/_7514745.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QBBGGVRJpG8/YXr9IVLNS4I/AAAAAAAAraI/8Ribor-u7B8Sjndep-WVNaP-6cKGUUO2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7514756.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">On a rare sunny, and still, afternoon I had an aimless drive around some usual haunts and ended up at the nature reserve on the marsh. They never seem to stop tinkering with things there. Some fencing firm or other has been profiting recently.<br /></div></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ep0WikA4R2E/YXr9Hu15_lI/AAAAAAAAraE/45ETHR24xqUKfPGK96LmJB3eIqMO-E9PgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7514674.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ep0WikA4R2E/YXr9Hu15_lI/AAAAAAAAraE/45ETHR24xqUKfPGK96LmJB3eIqMO-E9PgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7514674.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />On a second visit I spied some new signage. I'm a sucker for keep out signs, and these are particularly officious!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-upel6uqbnFw/YXsB4UsiD-I/AAAAAAAArao/YkNnmpk154YUuZPplh-zE2_CiT0GergfQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7515029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-upel6uqbnFw/YXsB4UsiD-I/AAAAAAAArao/YkNnmpk154YUuZPplh-zE2_CiT0GergfQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7515029.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>So that's it. Gear shifted to local subjects with no real direction to anything, and maybe a few auction mart visits, possibly a poultry show or two, and perhaps a sheep dog trial out of habit (when the weather is fair) to see me through the winter.</p><hr />Dave Lumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11185234642586845923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018786181997453903.post-91841581504751988362021-10-10T21:02:00.003+01:002021-10-10T21:02:32.932+01:00A long day<p>
Another Saturday, another show and sale day.This time it was two shows and two
sales. In some ways more of the same old, but with a twist in the shape of a
different breed. OK, so the first show and sale was Gritstones, which were
again well represented by breeders on large and small scales. The second show
(which I missed most of through being in ringside for the Gritstone sale) was
of North Country Cheviots. A confusing breed for me as they come in two
varieties - Park and Hill. I have no clue as to the difference!<br />
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This time I was better prepared in the lens department using my fast,
standard, zoom for most of the time, switching to my versatile but slightly
slower lens for the sale where the light is much brighter. I also used the
faster lens when I wanted to go a bit wider. I also took my 85mm along to see
if I need it. I don't. It's a lens I've never gelled with despite the focal
length's popularity among the massed ranks of photography forum users. My plan
is to trade it, along with my teleconverter, for a macro lens of some sort.
Probably a 90mm. I don't often need a macro lens but it will get more use than
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Although there were more Cheviots being sold I spent more time with the
Gritstones, and by the time the white-faced sheep came to the ring I was
getting brain tired. Even so I did get some different angles.
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Something I have noticed about my show and sale photographs is that I make a
lot of pictures that have a lot in them. Whereas other 'sheep photographers'
tend to go for more tightly framed shots. I don't know if this is good or bad.
I do try to adopt both approaches, but I like looking for wider views with
some visual rhythm to them, and also try to keep an eye open for random
intrusions into the frame, odd croppings of figures, and other accidents.
These seem, to me, to add vitality to the pictures which rigidly composed
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<br />Another thing that's been in my mind again (I've mentioned it in the past)
is that my approach to this sort of subject is less journalistic than it
might be. Other photographers seem to manage to record the prize winning sheep
and the ones which make the most money. If I any of those make it into my edits
it's by pure chance - unless I'm asked to photograph them! I suppose I'm always
looking for pictures that give the flavour of the event rather than the
straightforward documenting of facts. As Tom Wood said, "When the stuff is too
journalistic and documentary then it is journalism, if it is too conceptual and
arty then that is another thing, but where the two meet - that is interesting." That's my excuse - and I'm sticking to it!<br />Dave Lumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11185234642586845923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018786181997453903.post-23353469520701407832021-10-07T16:43:00.002+01:002021-10-08T21:29:31.548+01:00Lonk mania<p>Some time back I read an interview with a documentary photographer who travelled the world to take photographs of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. The other day I read of another who had to leave their homeland in order to be inspired by other cultures. What a load of crap. If you look hard enough there is plenty out of the ordinary to be seen anywhere, and if you get involved at a local level you get a much deeper insight of and appreciation for what is going on. For all Martin Parr's global travel he still photographs in the UK and comes up with subjects which are far from ordinary for most people. Homer Sykes has been photographing in the UK for most of his life. Both have created huge and fascinating archives of British people being ordinary.</p><p>My accidental falling into the world of sheep shows and sales has provided me with plenty of pictures of ordinary folk doing things which are ordinary to them but extraordinary to outsiders like me. Until I delved into the history of Lonk sheep I would never have thought that there was an annual sheep show which had been taking place for nigh on 300 years less than an hour's drive from where I live. But there is.</p><p>Ever since I found out about this show I've wanted to visit it. Unfortunately the date always clashed with my one chance to deal direct with my fishing rod customers which gave them a chance to get hands-on with my wares. In 2019 I decided to give this tackle show a miss and go photograph the Lonks. The best laid plans and all that saw me getting wildly lost and arriving too late. Last year the show was cancelled. This year the dates didn't clash. Although I ended up missing my tackle show through being ill. I'd recovered by the following weekend and, with the route firmly lodged in my head and a map by my side, I made it to the sheep show!<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xfRqMafymOM/YV8KhevGQNI/AAAAAAAArVs/iNJT3cXiIWErXB6iAcPZ_xR26h49uforgCPcBGAsYHg/s1200/_7513837.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="429" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xfRqMafymOM/YV8KhevGQNI/AAAAAAAArVs/iNJT3cXiIWErXB6iAcPZ_xR26h49uforgCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h429/_7513837.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />There was also a sheep dog trial taking place in the field nearby so I
arrived early to take a look at that. The set up wasn't ideal for
photography with the dogs running behind a fence which restricted my
view. When the trailers began to arrive for the sheep show I headed up
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Sheep judged to be up to scratch are then horn branded as a sign of their status. This is something which I wasn't expecting to see. So it was a nice bonus when a pen of sheep were branded. This is a painless experience for the sheep as the horn is just like a fingernail and without feeling. There is lots of smoke though.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r8JPeQDFF-Y/YV8KhfVGkeI/AAAAAAAArVs/ZGR1FQpii0AP03OhLBJj6O0hxzFD7d4EQCPcBGAsYHg/s1200/_7513878.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r8JPeQDFF-Y/YV8KhfVGkeI/AAAAAAAArVs/ZGR1FQpii0AP03OhLBJj6O0hxzFD7d4EQCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h428/_7513878.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>With that out of the way it was on to the judging of the many classes, which went on all morning and resumed after lunch. There wasn't anything markedly different to any other shows when it came to what went on, but I was getting pictures in a new location. There were also larger entries in many classes than at other shows.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x382t8f_OsY/YV8KhYg6qCI/AAAAAAAArVs/8YghLKu3HYYPqhyJPcxZn2RMNIjGFxotwCPcBGAsYHg/s1200/_7514138.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x382t8f_OsY/YV8KhYg6qCI/AAAAAAAArVs/8YghLKu3HYYPqhyJPcxZn2RMNIjGFxotwCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h428/_7514138.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ytTGCL_LKO4/YV8KhW-FGYI/AAAAAAAArVs/stUAQrygxAA6yDTcWZAFnLETN7O3UlEKQCPcBGAsYHg/s1200/_7514174.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ytTGCL_LKO4/YV8KhW-FGYI/AAAAAAAArVs/stUAQrygxAA6yDTcWZAFnLETN7O3UlEKQCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h428/_7514174.