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Urbex: Whittingham Mental Asylum

Ben Tucker Photography — Mon, 09 May 2011 15:12:09 +0000

Whittingham Mental Asylum Urbex

Location: Whittingham Mental Asylum, United Kingdom,

Camera: Canon 40D

Lens: Canon 17-85mm IS EFS USM

Exposure details: 5 exposures merged into a single HDR shot using Photomatix, 1/100 sec at f/9.0 ISO 100 +/- 1 stop and +/- 2 stops

Processing: Nothing other than processing via photomatix of the 3 exposures.

Associated posts: See more photos and read my visit write up from Whittingham on my Urbex page: http://www.benscamera.com/urbex/Whittingham_Asylum_Urbex_01.html

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Macro Photography: Lady Bird

Ben Tucker Photography — Sat, 07 May 2011 09:14:32 +0000

Ladybird Macro

Location: Pontefract, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Camera: Canon 40D

Lens: Canon MP-E 65mm Macro Lens

Exposure details: 1/250 sec at f/10 ISO 100

Processing: Slight vibrance, contrast and clarity increase on Adobe Lightroom

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The Fallen

Ben Tucker Photography — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:02:29 +0000

“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” is a philosophical riddle that raises questions regarding observation and knowledge of reality.

“No. Sound is the sensation excited in the ear when the air or other medium is set in motion.”

Location: Woods near Fairburn, West Yorkshire, England
Camera: Canon 40D
Lens: 17-85mm EFS IS
Exposure details: 3 Exposures Merged into a single HDR image
Processing: Slight increase in vibrance and clarity in Abdobe Photoshop Lightroom 3

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The Red Panda

Ben Tucker Photography — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 23:05:10 +0000

I was just going through my archive and stumbled upon these shots

Some photos of the beautiful Red Panda’s at Chester Zoo:

And some information about them from Wikipedia:

The red panda (Ailurus fulgens, or shining cat), is a small arboreal mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and south western China. It is the only species of the genus Ailurus. Slightly larger than a domestic cat, it has reddish-brown fur, a long, shaggy tail, and a waddling gait due to its shorter front legs. It feeds mainly on bamboo, but is omnivorous and may also eat eggs, birds, insects, and small mammals. It is a solitary animal, mainly active from dusk to dawn, and is largely sedentary during the day. It is only distantly related to the giant panda.

The red panda has been classified as Vulnerable by IUCN because its population is estimated at fewer than 10,000 mature individuals. Although red pandas are protected by national laws in their range countries, their numbers in the wild continue to decline mainly due to habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching, and inbreeding depression.

It has been previously classified in the families Procyonidae (raccoons) and Ursidae (bears), but recent research has placed it in its own family Ailuridae, in superfamily Musteloidea along with Mustelidae, Procyonidae, and Mephitidae. Two subspecies are recognized.

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Bellagio Presets…

Ben Tucker Photography — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:08:36 +0000

HDR No adjustments

Playing around with Lightroom Presets which does everyone prefer? Original shot is of the Bellagio Hotel and Casino Las Vegas Processed with Photomatix 3 images +/- 2 Stops.

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Thorpe Marsh Digger HDR

Ben Tucker Photography — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:08:39 +0000

Above a Lightroom processed final version of the photograph below! Which do you prefer the processed or unprocessed?

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Playing Around With Adobe Lightroom

Ben Tucker Photography — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:09:43 +0000

For years I failed to investigate the possibilities of this program, foolishly assuming it to most likely be a slimmed down version of photoshop! Far from it Adobes Lightroom is a brilliant little program not only for processing images (including raw files) but also for cataloguing, tagging, and non destructive editing. I must admit I now use the program probably more than photoshop for my everyday tasks, however dont let me mislead you I still much prefer the standard camera raw processor bundled with photoshop. Perhaps because I am so accustomed to the setting and knowing how to achieve what i am looking for in my images.

I have built up quite a library of processing action on lightroom which can be applied to a variety of image types in a non destructive way, i.e. its simple to reverty back to the original image or export the edited selection.

In the following images you can see 4 completely different processing styles each bringing their own dynamic to the shot, which do you prefer?

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Portrait Shoot

Ben Tucker Photography — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:00:13 +0000

Quick shoot with Louise in the purple room, processed from Raw with Adobe Lightroom. All 4 images shot with the Canon 50mm f1.4 lens with 580EX MK I attached to the camera.

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