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ffutures in photo_scavenger

White (ish) and a Grey day

White, from a series of pictures I took to test a lens last week:

One of the statues at the base of the Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens



A bracket fungus on a tree in the park



The rest of the shoot (full size) is here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/150868539@N02/albums/72157685127937342

And Grey, another lens test - this time a manual 300mm telephoto I was testing to sell on eBay, it started raining as I took this shot and I got a rather nice result:



full size is here: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4416/37229184055_893321a9ec_o_d.jpg
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Posted on Sep. 17th, 2017 at 08:56 pm | | Leave a comment | 12 comments |

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heartofoshun

Those are awesome! The Albert Memorial definitely qualifies as white, as does the tree fungus. The steeples in shadows are lovely!
Posted on Sep. 17th, 2017 08:14 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

ffutures

The Albert Memorial is insane Victorian statuary at its finest. It's a handy location for me because it's on a route I like to walk occasionally, and it's great for testing cameras and lenses because of its sheer size and range of textures, colours, etc.
Posted on Sep. 17th, 2017 11:36 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

shirebound

Goodness, look at that enormous fungus!
Posted on Sep. 17th, 2017 08:16 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

ffutures

Kensington Gardens are quite good about letting trees etc. go through their natural life cycles rather than trying to keep them alive indefinitely, so there are a few around that are damaged one way or another, with fungus etc. It makes for a much more interesting environment.
Posted on Sep. 17th, 2017 11:38 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

curiouswombat

I especially like the picture of the Albert Memorial - it looks rather as if it is crafted from Royal Icing. Which would be very suitable, considering!
Posted on Sep. 17th, 2017 08:30 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

ffutures

As I said in answer to another comment, the whole thing is an insane extravaganza of sculpture, you really have to be trying hard to produce a dull photo of it!
Posted on Sep. 17th, 2017 11:40 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

ysilme

These are great! I love how the people's heads are in front of clouds, while the bull's head has a clear blue background. *g*
Posted on Sep. 17th, 2017 10:27 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

ffutures

It wasn't really something I was trying for consciously, I was mostly testing the lens, but it came out well.
Posted on Sep. 17th, 2017 11:41 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

debris4spike

I love the Albert Memorial .... you can spend hours there looking at the statues, can't you.

Love the mould photo - great image
Posted on Sep. 18th, 2017 01:09 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

ffutures

I can only assume that the committee responsible for the statue had a very big budget and no common sense.

There are some fantastic shapes and textures in fungi - they get overlooked a lot by photographers, but they're sometimes really interesting.
Posted on Sep. 18th, 2017 05:00 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

thismaz

The first two shots are really crisp. I like the light and shade in the first one.
the last one is very atmospheric.
Posted on Sep. 23rd, 2017 10:42 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

ffutures

The last one was an accident, I would have finished the photos faster if I'd realised it was about to rain, but I'm very pleased with it.
Posted on Sep. 27th, 2017 06:29 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply