Photo – Page 3

Last week I watched a film created for Lucian Freud’s Self Portrait show at the Royal Academy a few years ago and was inspired to shoot a few self-portraits, just for the hell of it, still using the 60mm macro lens.

A middle-aged man with curly gray hair, wearing a blue long-sleeve shirt, sitting in a bright room with light-colored walls and a closet in the background.

Foggy Car Park

A foggy parking lot with several cars partially obscured by mist, featuring a white arch structure in the foreground. — Tesco Car Park, Hove

Foggy Vertex

A foggy street scene with buildings partially obscured in mist and power lines overhead. — Stirling Pace, Hove

Foggy Day

A foggy scene featuring a flowering magnolia tree with pink buds in the foreground, while blurred silhouettes of bare trees are visible in the background.

A misty street lined with bare trees, enveloped in thick fog, creating a serene and mysterious atmosphere.

A foggy street scene featuring a bare tree on the left and indistinct white houses disappearing into the mist.

A silhouetted tree with bare branches stands against a foggy background, surrounded by shrubs.

A thickly foggy day in Hove, shot with a 60mm macro lens.

Ghost

A close-up of a man with curly gray hair, looking directly at the camera through a foggy mirror. — Hove, UK

Continuing to shoot with the 60mm macro as a walking around lens, just for kicks, and to see what I get. I noticed my ghostly reflection in a fogged up mirror and took this snap.

Afloat

A view through a circular, textured bronze sculpture, framing a calm sea and distant wind turbines on the horizon. — Doughnut Groyne, Brighton

A view through Afloat, commonly known as the Doughnut, in Brighton.

Dusky West Pier

Silhouette of an old pier against a calm sea at sunset, with offshore wind turbines in the background. — West Pier, Brighton

Palace Pier Murmuration

Brighton Pier illuminated at dusk with a crowd of people and birds flying overhead, reflected in the calm water. — Brighton Palace Pier

The last time we shot from the Palace Pier and thought we’d be closer at the Doughnut (Afloat). This time we shot from the Doughnut and wondered if we wouldn’t have been better at the Palace Pier. Or, perhaps, the best view was had by the swimmers in the frigid waters.

Still more murmuration

A serene ocean scene featuring a calm, reflective surface under a blue sky, with a flock of small birds flying in the distance. — English Channel, Brighton

Murmuration over the West Pier and an in-camera panorama from the sun going down to West Pier

More Murmuration

A flock of birds flying across a colorful sunset sky, creating a dynamic formation against the twilight backdrop. — Brighton, UK

In mid-February we went back to the Doughnut Groyne, between the Palace and West Piers to see the murmuration of the starlings again. This time they were rather further away from our vantage point but we still managed to capture something.

Black Sky

A serene view of the ocean under a dark sky, with a shimmering golden reflection on the water's surface. — English Channel, Brighton

The sky was deeply coloured, but by setting my exposure for the sunlight reflection on the sea, the sensor struggled with the dynamic range, leading to this black sky. In fact, it’s possible to bring up the exposure a couple of stops in software to get a deep midnight blue, but I prefer this stark contrast.

A Mighty Wind

A panoramic view of wind turbines situated offshore, with a calm sea and a soft gradient sky at sunset. — Wind Farm, English Channel

with apologies to Christopher Guest.

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