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dVpnSWBZ0TI/YV8Khbjr8-I/AAAAAAAArVs/9e_SGZjLyzgqoplwEG_frbXB1JUQQJiIgCPcBGAsYHg/s1200/_7514189.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dVpnSWBZ0TI/YV8Khbjr8-I/AAAAAAAArVs/9e_SGZjLyzgqoplwEG_frbXB1JUQQJiIgCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h428/_7514189.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7FlxrCsOIi8/YV8KhS4xCaI/AAAAAAAArVs/TMUg8UaIetkzjz1jOr5UMKlQgReJwEqQQCPcBGAsYHg/s1200/_7514021-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7FlxrCsOIi8/YV8KhS4xCaI/AAAAAAAArVs/TMUg8UaIetkzjz1jOr5UMKlQgReJwEqQQCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h428/_7514021-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />This show was the first time the society secretary had to show my zine of Lonk show photos to the members with most events having been cancelled due to Covid-19 since she received it. Another copy I had given away at Kilnsey had also been passed around and I was pleasantly surprised how well it had been received. The comments people made to me about it and the whole thing of documenting their shows and sheep made it all worthwhile and convinced me to carry on. <br /><p></p><p>A week later I was back at the mart for the first time since lockdown one. And I was photographing Lonks yet again! The occasion being the annual show and sale of registered sheep. I've attended this before so I knew what to expect. I had, unfortunately, forgotten how dimly lit the main shed is and found my latest favourite zoom lens just a little lacking in light gathering. I took most of my photos around the pens 'old school' using my 28mm and 50mm lenses. This worked surprisingly well. </p><p>The day starts with sheep being penned, primped and their lot numbers for the sale attached.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_crnRnRpJpM/YV8SHUMW0TI/AAAAAAAArV4/9cznhQHFklELEj5MCnxfMzPtijEj0o2EgCPcBGAsYHg/s1200/lonk-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_crnRnRpJpM/YV8SHUMW0TI/AAAAAAAArV4/9cznhQHFklELEj5MCnxfMzPtijEj0o2EgCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h428/lonk-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HAd_oBcBFc0/YV8SHR98wGI/AAAAAAAArV4/BS1iPhjLfQQtnD9XLp93TLo25LJbCuFYQCPcBGAsYHg/s1200/lonk-7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HAd_oBcBFc0/YV8SHR98wGI/AAAAAAAArV4/BS1iPhjLfQQtnD9XLp93TLo25LJbCuFYQCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h428/lonk-7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>That is followed by buyers weighing up which sheep they are going to bid on.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GcB0NfKFwPQ/YV8SHYw0ZnI/AAAAAAAArV4/_ZYhWz8SLnUeFqb1vbispWgIiyqXl_xfwCPcBGAsYHg/s1200/lonk-11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GcB0NfKFwPQ/YV8SHYw0ZnI/AAAAAAAArV4/_ZYhWz8SLnUeFqb1vbispWgIiyqXl_xfwCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h428/lonk-11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HKPBwo0Xo28/YV8SHU392QI/AAAAAAAArV4/iMoOkV1nIiE0_BHrMZxWS3r2d-yr3LyiwCPcBGAsYHg/s1200/lonk-14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HKPBwo0Xo28/YV8SHU392QI/AAAAAAAArV4/iMoOkV1nIiE0_BHrMZxWS3r2d-yr3LyiwCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h428/lonk-14.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Next up is the show. There aren't as many classes as at the previous show, but entries in one class were much higher. How you pick the best from 27 sheep I have no idea. I went for a bacon and sausage butty while they were whittled down!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6aAsKopmX18/YV8SHSUZB6I/AAAAAAAArV4/08v7gIscSKIdKBxA1tuxr8llMS5wA_MXACPcBGAsYHg/s1200/lonk-22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6aAsKopmX18/YV8SHSUZB6I/AAAAAAAArV4/08v7gIscSKIdKBxA1tuxr8llMS5wA_MXACPcBGAsYHg/w640-h428/lonk-22.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AKVPZNtDpZ8/YV8SHWPWBQI/AAAAAAAArV4/q166fflEvpwSC7SDb64-1QItwEDBw3DxwCPcBGAsYHg/s1200/lonk-31.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AKVPZNtDpZ8/YV8SHWPWBQI/AAAAAAAArV4/q166fflEvpwSC7SDb64-1QItwEDBw3DxwCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h428/lonk-31.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-peApX-T3Qvo/YV8SHZMRsKI/AAAAAAAArV4/WT29RE8x4P01an_rOAXPBKviayhUo8-CgCPcBGAsYHg/s1200/lonk-32.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-peApX-T3Qvo/YV8SHZMRsKI/AAAAAAAArV4/WT29RE8x4P01an_rOAXPBKviayhUo8-CgCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h428/lonk-32.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>After all the classes have been judged the winners of each class come together for the selection of the champion and reserve.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-23gBrkSay-I/YV8SHVpj59I/AAAAAAAArV4/ankSTYFS7hIgHU_6222wTUD39Oi6VJCVACPcBGAsYHg/s1200/lonk-42.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-23gBrkSay-I/YV8SHVpj59I/AAAAAAAArV4/ankSTYFS7hIgHU_6222wTUD39Oi6VJCVACPcBGAsYHg/w640-h428/lonk-42.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>With that done the auction could commence.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gsBOjYoFbs0/YV8SHYDiZUI/AAAAAAAArV4/tzeUR6PTKhAEAEUSuU7ZLNr9AM2BiOwbACPcBGAsYHg/s1200/lonk-49.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gsBOjYoFbs0/YV8SHYDiZUI/AAAAAAAArV4/tzeUR6PTKhAEAEUSuU7ZLNr9AM2BiOwbACPcBGAsYHg/w640-h428/lonk-49.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ArTarhuLcC8/YV8UpSMCDqI/AAAAAAAArWA/c3_F-pi4YSETiVymywbApg1iJJ8WmQebACPcBGAsYHg/s1200/lonk-86.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ArTarhuLcC8/YV8UpSMCDqI/AAAAAAAArWA/c3_F-pi4YSETiVymywbApg1iJJ8WmQebACPcBGAsYHg/w640-h428/lonk-86.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G1Rc4njonR0/YV8SHdLqAaI/AAAAAAAArV4/0SVBt3gL4-8xdFyCXID_W-yvTvbJaDVFgCPcBGAsYHg/s1200/lonk-54.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G1Rc4njonR0/YV8SHdLqAaI/AAAAAAAArV4/0SVBt3gL4-8xdFyCXID_W-yvTvbJaDVFgCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h428/lonk-54.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>The 'dance' of breeder and sheep is always likely to provide pictures which convey the action taking place. It's tricky to get good angles as positions outside the ring are limited and the buyers have more right to be ringside than I do. So it's quite challenging. Which is what makes it interesting.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jFBwQ9wuxy8/YV8SHSjmkxI/AAAAAAAArV4/ev6Km2xzeLYrQQ6nlYSVuok3kb9nf9CEwCPcBGAsYHg/s1200/lonk-58.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jFBwQ9wuxy8/YV8SHSjmkxI/AAAAAAAArV4/ev6Km2xzeLYrQQ6nlYSVuok3kb9nf9CEwCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h428/lonk-58.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fX3Bs2OAApI/YV8SHU5UHQI/AAAAAAAArV4/Ty6GaTZh16kXvSkKMPXVh4L9hLwzev3xQCPcBGAsYHg/s1200/lonk-68.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fX3Bs2OAApI/YV8SHU5UHQI/AAAAAAAArV4/Ty6GaTZh16kXvSkKMPXVh4L9hLwzev3xQCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h428/lonk-68.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3tZfbp9cfQo/YV8SHVNmqxI/AAAAAAAArV4/P2mtNPiCv_UyMaH-aTP56FP5YcxwiTkhQCPcBGAsYHg/s1200/lonk-71.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3tZfbp9cfQo/YV8SHVNmqxI/AAAAAAAArV4/P2mtNPiCv_UyMaH-aTP56FP5YcxwiTkhQCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h428/lonk-71.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--21wFrZSSRA/YV8SHf5hg0I/AAAAAAAArV4/U_3M4ON544wL4D5LfatsJtm8kONS1TpTQCPcBGAsYHg/s1200/lonk-83.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--21wFrZSSRA/YV8SHf5hg0I/AAAAAAAArV4/U_3M4ON544wL4D5LfatsJtm8kONS1TpTQCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h428/lonk-83.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Autumn is when the tups go in with the ewes, so this is when there are plenty of sales taking place for sheep farmers to select new blood for the breeding season. That means I'll be back for more in the near future!<br /><hr />Dave Lumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11185234642586845923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018786181997453903.post-607234073206017982021-09-23T20:51:00.004+01:002021-09-23T20:51:36.403+01:00The final showdown<p>
Autumn brings short days which limit the chances to get out and about in
daylight. Especially for late risers such as myself. With lots of work to
catch up on free time to go take photographs is limited. Besides, my interest
in wandering round looking for random pictures is waning. That said a free
couple of hours on a sunny evening can tempt me out and occasionally produce a
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A fortnight ago was this year's last big show of the season. In normal years
there would be two more to follow it, but these are not normal times. I made
sure to arrive in good time in order to avoid queuing to park and the lengthy
walk from the parking area. That much worked out fine. Even by nine it was
baking hot. The show catalogue revealed that the sheep judging was being split
into morning and afternoon sessions for lowland and hill breeds respectively.
It was going to be a long, hot, day waiting for the Lonk judging.
