Framedlight

Leaving England in the fog there were a few hardy souls up on deck who proved good subjects for monochrome photography. The fog made a great softbox and gave wonderful lighting conditions. As we approached France the sun started to burn through and as you can see the last picture had much more contrast.

After breakfast we went onto the pier to take long exposure pictures of the opposite pier and the town. I was rather taken with the movement of people up and down the pier which, when looking back towards the town, was facing directly into some warm sunshine which created a glow from the plank floor boarding of the pier. We were using 10 stop filters to get the exposure time up and for the people pictures I adjusted the ISO to get exposure times of 1/2 to 2 seconds in order to get some delineation of the figures but also some movement. The weather was clear but cold with some interesting clouds. I had brought fingerless gloves with me and wondered at my stupidity as I lost the feeling in the end of my fingers. I have converted most of these pictures into monochrome as well so I will post two sets - one colour and one black and white -  I can never decide which I prefer. The first picture is not a long exposure, but of the town of Whitby from the pier. The last picture is one I t...

I happened to be in London yesterday when the sun came out and the temperature rose to the dizzy height of 15 degrees. I had gone to see the Man Ray exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery and when I came out Trafalgar Square was full of basking people enjoying the warmth and light.