[ d u n g c a r t d o t c o m ]A place for the stuff that leaks out of my head

Between The Stones from duncmc via flickr.

With a couple of hours to kill the other evening I revisited St. Mary’s church yard in Elloughton. For a while I have fancied a crack at some infra red photography, and this is the best of my first attempts.

Low View Of A High Tide from duncmc via flickr.

Unusually high water down at the river – must have been a spring tide or something. A brisk breeze meant the river was quite choppy, resulting in mini-breakers on some of the more exposed areas of bank.

Through A Fresh Pair Of Eyes from duncmc via flickr.

I thought it was time I revisited an old haunt. I’m glad I did as a new viewpoint presented itself, one which I hadn‘t considered before.

Beneath The Dome from duncmc via flickr.

The doric or tuscan temple on Rievaulx Terrace in North Yorkshire. The incumbent toff nicked the mosaic floor from the choir in nearby Reivaulx Abbey and had it installed here. A gross act of vandalism, without which the mosaic would probably not have survived the ravages of time.

Some more photos I took at this location can be seen on flickr, including a couple of shots of the ionic temple and picture of Nunnington Hall.

Gloominosity from duncmc via flickr.

A longish exposure (3.2 seconds) on a gloomy evening just before dusk. Looking south over the Humber towards Lincolnshire from the footpath on the north bank at Brough. We made it back before the rain started properly.

An Alternative Crop from duncmc via flickr.

As I drove past on the road, the blanket of yellow oilseed rape flowers covering this field was spectacularly cut with swathes of blue. I stopped to take some pictures but after leaving the car, climbing over a fence and walking 100 yards to the edge of the field the effect was completely lost.

I think the blue flowers are borage (or starflower) – presumably the remains of a previous year’s crop.

Already A Has-Been from duncmc via flickr.

I thought I would have a crack at some of those abstract smoke shots made popular by David Nightingale at Chromasia (amongst others). This is the result of about 150 shots over two sessions, and the first one that I was remotely happy with. At some point I will have another go, but for the time being my life is exciting enough.

You Can Do It from duncmc via flickr.

The B&Q Warehouse on St Andrews Quay in Hull. The Canon EF-S 10-22mm is a very wide lens, but on this occasion it wasn’t quite wide enoough. To achieve the effect I was after the top left hand corner was tweaked just a little in Photoshop to square it up with the edge of the frame.

Looking For Life from duncmc via flickr.

I’m drawn down to the river again by the setting sun, but with nothing particular to take a picture of. I took a few of the sun going down but this was the only one I took looking in the other direction, and it turned out the best. Once again I used a tonemapped HDR layer to pull out detail in the mud and the rocks.

Blue Badge Holders from duncmc via flickr.

Parking spaces reserved for blue badge holders outside B&Q Warehouse on St Andrews Quay in Hull.

The complementary colours caught my eye, along with the various geometric forms.