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<br />I looked for some pre-show action but had missed most of that. Took some
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<br />In the any other breed class were a few pens of Whitefaced Woodlands which gave me some action to photograph during the morning. They are probably the breed which interests me most after the Lonk with them being another of the more neglected Pennine breeds in terms of photographic fans. It seems they are partial to carrots.<br /><br />
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</p><p>Much smaller in size, and undoubtedly cuter, is the Portland. A sheep with ancient roots.<br />
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</p><p>With the morning judging over I went for a wander. The alpaca ring was mildly entertaining, but with the show being spread over two days as a Covid precaution there was no poultry show the day I was there, nor was there much other livestock.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NW-0Gk0Iujo/YUzUO7yfP7I/AAAAAAAArKQ/0nBkB09Raq4K20izHO-_LoyGJDoCcj9_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7513567.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="801" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NW-0Gk0Iujo/YUzUO7yfP7I/AAAAAAAArKQ/0nBkB09Raq4K20izHO-_LoyGJDoCcj9_gCLcBGAsYHQ/w428-h640/_7513567.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Vintage tractors are, to my eye, limiting in appeal. I think the best way to deal with them would be photographing the restoration work. Otherwise it'd just be pictures of tractors. Which I know does appeal to tractor nuts!<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-grVrJBXVdYs/YUzUQfYMaHI/AAAAAAAArKU/uex-35moNNIJJQJlhNMFnh8-axBa2Is6wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7513546.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-grVrJBXVdYs/YUzUQfYMaHI/AAAAAAAArKU/uex-35moNNIJJQJlhNMFnh8-axBa2Is6wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7513546.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />By the time he hill sheep were to be judged the heat had started to get to me. I was feeling in need of a lie down in the shade. As I imagine the sheep were. For whatever reason the turnout of Lonks was low, while the Gritstones were out in force. Luckily they weren't being judged concurrently so I got a chance to look at both. Not that it worked out too well. I reckon that my brain was suffering from the heat and I just couldn't make anything more than record shots.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7m-2uC8eknI/YUzWaHpRI7I/AAAAAAAArKs/fdtJx00wVYIUywt0uRPbJFdz8BdO2uPkACLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7513630.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7m-2uC8eknI/YUzWaHpRI7I/AAAAAAAArKs/fdtJx00wVYIUywt0uRPbJFdz8BdO2uPkACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7513630.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-txA66G2D_z8/YUzWL0Jf-6I/AAAAAAAArKg/Wq2oskWJDSEKvet_kVNUDN1jqAGI3dIuwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7513944.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-txA66G2D_z8/YUzWL0Jf-6I/AAAAAAAArKg/Wq2oskWJDSEKvet_kVNUDN1jqAGI3dIuwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7513944.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7HEL05IR-Bk/YUzWMzL1EQI/AAAAAAAArKk/gqCWgbaKwrAfPwIy9Hhfs4HxKIZ-g6TOACLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7513644.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7HEL05IR-Bk/YUzWMzL1EQI/AAAAAAAArKk/gqCWgbaKwrAfPwIy9Hhfs4HxKIZ-g6TOACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7513644.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6pyJarIm3FU/YUzWNCEDhrI/AAAAAAAArKo/JjOVURfEn_c_F683gLqW_A5SXny9K5DqACLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7513635.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6pyJarIm3FU/YUzWNCEDhrI/AAAAAAAArKo/JjOVURfEn_c_F683gLqW_A5SXny9K5DqACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7513635.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>After the Lonk judging I went back to my car for a rest and a long drink of water. Refilled my small water bottle and tried to catch the end of the Gritstone judging. Although feeling a little refreshed I was still floundering. When that judging was over I'd had enough. I couldn't face waiting for the overall hill breed championship.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MFqJ2feImDo/YUzXJodoY1I/AAAAAAAArLA/ubE_2fH7WQs1bKyeKH5GVu0pPuKL9XOPwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7513676.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MFqJ2feImDo/YUzXJodoY1I/AAAAAAAArLA/ubE_2fH7WQs1bKyeKH5GVu0pPuKL9XOPwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7513676.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Aside from the photographic side of things, which was disappointing, it had been an enjoyable day catching up with sheep people and having a day in the fresh air. Sometimes I think that is why I keep going to these shows. After all, I'm not a documentary photographer. It doesn't matter whether I take photos or not.</p><p>It's odd, but I have noticed recently how it's becoming increasingly the case that some hobbyist photographers (which I suppose is what I am) are labelling themselves, sorry I mean self identifying themselves, as documentary photographers in the same way that others call themselves 'landscape photographers' or 'street photographers'. Does it make them feel more important? Do they think it makes their pictures better? I dunno. I'm just a bloke with a camera.</p><p>I do know that quite a few of the photos I've seen by this cadre of photographer seem to lack any effort to be made as pictures. Sure they document things, people, places, but there's a lack of structure to the photos which turns them into pictures and makes them say something about what they show. Look at really good documentary photography and you see pictures, often with a degree of complexity to their form which lifts them beyond being record shots. I don't manage it too often, but it's what I strive to do with my photographs. Just another pet peeve of a grumpy old git!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ceMLp1JZX5w/YUzas2wJBBI/AAAAAAAArLI/x0uVWoWH8p06_1dlvCnhTLM8_EJv9mzCgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7513688.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ceMLp1JZX5w/YUzas2wJBBI/AAAAAAAArLI/x0uVWoWH8p06_1dlvCnhTLM8_EJv9mzCgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7513688.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><hr />Dave Lumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11185234642586845923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018786181997453903.post-75812550302811979322021-09-05T21:05:00.002+01:002021-09-05T21:05:32.275+01:00Sheep again
<p></p>In a normal year the show season would be winding down as August drew to a
close, but it has felt more like it's building up this time round. One show
which is usually held in June was cancelled for a number of reasons, however,
such is the desire among the afflicted to show sheep the show committee
hastily arranged a sheep and vintage tractor show with just twenty days'
notice. This took place on a cold and windy hillside on the Sunday of the Bank
Holiday weekend.
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Despite the timescale involved and no widespread publicity there was a goodly
entry of sheep, particularly in the Derbyshire Gritstone classes.<br />
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There were Lonks too. At one point during the judging I got myself down low in
a corner as I was sick of the liveview focussing being useless when I held the
camera low and used the flippy screen.. Whereupon the sheep were gathered up
in the corner of the ring I was knelt in. Not being as nimble as I used to be
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<br />Once more I was wondering why I was taking the same old pictures, and
convinced myself that this time it was to record a new show location.<br /><br />
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<p>I post pictures of sheep quite regularly on Twitter but they don't get much 'traction'. However one I posted from this show became my most 'liked' picture yet. It's not a particularly good picture, but the sheep is definitely photogenic. Strangely this experience hasn't made me want to take more pictures of pretty sheep, rather it's reinforced my desire to avoid them! This was one occasion when the liveview autofocus had time to work...<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BvJsu2NBR34/YTUfpw091WI/AAAAAAAArGA/ELzR3s7zisU2Y6Tq7rBuQjSetpXzH3c6gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7513291.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BvJsu2NBR34/YTUfpw091WI/AAAAAAAArGA/ELzR3s7zisU2Y6Tq7rBuQjSetpXzH3c6gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7513291.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br />Two days later I was off to a more distant show for which I'd got a pre-booked
ticket. This time there were more Lonks as well as Grits. Lots of other sheep
too but despite the variety I still find I am drawn to photograph the breeds
which I have more interest in from a historical or geographical point of view.
