Infrared black and white processing.

Morning, i thought id share a couple of images taken at the local using the infrared filter.

Above are two images, one was taken normally and processed to black and white, where as the other is an infrared image then processed to black and white. 

As you can see there is quite a difference. The infrared image was shot at a longer exposure and so the water will obviously look quite different but i do like what happens with the foliage. 

Nikon D800 70-200@200mm f3.5 1/80th ISO5000

Leaves high in a tree. I liked how the light was illuminating a small section. This again is a processed infrared image. This is a noisy file due to the high ISO used. I was trying to gain a fast shutter speed to eliminate any motion from the wind blowing the leaves. 

Nikon D800  70-200@70mm f8 13th ISO800

I have noticed that along with the Sky, water goes blue also. 

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Architectural detail.

Nikon D800 f10 60sec ISO100 24-70mm@38mm

Good morning, 

Here is an abstract image of some architecture detail taken in London's moreLondon area. 

I hope that you enjoy. 

Please feel free to share this post on your social media, giving credit to the photographer Lee Ramsden www.leeramsden.com

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Canary Wharf on the river Thames, London

Nikon D800 F14 30seconds 24-70mm@24mm ISO100

Image taken of Canary Wharf, London's financial district at 05:00hrs to catch the sunrise. 

Like with all landscape photographs it is a gamble with the weather. 10 minutes after setting up the fog came in and nothing was to be seen. This was the best frame of the shoot and you can see the clouds coming in. 

Feel free to share this post on your social media, with credit given to www.leeramsden.com

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A cold trip to Helvellyn.

Nikon D800 f8 1.5seconds ISO100 with various flash bursts around the scene.

Last week i headed out to try and take some pics up Helvellyn in the lakes. I was losing light as i didn't plan on the amount of weight i carried would slow me down so much, and so i pitched up here rather then planned for the evening. 

I awoke at 3am and the place was covered in snow. At first light there was an absolute white out, and was very thankful for carrying a GPS with me as navigating would of been near on impossible in zero visibility. 

So photo wise it was a failure but a good heavy load carry is a well received for a bit of Phys after the indulgent new year. 

Nikon D800 f5.6 1/50th ISO800

Brrrrrrr a fresh morning.....

Nikon D800 f2.8 1/50th ISO5000 Lit with red head light.

Breakfast for a king... 

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Lee

Blackpool on a Shitty Afternoon.

Nikon D800 61sec F14 ISO 100

Hi all and Happy New year.

Apologise for the tittle to this post, but i am climbing the walls to do a shoot and so headed out this afternoon. Not much going on but thought that was kind cool.

Sorry I'm no good at making flamboyant arty titles up like most, there seems to be more thought gone into the title then the image in a lot of cases.

I aim to head up to the lakes at the end of the week if i have not returned to Scotland for my day job.

Hope you are well.

Lee

Metal Prints. Loxley Colour.

Hi all,

Hope that you are all set and ready for the festive period about to kick in.

If not...... good luck.

Just a quick one today, thought id Share an image of a print i have recently had made for me by the guys over at

Loxley Colour. 

I decided on ordering a metal print, to really make this print shine. I am truly speechless, the quality is fantastic. The turn around from order to your front door is also really impressive.

I was never a fan of the metal prints, but maybe it is just i have never seen the right image displayed. A landscape or a high saturated image really shines and looks impressive, a blurred HDR picture from your iPhone of your dog or selective colour will not benefit being printed on metal, never.....

This is Loxley's largest metal print size, 60x40 inch. I sent them an image with a size of 30x20 and they managed to double the size perfectly.

This is not a cheap print though, but i feel it is worth every penny. You certainly pay for quality.

This photo of me stood with it does it no justice what so ever...

Something you really have to see in person!

I had made some framed prints for clients and am very impressed.

We will certainly be sticking with Loxley Colour now for all our professional prints.

Have a great festive holiday and hope to see you in the new year.

Lee

Canary Wharf London.

Here is an image of Canary Wharf.

This image came about after alot of scouting on google maps, and street view.

From the way the road intersects with the rail line i thought that it would be worth checking out.

If you take you time and plan where you want to be at sun rise certainly goes a long way.

Hope you are having a great weekend.

Lee

Battersea Power Station.

Here is an image i took one early morning of Battersea Power Station.

This image was made up of 3 exposures, one for the sky, building and the water. 

I converted to mono in Nik Software silver efex pro 2, and again i processed three times, one for the sky, building and water. 

I hope you like. 

Take care

Lee

London Westminster, Houses Parliament, Big Ben.

Here is an image i have taken in London on a cold 4am morning.

Westminster with Big ben clock face is an iconic view and a tourist hotspot, but at this hour not a sole around. 

I hope that you enjoy and are having a great weekend.

Lee

Canary Wharf London.

With recently spending some time at the in-laws waiting for the baby to arrive, i have used the time to head out and about at sunrise 

Above is an iPhone image of my location on the Thames. 

Alarm call for 02:15hrs - and headed out, just a shame the weather did not really play ball, but thats landscape photography for you. 

Below is the image created by the d-slr.

This is certainly a location ill revisit to try and capture an image of more what i had in my mind. 

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Lee

15 minute exposure using Lee filters big stopper and circular polariser. 

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Patiently waiting.

This morning I was patiently waiting for the sun to rise in a cool location.

Here was the view behind me. 

10 points if you can guess where i am....

Hope you have a great day.

Lee

The View at The Shard London photography tips.

Photographing The Shard Viewing Gallery, London

The Shard is the tallest building in the United Kingdom, standing 309 metres above London Bridge at its tip. Designed by Renzo Piano and completed in 2012, it's become one of the most recognisable additions to the London skyline in a generation. The viewing gallery sits across floors 68 to 72, giving unobstructed 360-degree views across the city.

I visited specifically to shoot the transition from sunset to dark — the window when the city starts to light up while the sky still holds colour. Getting that timing right requires some planning. The booking system lets you choose your time slot, so I researched the sunset time in advance and booked accordingly. The weather cooperated, which after a prolonged cold spell felt like a result in itself....

Practical Photography Tips for the Shard Viewing Gallery

A few things that made a genuine difference on this visit:

Tripods are banned, as they are at most tourist viewing platforms. The workaround I used was a Manfrotto magic arm and super clamp, which attaches to the barrier rail and gives a completely stable platform for long exposures. Security observed me using it and raised no objection — it's discreet enough not to interfere with other visitors and doesn't technically break the no-tripod rule.

Shooting through glass always risks reflections. A circular polarising filter cuts through most of this.

I was using a Hoya 52mm Pro-1 Digital CPL, which handled the glass cleanly and brought out the contrast in the city lights below. Without it, the reflections from the interior lighting would have competed with the view on every shot.

The Nikon D700 was the body used here — one of the frames in this set was actually pulled from a timelapse sequence. I had changed the ISO to 3200 mid-session and forgotten to reset it, but the D700 handles high ISO well enough that the image was still usable. A lesson in checking your settings between sequences.

The Building Itself

From street level and from a distance, the Shard reads as a glass spike — almost impossibly thin against the sky. From inside the viewing gallery you get a different perspective on how it sits within London, with the Thames directly below and the city grid spreading out in every direction. Canary Wharf, St Paul's, the Tate Modern, and Tower Bridge are all visible simultaneously, which gives you a sense of the scale of the city that's hard to get anywhere else.

For more of my London and places photography, visit the Places gallery.

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Night Photography.

Friday evening, myself and Phil Richardson of

YellowMelen Studio

 headed out upto Dunstable Downs for a play with some night photography.

What good fun. Setting up a camera for 2 minute + exposures and running around with torches and setting off speed lights and awaiting to see the result was something very new and interesting. 

This image is hard to believe that it was taken in total darkness. 

4 minute Exposure. 

A play up Dunstable Downs this evening.

This evening around 1600hrs the sun looked stunning, and so i grabbed my camera bag and headed out, to catch a sunset.

the sun had other views and finally set behind a huge cloud. 

Here are the images i took, and so i hope that i did not waste my time. 

This HDR is made up of around 54 images. 

Another HDR image

This was lit by an oncoming car. 

 A play with car lights.

iPhone project.

I have for some time really fancied doing a little project.

I am always snapping away with my phone.

To aid in the inspiration - i was talking with some friends who, view my images on facebook and i quote, "my images are only good as my camera is an expensive one."

So this certainly gave me a kick up the backside to get cracking..

The iPhone does not focus well, its rough round the edges and struggles to expose correctly...

but we all love it! 

NO fancy trickery, NO computer photoshopping just honest good fun. 

Snow in Dunstable.

I spent Christmas at work on an oil rig,

I was down in the south of England for New Year with family and loved ones.

As you are all aware the weather has been awful of late.

We got it hard in the North Sea over Christmas, I was itching to get home and have a play in the snow with the camera before it all melted.

Well, my luck was in, i’m now in Dunstable and the heavens are open, I set out to get some pictures of the snow. 

The sky was dark and not looking good, I took a few shots of the people who were wrapped up warm braving the cold. 

Whilst on the retreat back to the house... 

feeling a bit disappointed, as there wasn't much that could be taken. I see the sky start to clear. 

Oh yes, happy days....

I take my time to see what will unfold before my eyes. Some stunning colours started to come out.

I took a few snapshots of the cold and grey. My favourite piece of the weather is the cemetery scene.

A couple of Shots from Manchester.

Here are a couple of images that I have taken.

I have seen many versions of the light trails and wanted to give it a try, the lights are not that pin sharp, as I would have liked and so I will definitely revisit this idea at a later time.

Out and About Manchester.

I am Currently Living in Manchester, right in the centre which is fantastic, in the days my house mate works, and so trying to learn and take better shots, (like us all) i walk about town, trying to find cool things to shoot.

here are a few image

 i hope you enjoy.