All entries for April 2008
April 30, 2008
Leat
Camera: Canon Digital EOS400D
Lens: Sigma DC 18-50mm*ital IXUS 50 (v3)
Date: 25th March 2008
Location: Burrator Reservior, Dartmoor. 50°30’10”N 4°2’41”W
Shutter: 1/160s
Aperture: F/6.3
ISO: 400
Comments: Taken from a little bridge above this man-made stream
Post-processing: None
April 29, 2008
Parish Church, Tavistock
Camera: Canon Digital EOS400D
Lens: Sigma DC 18-50mm
Date: 23rd March 2008
Location: Tavistock, Devon. 50°32’59”N 4°08’40”W
Shutter: 1/250s
Aperture: F/8
ISO: 400
Comments: Taken during a break in the rain. Ideally there would be no lamppost or road sign in the way.
Post-processing: Recovered highlights, increased shadows and clarity, added vignetting.
April 28, 2008
SEM of Li2O.2B2O3
Electron Microscope: ZEISS SUPRA 55-VP
Emitter: Thermal field emission type
Date: 15th May 2007
Location: Microscopy lab, Physics, Campus
Magnification: 800x
Electron Potential: 20 kV
Detection: Secondary Electron
Comments: Scanning electron microscopes are much like cameras; you have to control the focus, brightness, contrast, zoom level. They are also very unlike optical equipment; focus in x and y is controlled separately, you can choose to detect back-scattered electrons or secondary electrons (and more), you also get to pick how much energy the electrons have as they smash into your sample, and it’s all done in a vacuum.
Post-processing: False-coloured
April 27, 2008
Meta Laser
Camera: Canon Digital EOS400D
Lens: Sigma DC 18-50mm
Date: 23rd February 2008
Location: Students’ Union, Campus
Shutter: 1/30s
Aperture: F/2.8
ISO: 400
Comments: Lasers, aside from looking cool, give interesting lens flare/coma—check out the bottom right of the shot.
Post-processing: Increased contrast and vibrance in Lightroom
April 26, 2008
Pyro Party
Camera: Canon Digital EOS400D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm with 0.25x fisheye adaptor
Date: 23rd February 2008
Location: Students’ Union, Campus
Shutter: 1/40s
Aperture: F/4.5
ISO: 400
Comments: On the Marketplace stage as some Meta 13 pyrotechnics go off
Post-processing: Split toned B&W in Lightroom
April 25, 2008
Snow Before Sunrise
Camera: Canon Digital IXUS 50 (v3)
Date: 6th April 2008
Location: Kenilworth
Shutter: 1/320s
Aperture: F/2.8
Comments: I woke up early to find everything covered in snow, magical!
Post-processing: Cropped, tweaked in Lightroom
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April 24, 2008
Burn
Camera: Canon Digital EOS400D
Lens: Sigma DC 18-50mm
Date: 28th February 2008
Location: Boilerhouse, Campus
Shutter: 1/60s
Aperture: F/3.5
ISO: 400
Comments: -2/3 EV compensation. This is what it looks like inside the gas-burning water heaters Warwick use to provide central heating and hot water across campus.
Post-processing: None