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<br />I often find myself struggling to decided between making 'good
photographs' which maybe appeal more to photographers and 'good records' of what I'm looking at which might help explain something to people who are unfamiliar with what is shown. The photograph above of
the phone is trying to be a 'good photograph', the two below are trying to show
clearly what is taking place.<br />
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<p>I suppose there is a place for both sorts of picture. The ones I find myself keener to study in other people's work are the informative shots. 'Good pictures' provide a quick hit of admiration, the broader pictures have a more lasting engagement. This isn't to say that the explanatory pictures can get away with being poorly structured, ore need to be framed in a 'conventional' manner. Trying to make pictures which inform and have more to their construction than unconsidered snaps, I think, is what motivates me.</p><p>There is always room for close ups - although some people seem to take more of them than any other type of shot. These two being as much about fingernails as they are about sheep showing!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X2p25XLGwBo/YTUelNBUNUI/AAAAAAAArFw/SVVhrVF6xyYRdTuDEf-wTawHPnm_aQ64gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7513540.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X2p25XLGwBo/YTUelNBUNUI/AAAAAAAArFw/SVVhrVF6xyYRdTuDEf-wTawHPnm_aQ64gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7513540.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RoWSTFIIDmg/YTUemfaJXKI/AAAAAAAArF0/cJOYaNvOMRM3kWcsXrrrWBcuHN8p40WvQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7513573.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RoWSTFIIDmg/YTUemfaJXKI/AAAAAAAArF0/cJOYaNvOMRM3kWcsXrrrWBcuHN8p40WvQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7513573.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>There was also a sheepdog trial at this show. I didn't take many photos of the trial, but spent a bit of time watching the action, chatting with people I've got to know and and listening to the banter. I was ill equipped to photograph the action so had to resort to cropping files to make pictures which worked.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qMTZxvPuRVQ/YTUgGDfsNBI/AAAAAAAArGI/3r7140wTw5w3v2fxCkD-DayLTdE-xPSugCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7513704.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qMTZxvPuRVQ/YTUgGDfsNBI/AAAAAAAArGI/3r7140wTw5w3v2fxCkD-DayLTdE-xPSugCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7513704.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />With one more show coming up this week I'm still contemplating giving sheepish subjects a miss from now on. It's got to the stage where it is starting to feel like I'm going round in circles and getting nowhere. If I had some sort of target to aim for, to concentrate my thoughts around, then I'd be more inclined to keep at it. As things stand all I'm doing is amassing a load of files on my hard drives which will never get looked at by anyone but myself. This seems like the height of futility.<br />
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Dave Lumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11185234642586845923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018786181997453903.post-21203649570831736952021-08-22T21:24:00.005+01:002021-08-22T21:52:52.485+01:00Inbetween times - part 2<p>The strange hiatus continued after my previous post. I continued to be stuck for places to go and things to photograph. As a result I carried on my adventures with artificial light to occupy my time and mind while work was slow through lack of materials. I got so slick at the flower photography, on both black and white backgrounds, that I began to lose interest in that. I mostly concentrated on the black backgrounds and developed my technique somewhat courtesy of some retail therapy. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gWB7JW1ElZs/YSKkbVEtQWI/AAAAAAAArB4/6tsgSueFEcII2UvYizDzcvF1BPTVBXLZwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7502088.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gWB7JW1ElZs/YSKkbVEtQWI/AAAAAAAArB4/6tsgSueFEcII2UvYizDzcvF1BPTVBXLZwCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h400/_7502088.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M-YSqVf83tU/YSKkb3aov1I/AAAAAAAArB8/gFVmXyikg5kGC9zaSvgd0_QPqq8kmS2LgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7502289.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M-YSqVf83tU/YSKkb3aov1I/AAAAAAAArB8/gFVmXyikg5kGC9zaSvgd0_QPqq8kmS2LgCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h400/_7502289.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My local wanderings weren't proving very productive, but noticing that the old café on the bypass had had some work started on it I took an evening drive to have a look. That was worth the minimal effort.<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Exg8I_YM-vk/YSKlARcUHUI/AAAAAAAArCI/J3TrK1evTt4OsaaQ-G19wFtJptZ-LuyxQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/tc2sm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="876" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Exg8I_YM-vk/YSKlARcUHUI/AAAAAAAArCI/J3TrK1evTt4OsaaQ-G19wFtJptZ-LuyxQCLcBGAsYHQ/w468-h640/tc2sm.jpg" width="468" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then, at long last, it was Showtime! Taking no chances I'd booked a ticket for the Royal Lancashire Show on-line (along with a couple more tickets for upcoming shows) just in case there would be none available on the gate. <br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MzPtItMYciI/YSKlssHnTKI/AAAAAAAArCU/JLZBiulZY3gXoOmh84sLUsHXPUOqYzAJwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7512539.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MzPtItMYciI/YSKlssHnTKI/AAAAAAAArCU/JLZBiulZY3gXoOmh84sLUsHXPUOqYzAJwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7512539.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Naturally I made sure I'd booked for the day the Lonks would be on show.
While I hung around those most of the time I did wander a bit and grab a
few shots of other breeds. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7gTkx8eWcc0/YSKlrqgJLmI/AAAAAAAArCQ/2JGGnw2yC-4y72D2TQpHTer-4a_ZotGwACLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7512519.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7gTkx8eWcc0/YSKlrqgJLmI/AAAAAAAArCQ/2JGGnw2yC-4y72D2TQpHTer-4a_ZotGwACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7512519.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g3aRLVyqpR0/YSKlt6V-SLI/AAAAAAAArCY/LolZu7y3-ds6vE5fzv5F1HxhRJ6DIXhOQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7512523.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g3aRLVyqpR0/YSKlt6V-SLI/AAAAAAAArCY/LolZu7y3-ds6vE5fzv5F1HxhRJ6DIXhOQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7512523.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br />Although there had been some rain the day before I went to the show it stayed dry but overcast and very warm. By the following weekend the weather had turned wet and the Garstang show saw me and my gear dripping, but still warm!</p><p>At both shows the variety of sheep breeds being exhibited was broader than I've seen in past years with a few new ones being shown. One such being the Clun Forest.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HvlkVhUsIWk/YSKnUb-8pdI/AAAAAAAArCo/R0Pox1_8HT4tHrowlDY7EEmbL6CErqHLgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7512981.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HvlkVhUsIWk/YSKnUb-8pdI/AAAAAAAArCo/R0Pox1_8HT4tHrowlDY7EEmbL6CErqHLgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7512981.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>This made the Any Other Native Breed class large and varied!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mtvZ3cFoHUc/YSKnVoprkLI/AAAAAAAArCs/ZEHKk9BsFkMjy-ju5Q4ex15vRQoHz2jyACLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7512955.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mtvZ3cFoHUc/YSKnVoprkLI/AAAAAAAArCs/ZEHKk9BsFkMjy-ju5Q4ex15vRQoHz2jyACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7512955.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qc2giNpl06A/YSKnkgRkFdI/AAAAAAAArC4/czVMhseCfVgj2EB8VGPnXfvKQBTc9t3-ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7512823.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qc2giNpl06A/YSKnkgRkFdI/AAAAAAAArC4/czVMhseCfVgj2EB8VGPnXfvKQBTc9t3-ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7512823.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>However, the numbers of Lonks and Gritstones was down.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aatqcWMj8XU/YSKnj54LwtI/AAAAAAAArCw/oVEvc6gk7D05t8qwMm7s0xPaYXrIxAyBwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7512928.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aatqcWMj8XU/YSKnj54LwtI/AAAAAAAArCw/oVEvc6gk7D05t8qwMm7s0xPaYXrIxAyBwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7512928.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /></div><p>The following week there was a sheepdog trial in the Lakes which I had to miss as the long awaited materials had started to arrive and work needed to be caught up on. The weather continued to be changeable. There seemed to be rain every day, but there were some short sunny spells during which I managed to get out locally. Unfortunately without out much focus and hence without much success.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yqeEBGLymuI/YSKpicY24MI/AAAAAAAArDI/Z2VY5Nr9peMvGkhGVtXxntHKlmMAjbFPwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7513081.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yqeEBGLymuI/YSKpicY24MI/AAAAAAAArDI/Z2VY5Nr9peMvGkhGVtXxntHKlmMAjbFPwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7513081.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br />Yesterday there was a small sheep show, stick show and sheepdog trial in Barbon. The forecast was iffy and as I'd been feeling a bit lost with the sheep show photography I was in two minds about going. It was the prospect of catching up on a lot of work when even more materials arrived on Thursday which convinced me to take a chance. the further north I got the wetter it got. It wasn't as bad as it had been at Garstang, the rain was light and showery, but I still didn't feel at all motivated. I had intended to use just the 50mm and 28mm lenses, but bottled it and took a couple of zooms along for the ride. It wasn't long before one of them was welded to my camera.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1zP1EaeSabA/YSKsHoggKFI/AAAAAAAArDU/aUlcLVYps5cz8GURiHaB3EEyTxtf4nmDQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7513107.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1zP1EaeSabA/YSKsHoggKFI/AAAAAAAArDU/aUlcLVYps5cz8GURiHaB3EEyTxtf4nmDQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7513107.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sfJQq3zSFDg/YSKsHs7oFGI/AAAAAAAArDQ/Jr6hRB9iz60lVZhT5chos5kxVW9yIPdmwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7513223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sfJQq3zSFDg/YSKsHs7oFGI/AAAAAAAArDQ/Jr6hRB9iz60lVZhT5chos5kxVW9yIPdmwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7513223.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pA-aTq2U1Ww/YSKsJU-mLnI/AAAAAAAArDY/laL0eNjgpAYDvqPM_8a1tIZ7kOIXU5zQgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7513245.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pA-aTq2U1Ww/YSKsJU-mLnI/AAAAAAAArDY/laL0eNjgpAYDvqPM_8a1tIZ7kOIXU5zQgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7513245.jpg" width="640" /><br /><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8o2ilFnWREo/YSKv0me6ITI/AAAAAAAArEA/sdvxbIoADtoRMeXRTjqHPWnrP48aooe9gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7512964.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8o2ilFnWREo/YSKv0me6ITI/AAAAAAAArEA/sdvxbIoADtoRMeXRTjqHPWnrP48aooe9gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7512964.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>In truth I got a little bored of photographing the sheep show and wandered off well before all the classes had been judged. If there had been Lonks I'd have no doubt stuck around. I had a look at the sticks, but they don't move much and I think it's things happening that I like to photograph.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UZjKp75bjAg/YSKtZA6jhqI/AAAAAAAArDo/EsR0ERgaQcA0aU1Sad-n8uyBz67A0m-2gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7513110.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UZjKp75bjAg/YSKtZA6jhqI/AAAAAAAArDo/EsR0ERgaQcA0aU1Sad-n8uyBz67A0m-2gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7513110.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /></div><p>The sheepdogs were moving well enough, but the sheep were recalcitrant and of the four runs I watched no sheep were penned. I wandered back to the sheep pens where everything was done and dusted, everyone in the luncheon tent and the sheep all alone.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M5HtlWnHimc/YSKuEXIfYNI/AAAAAAAArD0/wVDzPMhFCqctkeYtFm6fRyo9tBWgMWoUwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7513171-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M5HtlWnHimc/YSKuEXIfYNI/AAAAAAAArD0/wVDzPMhFCqctkeYtFm6fRyo9tBWgMWoUwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7513171-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--W42rSirK-I/YSKuEBrNJXI/AAAAAAAArDw/yTlPfnfTQkwmGLKOdWEp0RlRWmxiBHPWgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7513191-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--W42rSirK-I/YSKuEBrNJXI/AAAAAAAArDw/yTlPfnfTQkwmGLKOdWEp0RlRWmxiBHPWgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7513191-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>All in all a frustrating and disheartening couple of months which has mainly resulted in my wondering what the bloody point is of taking any of these photographs. Particularly in the case of the ones which are not much different to ones I've taken many times before. I suppose some might say they do this in an attempt to make better versions of existing pictures, and I have said it myself. There comes a point, though, when it's very much marginal gains - and there is no such thing as the perfect picture.</p><p>Having paid for tickets in advance I'll be going to the shows they are booked for. Whether I'll get anything out of my visits - in terms of enjoyment and photographs - remains to be seen. If not that could be my lot with sheep. It's not as if the sheep showing world is lacking photographers to record it!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CD51u8jhZHI/YSKydGWvQ4I/AAAAAAAArEI/QUQDixrzf1IZLH4ENJyyjQNR47s6S8LAACLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7512989.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CD51u8jhZHI/YSKydGWvQ4I/AAAAAAAArEI/QUQDixrzf1IZLH4ENJyyjQNR47s6S8LAACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7512989.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Dave Lumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11185234642586845923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018786181997453903.post-70122818728513664532021-06-20T19:56:00.004+01:002021-06-21T15:06:55.195+01:00Inbetween times<p>
After the sheep dog trial I had started getting keen to go to some
agricultural shows which I knew were planning to be held this summer. None
this month, but some next. Then the government pushed back the Covid release
date and everything got turned on its head with shows cancelling. Some shows
are only offering pre-booked tickets so I've pre-booked for a couple. Whether
the shows will go ahead remains to be seen. As they are both still over a
month away there is hope.
