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The Old Ruminator
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One from the previous batch. None are posed. It does mean that I have to anticipate things a bit like the shift change image. Usually the TG 6 and the LED torch are close by. I waited until his reflected light illuminated his face. Yes he put is glasses on later. A fall of drill dust would have suggested action which came in later images. He was just about to swop over drill bits from 11mm to the 12mm in the foreground. On I Auto with flash off we have f2 at 1/25 sec at 800 ISO. Res 4.94Mb which is enough for me as I dont shoot in RAW. RAW can tempt you into too much editing so nowadays some images look distinctly overcooked or artificial. My edits on Photoshop 18 are usually cropping, contrast and sometimes haze removal. ( the latter might need additional colour correction.) Basically I like to see things just as they appear in the cave to a caver. Too much can make it look like a show cave. I do try to resist the looking at ( gawping ) pose so common today. Anyway thats me. There is no right or wrong way unless you think of the rule of thirds. I always try to frame an image differant from the thousands you might see on Google Image. That then is your own take on the scene rather than a copy from elsewhere. As a photo historian I can actually name the photographer on some postcards without looking at the back. You could say that Frith were very formulaic. Used best light and the same long view angles along the streets. The collages are simple using Flickr and Screenshot. Funny nobody else seems to do it.
The Old Ruminator
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Capped erosion pillars in a remote part of Withyhill Cave. Quite similiar to the photo in the new OFD book.
The Old Ruminator
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You might notice a recurring theme with my photos. The back lit profile. Simple you put the torch behind you when you take the photo at arms length. The Wall. Quarter Way Up Hole. TG 6 f2 1/30 640 ISO. Make sure the flash is off.
pwhole
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mrodoc
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A familiar sight to us Quarter Way Uppers!Another draughting hole opened, and another part of the big boulder choke to add to the list
The Old Ruminator
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One of our successful digs. I think Peter Glanvill has written it up in the next Descent. A reformed and younger team have restarted work at the bottom.
The Old Ruminator
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Its too hot to do much today but I shall be down a cool cave tomorrow. ( Being Tuesday ). Mooching through a few old slide copies to jpeg. Agen Allwedd probably early 1970's. Brief time capture with bulb flash. ( Its so much easier today ).
The Old Ruminator
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Where are all the cave photographers gone ? Not here so probably Facebook. So to make up for it here is a mega splodge. It is one image actually so not cheating. A Day in a Diggers Life.
From the most prolific cave image internet poster in the world. Well some of them have to be OK I guess but never formulaic.
From the most prolific cave image internet poster in the world. Well some of them have to be OK I guess but never formulaic.
cap n chris
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Could you breathe as you got close?
The Old Ruminator
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The current diggers are having no problems with the Co2. ( As usual a private blog )
pwhole
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I'm not on Facebook, perish the thought, but I haven't had chance to do much underground photography lately, other than phone recording of projects, and they're either not interesting enough to publish, or too interesting! But here's a little montage of three from the new mine.
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JonP
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I've spent a bit of time recently starting a project where I'm taking portraits of some the original members of the Eldon using an old Hasselblad 500CM.
You can see the series to date here...
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Hopefully going to expand on this later in the year and maybe add some audio. There's a book full of stories in there waiting to be told!
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