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Regardless of this there are a few sheep dog trials being held and there was one
last weekend I would have gone to despite my reduced enthusiasm for these
events. I had some fresh ideas. fate intervened, on the Friday when my car
packed up on me. Long story short I was off the road for almost a week.To cheer
myself up on the Friday evening I went for a walk round the moss which was very
quiet with nothing happening or inspiring to photograph. All there was on the
edge of the moss was a recently rowed hay field.<br />
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Coincidental I had a phone call that evening and in passing was told who's hay
it was and who was going to be baling it the following day. It was a hot
Saturday and I had things to do otherwise I'd have set out to take some baling
photos. As it was I only got away after tea and by the time I'd walked out (if
I'd had a car I'd have gone sooner...) the baling was over. The light was
typical of a summer evening following a hot day. Unfortunately the old tractor
was backlit by the low sun and my processing of the picture doesn't quite look
natural to my eyes with the lifted shadows.<br />
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<br />The rest of the week I was pretty much stuck indoors waiting for delivery
drivers and hoping for a phone call about my car. What to do? Well, I thought
I'd put some of my newly acquired flash gear to use and try to photograph some
wildflowers against a white background. Not a new idea but an exercise which
might teach me something.<br />
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I knew the principle of how to do it - large white thing illuminated
from behind to create the white background and a front light to
illuminate the subject. Then it was just a case of adjusting the two light
levels to produce the desired exposure.<br />
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It turned out to be quite simple. The hardest part was devising a way to hold
the flowers where I wanted them. My first attempt turned out well enough - for a
first attempt.<br />
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It was then a case of fine tuning things. I've found the white balance to be a
problem when using indoor flash and it was the same with these flower shots. I
can't fathom how to set a custom white balance when using flash (I guess I
should do a YouTube search!) and trying to adjust in Lightroom wasn't pleasing
me. The obvious answer was to use a grey 'card' as I've done before. taking a
reference shot with that in the frame when starting a session makes it easy to
set the balance in Lightroom.
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Problem solving is what I find interesting in everything I do, so this was a
fun little project. My next learning point was that light placement is
important. I started moving the front light around my subjects to see how it
affected the picture, and also experimented a little with modifiers on teh
light. I thought an umbrella might provide a pleasing soft light but actually
preferred the look of the more defined shadows a smaller diffuser gave.<br />
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Occasionally I'd use a piece of white paper or the back of my grey 'card' to
bounce a little light back on to the subjects. For this kind of trial and
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One thing I did have reinforced in my mind was, yet again, that it is not 'all
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of a subject can make all the difference to a picture. It's subject - gesture
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After three or four session of this I made a picture of dog roses which I
thought really worked as a picture and as an example of getting the hang of the
technique. At which point my interest in the method rapidly reduced!<br />
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Unless I can think of a way to use this technique or subject matter in a
project I doubt I'll be doing much more flower photography. The subject in
itself doesn't grab me and making pretty pictures isn't where I'm coming
from.I could perhaps make a grid of flower 'portraits', but that would be a
box ticking job. Not the kind of thing I like doing. Maybe if I get stuck for
something to photograph again I'll revisit this. For the time being it's done
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A behind the scenes view of my final set up for the flower portraits. I'm sure
that if I was that way inclined I could move beyond a single light, but in all
honesty from my experiments in self-portraiture I much prefer the look of a
single light source, perhaps with some bounce fill. Keep it simple, keep it
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By Thursday afternoon I was back on the road and celebrated with a wander
round the moss. Staying away for almost a week meant that there were changes
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Dave Lumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11185234642586845923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018786181997453903.post-14865942131946646462021-06-05T21:10:00.002+01:002021-06-05T21:10:15.321+01:00A slow month's catch up<div><p>May was very wet, which hampered my wanderings. I still got out round the moss when dry weather and spare time coincided and found some useful photographs. By the end of the month, however, it was obvious that my enthusiasm for following the same routes and photographing pretty much the same things was waning.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FAixBMXq9Z4/YLvNjMEMoNI/AAAAAAAAqv0/17ZiB2vyI0Iko3FiMQTxbCggUD7-9ktCQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7511391.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FAixBMXq9Z4/YLvNjMEMoNI/AAAAAAAAqv0/17ZiB2vyI0Iko3FiMQTxbCggUD7-9ktCQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7511391.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DxDUgGTGGBM/YLvNnEuhqzI/AAAAAAAAqv8/j0pIWna3LtckBP1VzcSNgZk68qqNkShuACLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7511481.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DxDUgGTGGBM/YLvNnEuhqzI/AAAAAAAAqv8/j0pIWna3LtckBP1VzcSNgZk68qqNkShuACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7511481.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TmFLwhej004/YLvNl-tOnlI/AAAAAAAAqv4/2B5myReniQMMyM4rs2XW51v1mTB91f5WgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7511687.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TmFLwhej004/YLvNl-tOnlI/AAAAAAAAqv4/2B5myReniQMMyM4rs2XW51v1mTB91f5WgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7511687.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kjQgeCT8VYo/YLvNozaYnxI/AAAAAAAAqwA/veMBER6EVX0bb9ydtQ7j8q9ViIMmehB3wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7519355.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kjQgeCT8VYo/YLvNozaYnxI/AAAAAAAAqwA/veMBER6EVX0bb9ydtQ7j8q9ViIMmehB3wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7519355.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>I did manage to get a few 'work' pictures, which are more interesting to me than the unpeopled pictures. taking that sort of photo from afar, as the ditches force me to, isn't ideal and I do wonder if they are worth taking because of that. Still they do show what was going on. In this case a low tech way of feeding out insect netting.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XSu7rnw0k8Y/YLvOaXaFjkI/AAAAAAAAqwU/jqI4nASYKyoXpmRHuIGvCKlHLcgMuCtQQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7519203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XSu7rnw0k8Y/YLvOaXaFjkI/AAAAAAAAqwU/jqI4nASYKyoXpmRHuIGvCKlHLcgMuCtQQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7519203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tMK0pepqK1Q/YLvObO6DkCI/AAAAAAAAqwY/6LPdnI90iDwlQvbzZaHmdgEjyhVemXErwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7519206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tMK0pepqK1Q/YLvObO6DkCI/AAAAAAAAqwY/6LPdnI90iDwlQvbzZaHmdgEjyhVemXErwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7519206.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Among my pictures of inanimate objects were one of a Mylar strip bird scarer which I think might be 'the one', and a series of pictures of a hoe. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XkBHguy6yIg/YLvOh8uCBZI/AAAAAAAAqwc/zGcHdPCEW28PcieVWJE2YUrtrbznpsifgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7511246.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XkBHguy6yIg/YLvOh8uCBZI/AAAAAAAAqwc/zGcHdPCEW28PcieVWJE2YUrtrbznpsifgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7511246.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>I took a variety of pictures of the how from different angles using different focal lengths and apertures. The one I like best being the simplest one. The overhead shot which showed most clearly the cobbled together nature of the hoe using the insulation tape..<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rgma4i0QUyY/YLvOiCU2FFI/AAAAAAAAqwg/hjdjpzxL9fonX4qYefoH1Kc5UHchMQHkwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7511311.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rgma4i0QUyY/YLvOiCU2FFI/AAAAAAAAqwg/hjdjpzxL9fonX4qYefoH1Kc5UHchMQHkwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7511311.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BLekGj2KZoI/YLvOkP4t08I/AAAAAAAAqwk/P3IV9EAwnno6bLL8OPLNxPcUtTa6Y9WMQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7511312.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BLekGj2KZoI/YLvOkP4t08I/AAAAAAAAqwk/P3IV9EAwnno6bLL8OPLNxPcUtTa6Y9WMQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7511312.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Having brought this project to a conclusion in my usual way (getting bored of it...) there is now a zine in production of a selection of geometric field
photos and I should make an effort to put some order into all the
photographs I've taken over the last twelve months or more. Maybe even
make some prints.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The end of May saw dry and sunny weather return and the restarting of sheep dog trials. My enthusiasm for the trials had already begun to dwindle when they were stopped last year but the chance to go and photograph some people from closer range than on the moss wasn't to be turned down.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The trial I planned on going to was a four day event and I had intended to be there every day for a few hours at least and all day for the finals. As it turned out I couldn't make the second day and the first one had proved less than inspiring. The third day I knew I could only manage a few hours and almost didn't bother but got back into the swing of it and got a few pictures which were worth having. In particular the one of the dogs watching the action while a human uses her phone, and one of the event being live-streamed which was a cut above the more pedestrian shots I've taken of this subject. This encouraged me to make it for the fourth day. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9H269cKfYmM/YLvSE6XumPI/AAAAAAAAqw4/Rhg1OyD8BHQ0nvvWr2HfEnmGiwQTM87pwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7511794.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9H269cKfYmM/YLvSE6XumPI/AAAAAAAAqw4/Rhg1OyD8BHQ0nvvWr2HfEnmGiwQTM87pwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7511794.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QLmjRh8uEDs/YLvSGNNGqxI/AAAAAAAAqw8/MSaGDjCz03kmqrAKEF1sQd27UnALkCJEQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7519893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QLmjRh8uEDs/YLvSGNNGqxI/AAAAAAAAqw8/MSaGDjCz03kmqrAKEF1sQd27UnALkCJEQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7519893.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mCw_LBEYoT4/YLvSkYrhoUI/AAAAAAAAqxY/xXGRttivj00Hh4RlYKgGpxwkq6VHSI8VACLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7512006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mCw_LBEYoT4/YLvSkYrhoUI/AAAAAAAAqxY/xXGRttivj00Hh4RlYKgGpxwkq6VHSI8VACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7512006.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oti5CcGrFd0/YLvSjLfQPwI/AAAAAAAAqxU/pdzeqigeEAo6-4kr0Tk5Is9kBuELlNbTQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7511981.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oti5CcGrFd0/YLvSjLfQPwI/AAAAAAAAqxU/pdzeqigeEAo6-4kr0Tk5Is9kBuELlNbTQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7511981.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o-v-iEeYJRs/YLvShpL-akI/AAAAAAAAqxQ/vfckx6FJqEIuxY2wPUhRy_tflL6oZ4RIgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7511965.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o-v-iEeYJRs/YLvShpL-akI/AAAAAAAAqxQ/vfckx6FJqEIuxY2wPUhRy_tflL6oZ4RIgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7511965.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-slH4TUH95FM/YLvSfeQuyoI/AAAAAAAAqxI/iZtRi-zE8dgkNVJ0W2-rFdzzoAq-AO3OACLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7510201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-slH4TUH95FM/YLvSfeQuyoI/AAAAAAAAqxI/iZtRi-zE8dgkNVJ0W2-rFdzzoAq-AO3OACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7510201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fMjZAOSVg88/YLvSgaU0cBI/AAAAAAAAqxM/GSRxwSJFYq8TzWAxvCcS0KvhWgNBoL1dACLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7510093.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fMjZAOSVg88/YLvSgaU0cBI/AAAAAAAAqxM/GSRxwSJFYq8TzWAxvCcS0KvhWgNBoL1dACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7510093.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Unfortunately a combination of the heat, it was the hottest day of the four, and a trial where the close range action at the pen and shedding ring was only every half hour or more lead to a lot of slack time. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EYOEgZ0bm1I/YLvUGUuzydI/AAAAAAAAqxs/Fco56ej9HB44tYlVdPImC1gUCHmcmHH1wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7510255.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EYOEgZ0bm1I/YLvUGUuzydI/AAAAAAAAqxs/Fco56ej9HB44tYlVdPImC1gUCHmcmHH1wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7510255.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">In truth the dog/sheep action doesn't really fire me up but there wasn't
much else to photograph that I haven't photographed before. Maybe the heat had got to me too as I felt lacking in energy. I ended up
sitting most of the day out in my car watching the trial and checking
the cricket score from Old Trafford.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">While I might not have been adding much to my documentary archives this last month what I have been doing is playing around at home with artificial light. I think this was really the result of a bout of retail therapy (or gear acquisition syndrome!) had struck me after selling some lenses. My justification for the spending spree was that I wanted to improve the photographs I occasionally take of the fishing rods I make. After much faffing about and buying the wrong stuff I've managed to get close enough to the results I've wanted to achieve.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oOluy6tNidM/YLvU0b0CV3I/AAAAAAAAqx0/BFgm6XEIko89ddDDbWR5tJadMMN2Dvp2wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7500354.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="1200" height="176" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oOluy6tNidM/YLvU0b0CV3I/AAAAAAAAqx0/BFgm6XEIko89ddDDbWR5tJadMMN2Dvp2wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h176/_7500354.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm sure there are many faults in my results but they are only intended to serve as illustrations of what things look like. In truth the people who see them probably couldn't care less about how good or bad the pictures are. Phone snaps would do well enough!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">With this new gear I thought I'd try some selfies. I've been reading threads about studio portraiture and lighting on Talkphotography for years now and have always been baffled by the technicalities and underwhelmed by the results. Having always been a 'learning by doing' kind of person I found messing about with the lights and seeing results much easier to understand than being told an understanding of the inverse square law was essential!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Two other things also became apparent. Firstly I like the kind of flat light that the experts seem to despise. Secondly when dramatic/directional light <i>is </i>used it isn't what makes a portrait work. As I keep trying to tell people, good pictures are not <i>all </i>about the light. No matter how good the light is if the subject is rubbish the picture fails. In the case of portraiture it's expression and gesture that are most important, lighting only serves to improve and already good picture.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Cw-s5KbDmN8/YLvYNyviuoI/AAAAAAAAqyA/RhHUNb08vVMifHuUBG-Lv5tkBm9OlHUOgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/t.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1707" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Cw-s5KbDmN8/YLvYNyviuoI/AAAAAAAAqyA/RhHUNb08vVMifHuUBG-Lv5tkBm9OlHUOgCLcBGAsYHQ/w534-h640/t.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G6LNeuKlOlc/YLvYHwCQdKI/AAAAAAAAqyE/m_qQ7oNmvcEq9PtLbppMMYuNPPz2YxBTQCPcBGAYYCw/s2048/self.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1707" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G6LNeuKlOlc/YLvYHwCQdKI/AAAAAAAAqyE/m_qQ7oNmvcEq9PtLbppMMYuNPPz2YxBTQCPcBGAYYCw/w534-h640/self.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">While I'd quite like to photograph other people using lights I still don't find this kind of formal portraiture all that engaging. I much prefer a documentary/environmental style where the relationship of the person to the location is important. All I need are some opportunities to take that kind of picture. Which is where I struggle.<br /></div></div><hr />Dave Lumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11185234642586845923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018786181997453903.post-62980009157296283902021-05-21T16:08:00.004+01:002021-05-21T19:15:24.147+01:00A zine for a swap<p>
This zine swap was set to run from November last year until the end of April
this year. By the time New Year cam round I had nothing planned or even a clue
where to start.Tired of wandering the moss with nothing much to see and things
likely to remain that way until March time I went for a look down Back Lane, a
place which fascinates me but which I've never managed to make any photos of
despite feeling there was a project to be made along the track.
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A few days prior to my visit I'd been remembering an idea I had for a street
photography project which I'd never got round to starting and which Covid
restrictions scuppered. That was to take out of focus pictures as a way of
commenting on how people are less willing to be 'snapped' by random strangers
than they used to be. Or at least that's how it often comes across in
discussions on street photography. It was also to be about how we recognise
things as much by shape and colour as by fine detail. </p><p><br /></p>
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After some time trying to find a way to make a series of pictures of a walk
down the lane I remembered the out of focus idea and gave it a try. I liked
the results, which were all shot in vertical format as I was thinking 'zine'
by then. There is an element of deliberate rejection of the ongoing search among
camera nerds for the sharpest lenses and the highest resolution sensors
behind the out of focus approach. Particularly when it comes to landscape photography.
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At the same time I was looking for details to photograph in focus. My slowly
formulating plan being to find a way to combine the blurred pictures of the
'landscape' with the sharp close ups.<br />
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Back on the computer I couldn't make the verticals fit any layout I tried.
Messing about I thought that a spread across two pages with the close ups
overlaid somehow would work. </p><p> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ummj0aZWbR0/YKe_cOmn5PI/AAAAAAAAqiQ/qcBRg5nqIs4mKjzZffTCva3T9nMYt7pYwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7509619.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ummj0aZWbR0/YKe_cOmn5PI/AAAAAAAAqiQ/qcBRg5nqIs4mKjzZffTCva3T9nMYt7pYwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7509619.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p>When the weather permitted I went back to
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<p>It might seem simple to take out of focus pictures but it's not as
straightforward. Open the aperture too much and all detail is lost. Focus to
far into the scene and too much detail is revealed. Focal length also plays a
part as that affects depth of field. After some messing about I settled on
35mm focal length with an aperture of f4.5 and focus at the closest focusing
distance. Things were coming together.
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Although I had the idea sussed I wasn't too happy with the overcast skies. I
needed to have another go at taking the pictures on a brighter day with a blue
sky. When one came around it was a simple matter to go and take the pictures I
now knew I needed to fill out a zine.<br />
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All that remained was then to put it all together. I fairly quickly abandoned
the original page layout and went with a simple double page spread for the
landscapes. How to add in the focused pictures though? As I wanted the blurred
pictures to be a 'surprise' when the zine was opened I tried having scene
setting pictures on the outside covers. I got a couple of samples like that
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This was OK but I still didn't have the detail shots. One idea I made a dummy
for was to print nine up on a sheet of A4 in a grid and paste them one to the
inside back page so it folded over the inside back page with what would have
been on that side of the spread printed on the rear of the grid. This would
have worked well, but it was beyond my design ability to make everything line
up! That idea was therefore abandoned. I liked the grid though and tried it as
the centre spread. But that broke the flow. <br />
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Another dummy was ordered with a blurred cover shot and the grid on the back
cover. The minimal lettering on the cover I liked, but the picture gave the
game away for what was to be found inside. Going even more minimal seemed like
a plan as that would take away all expectations on picking up the zine.
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The grid was still intrinsic to the project, as was the picture of the sign.
An A6 card with these pictures on was one option, and it sort of worked. Job
done. Anything else would be tinkering for the sake of tinkering. Time to
abandon the project! When posted out the card was put in an envelope as
another layer of disguising what was to be seen.<br />
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While I enjoyed the process of thinking this all through I'm not sure if it's
successful. I am sure that if there were more pages it would have been
tedious. And I still think that having the detail pictures in with the
'landscapes' would have been better. I just couldn't find a way to do it.
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All that aside it has given me a couple more ideas to pursue along the lane.
In that respect it's been a worthwhile exercise.
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I have done the usual zine flip video. It's about as rubbish as my usual
standard. Video is much harder to do than stills!
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<hr />Dave Lumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11185234642586845923noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018786181997453903.post-32889576090985213822021-05-20T19:00:00.000+01:002021-05-20T19:00:13.032+01:00Desert Island Photo Books - 8<p>I really should have learned the lesson by now, to never make predictions for what I'm going to do. This 'should' be my post about the books which didn't quite make it to my imaginary desert island, but it's not. That post may well have disappeared into the black hole of my 'plans that won't get fulfilled'!</p><p> <i>The English</i> by Ian Berry.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is number eight, and the one book I would save from the
waves if my sandy library was threatened. It's top of my heap whichever
way I pile my photobooks for a number of reasons. Not least being that it was the first photobook I bought, back in 1978 when it was published. I guess I found out about it through one of the magazines I used to buy at the time - the weekly Amateur Photographer and monthly Practical Photography. It was an eye-opener.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here were photographs which weren't all about technique which is how those in the mags' features came across accompanied by the details of shutter speed, f-stop and filter. While there is a little info on the cameras, lenses and films used that's as far as it goes for technical information. What mattered was the pictures, and they really made an impact on me.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>
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</p><p>That was down to a combination of composition and subject matter, decisive moments and framing. Here was a book of pictures which happened to be photographs. Pictures which showed me there could be more to photographs than the 'camera club' fare I'd been exposed to through the populist photography media of the day. <br />
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</p><p>Even back then I was drawn to pictures of life in Britain, in England in this case. That's something which has stuck with me ever since. I have photobooks by photographers about other parts of the world but the ones I look at most frequently are those about the island I live on.<br />
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</p><p>Somewhere along the line my original copy of <i>The English</i> went missing. When I rekindled my interest in photography in 2010 I dug out all my photobooks and catalogues but no matter where I searched <i>The English</i> was not to be found. Eventually I gave in and found a copy on-line for £35 which felt a bit steep considering the condition it's in. Checking prices recently it's starting to look like a bargain!</p><p>Aside from the wonderful pictures what I like about this book is that it is a paperback (a hardback was produced but I guess I couldn't afford it back then any more than I could justify its used price today) published by a mainstream publishing house, Penguin. That meant that it was widely available for a reasonable price - £12. This, to me, suggests that it's target audience was not photographers but the general public.</p><p>If the current surge in popularity for photobooks is to be believed, and there does seem to be plenty of them appearing these days, it is mostly taking place within a limited photocentric audience. Look at the short print runs of many titles and it makes it plain enough that these books are not aimed at the person in the street.</p><p>A run of 500, while common for contemporary photobooks, is, frankly, pathetic. My pike rig book sold three times that back in the 1990s, and the pike fishing book market is pretty niche. Maybe they aim is a collectors' market. And given the high price of some publications that could be the case but it doesn't apply across the board. It's far more like vanity publishing in a lot of cases rather than a financial venture. Sure it's great to get work 'out there' but to 500 people?</p><p>The same applies to the photography zine world where print runs can be even more limited. One or two hundred being pretty standard. There's lots of material being produced, but it's being seen by other people producing zines. While I'm a fan of making zines as a way to preserve (hopefully) work I am beginning to question this making zines and photographs to be seen only by other zine making photographers. It's all a bit incestuous.</p><p>Zines are cheap, that's the point of them, get them to a wider audience. Even if that means giving them away! Of course here we run into the hurdle of subject matter. Your average non-photographer isn't likely to be interested in a zine full of empty urban scenes no mater how well composed they are. If that's your kind of subject matter than get creative with your distribution. Hide copies on the shelves of public libraries, leave them on train seats, get them out in the wider world any way you can!</p><p>Better still make photographs people relate to and give zines of them to the people in the photos, be that local communities or subculture groups. And by subculture I don't mean it as in motorbike gangs or fasionistas I mean it as in flower arrangers and yarn bombers! Or in my case poultry fanciers and sheep breeders.</p><p>The best photobooks to my mind are affordable, accessible and widely available. The English was just that.<br />
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Dave Lumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11185234642586845923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018786181997453903.post-60230262688686232612021-05-09T10:15:00.000+01:002021-05-09T10:15:01.685+01:00Desert Island Photo Books - 7<div class="separator"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-en-VlK4aeYE/YGw5DNWYQVI/AAAAAAAAqUA/u6-rezqa2tMrJF_o5JCqw-gM0P6GWkcvwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7507722.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1005" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-en-VlK4aeYE/YGw5DNWYQVI/AAAAAAAAqUA/u6-rezqa2tMrJF_o5JCqw-gM0P6GWkcvwCLcBGAsYHQ/w200-h168/_7507722.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p>Almost done. In case anyone hasn't sussed it, I'm primarily interested in photographs of British people in Britain. Where the landscape is involved I like to see people, or at least animals, in it. The mania among landscape photographers for showing it as unpopulated really frustrates me. Perhaps in far flung corners of the world the landscape hasn't been populated or manipulated, but in Britain it has - for millennia.</p><p>The British have a special relationship with the countryside, part nostalgic reverence and part a desire to make it like the indoors, or at least utilise it as they would an urban space.</p><p>This is why Simon Roberts's book <i>We English</i> is on my list. Taken on a journey round England Roberts used social media to have places to visit suggested to him, which is an interesting idea and helps the book reflect how the English see their outdoors as a place to enjoy in a peculiarly English way.</p><p>The large format photographs, taken from a high viewpoint, contain lots of detail and probably work even better as large prints, but the book format is fine by me. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dave Lumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11185234642586845923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018786181997453903.post-58922725705824964452021-05-08T13:51:00.004+01:002021-05-08T13:51:35.190+01:00500 up!<p>The weather and work have again kept me from venturing forth. if the day was dry I was tied up with work, if I had spare hours the rain arrived. I'm typing this when I'd rather be out and about while the rain lashes down again.</p><p>This said I have had some fruitful outings. This field being drained had been spotted on a day I had no time to stop the carp. Luckily work hadn't carried on a couple of days later when I was free to go for a look. It's yet another of my centrally aligned near-symmetrical compositions which are building into a substantial collection.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EUKzeRPYELI/YJZ_zZirrjI/AAAAAAAAqe4/_i8-1CivWI80x4wXiCWu2jiyDgTbBYDdwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7519516.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EUKzeRPYELI/YJZ_zZirrjI/AAAAAAAAqe4/_i8-1CivWI80x4wXiCWu2jiyDgTbBYDdwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7519516.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>The fields of fleece and bags make regular appearances in this collection.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X13O4CMZn7Q/YJaCzFrAWhI/AAAAAAAAqfw/hMawFF_fwGAqgnmvNtfJKXzYlN-ObqH1gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7510414.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X13O4CMZn7Q/YJaCzFrAWhI/AAAAAAAAqfw/hMawFF_fwGAqgnmvNtfJKXzYlN-ObqH1gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7510414.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br />On one late afternoon walk when the sun shone I passed by some pigeon shooters and their decoys. If I hadn't been on a mission, which proved fruitless as my missions usually do, I would have lingered and taken more pictures. As it was by the time I returned they had left.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YXsvngZtJg8/YJZ_yl0rKrI/AAAAAAAAqe0/6bBf1v742Yk7Rb6oOkoD2jbG21gPdA-2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7519907.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YXsvngZtJg8/YJZ_yl0rKrI/AAAAAAAAqe0/6bBf1v742Yk7Rb6oOkoD2jbG21gPdA-2QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7519907.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Setting out late in the day has been a feature thanks to the tedium of waiting in for deliveries. This means that by the time I hit the moss work is coming to an end for the day. So it was the day onions were being planted. The last rows going in as I arrived on the scene.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M88PulXIRvo/YJZ_wJ0aGyI/AAAAAAAAqew/sN88kjMiSLc4f0kBujwORRPGBbJipKV9gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7510422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M88PulXIRvo/YJZ_wJ0aGyI/AAAAAAAAqew/sN88kjMiSLc4f0kBujwORRPGBbJipKV9gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7510422.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The new month didn't start off much different. When I did manage an hour or two earlier in the day my daft idea of taking just two single focal length lenses backfired on me with plenty of work taking place but too far away for the lenses I had with me. I guess I need to decided if I'm working on a project or just playing around. Maybe play around away from the moss? Still, I have improved slightly on my search for a photo of the Private Land sign and the yard beyond.<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Uj6k2gqjVdI/YJaAJBABNgI/AAAAAAAAqfI/HzedZioTBcwhB_LZpdbKr1zKqFz5DgfHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7510715.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Uj6k2gqjVdI/YJaAJBABNgI/AAAAAAAAqfI/HzedZioTBcwhB_LZpdbKr1zKqFz5DgfHQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7510715.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>When there's a ditch between you and the subject you want to photograph having a zoom lens can help you get the best angle. That's why this picture isn't framed the way I'd have preferred...<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EWYVtbk7NXw/YJaAOpUwGpI/AAAAAAAAqfU/v15P7Pp7Py0EybY04UnZbgrenSgsHxmFQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7518589.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EWYVtbk7NXw/YJaAOpUwGpI/AAAAAAAAqfU/v15P7Pp7Py0EybY04UnZbgrenSgsHxmFQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7518589.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It might have been cool and breezy but the sun was at least shining and the morning looking set fair when I started out. Rounding the corner on to the moss itself the distant sky looked ominous. Great as a backdrop when the sun illuminated the foreground making the colours sing. Not so great as a prospect to be walking towards when the clouds were heading my way.<br /></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8lNJ170p6ks/YJaGEBUIQhI/AAAAAAAAqf4/yckx0vJju5cldUimaxE-eiLjrizCs2oGQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7518596.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8lNJ170p6ks/YJaGEBUIQhI/AAAAAAAAqf4/yckx0vJju5cldUimaxE-eiLjrizCs2oGQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7518596.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Not onions being planted, but still going the wrong way - like the weather. By the time I'd walked another fifty yards it hit. Not just rain but hail too. I was lucky to take shelter by the greenhouses, the wind strong enough to blow most of the precipitation past me. Planting was called off and an early lunch taken while I waited out the passing of the shower. Ten minutes of standing around and it was dry again. April showers in May.<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eWzxJkcgKsU/YJaAP8oVVlI/AAAAAAAAqfY/nIZurJjAsHo-V1q3X1UhJoOyWOlTgQ8cwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7518604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eWzxJkcgKsU/YJaAP8oVVlI/AAAAAAAAqfY/nIZurJjAsHo-V1q3X1UhJoOyWOlTgQ8cwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7518604.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The moss project, such as it is, has therefore made little progress. The <a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/3mG1EqYi8Rsg3EMV6" target="_blank">Lost Balls Found</a> project, on the other hand, has reached it's conclusion. I spotted ball number 500 and managed to get a sharp photograph of it! It's a bit of a mish-mash of a series as far as artistic merit goes, but it was something I wanted to get out of my system. Now it's done I can stop looking out for lonely balls!<br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x3k_ggGxrhM/YJaANtROvnI/AAAAAAAAqfQ/RebkZScmFCAjrD1JwnITAsyA4WPNIvolgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/_7510771.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x3k_ggGxrhM/YJaANtROvnI/AAAAAAAAqfQ/RebkZScmFCAjrD1JwnITAsyA4WPNIvolgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/_7510771.jpg" width="640" /> </a></p><p style="text-align: left;">The zine swap is in full swing. Fifteen of us involved this time and already six have dropped through my letterbox. Mine is still in the pipeline but expected to arrive on Monday. I can't wait to find out how appalled the other fourteen are with it! When they are all complete and received I might have something to say about the swap and zines in general.</p><hr />Dave Lumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11185234642586845923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018786181997453903.post-77685005924178691702021-04-24T21:51:00.003+01:002021-04-24T21:51:16.200+01:00Plodding along the same trackThere's a lot more to see on the moss at the moment with ground being worked and crops planted. The sun has been shining and I've been out as often as possible taking mostly the same old pictures. Sometimes trying to improve on ones which I haven't quite got a 'best' version of. 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Dave Lumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11185234642586845923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018786181997453903.post-24019630413588982892021-04-22T19:07:00.002+01:002021-04-22T19:07:23.251+01:00Desert Island Photo Books - 6<p>Sea Coal by the late Chris Killip. I've nothing to say about this other than it's bloody brilliant.Another one that would be number one if I was making this a ranked list!<br /></p>
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Dave Lumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11185234642586845923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018786181997453903.post-12561614234063804032021-04-18T18:01:00.001+01:002021-04-18T18:01:05.884+01:00Desert Island Photo Books - 5Ken Grant is usually associated with square format black and white photographs
of Merseysiders, but <i>Flock </i>is a colour work recording the last days of
Hereford's auction mart, the place, the auctions and the people, plus a little
documentation of the new build, out of town, mart.<br />
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It was a bit of a downer to find someone else had photographed poultry
auctions, but I soon accepted that as inevitable and that I was
photographing a different mart in a different way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The book expands on the poultry auctions and shows the range of other sales which took place. Having expanded into photographing sheep sales myself I now wish there were more sheep pictures in the book!<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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Dave Lumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11185234642586845923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018786181997453903.post-25415343161851611142021-04-13T12:36:00.005+01:002021-04-13T12:42:03.655+01:00Nothing much<p>I've not got much to say about photography at the moment. 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I was sure I'd written about book number 4 in this blog before, but the search
function failed to turn anything up for either title or author. Despite my
prejudice against black and white photography in the 21st century
<i>Hunting with Hounds</i> by Homer Sykes, published in 2004, makes it to my
desert island on the strength of the pictures and the subject matter. Those
paying attention to my choices may have spotted a theme among my preferred
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</div><p>This book documents the last year that certain kinds of hunting wild animals with dogs was allowed in England. If there is a 'side' being taken it's not immediately obvious to my eyes, although the introduction is written by Roger Scruton. It is not all whippers in and stirrup cups in the gently rolling hills of Old England. There's lurcher work and ratting too.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>
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</p><p>Leaving aside ethical or political concerns surrounding the subject matter the photography is of the classic documentary type, but in square format rather than 3:2, with the subtle humour of Tony Ray-Jones and a touch of nostalgia. The nostalgic aspect is unavoidable as this is a record of the end of something in it's current form, in its legal entirety in some cases.<br />
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</div><p>There are short texts at the start of each section which are invaluable to anyone who knows nothing of how hunting is/was practised. Increasingly I find that such texts are invaluable in making a photographic documentary project work for a wider audience than that of photographers and photograph enthusiasts who are concerned purely with the pictures.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As an object the book is nicely printed in a sturdy softback format. I wish more photobooks were produced this way rather than in lavish hardbacks for the simple reason that it keeps the cost down without compromising the reproduction of the pictures. This can only be a good thing for getting the pictures and the story to as many people as possible, instead of keeping it within the narrow confines of the photo-world. </div>Dave Lumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11185234642586845923noreply@blogger.com0