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Greg Fullard posted an update in the group Travel and Landscape Photography

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 17:05:40 +0200

Pretty happy with this quick cellphone snap while out on an early morning run recently.

Greg Fullard posted an update in the group Travel and Landscape Photography

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 04:18:10 +0200

First time I properly used Photopills. Had to figure out where to position myself to be in the right spot for the moonrise just behind the Cape Recife Lighthouse. Luckily the weather played along.

Took 3 bracketed shots in anticipation of doing an HDR, but in the end it was very difficult to correctly merge them without making the moon look fake.…Read More

""Gawking in Yosemite" I often find that the bustling photographers make a more interesting subject than the real "subject". Came across this old shot of mine while cleaning up my Lightroom catalogue. Canon 550D Sigma 18-200m lens @ 28mm F/8 1/80 ISO 100

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 04:38:24 +0200

“”Gawking in Yosemite”

I often find that the bustling photographers make a more interesting subject than the real “subject”.

Came across this old shot of mine while cleaning up my Lightroom catalogue.

Canon 550D
Sigma 18-200m lens @ 28mm
F/8
1/80
ISO 100

Very valuable video with explanation on working with LightRoom catalogs if, like me, you travel often. https://youtu.be/VEFhgT5qNIs?si=7yXqIt7lUzDFVXvy

Sat, 21 Sep 2024 07:57:40 +0200

Very valuable video with explanation on working with LightRoom catalogs if, like me, you travel often.

Was out practicing panning shots today. Will share some of the most successful ones later, but in the meantime, here's one of the "unsuccessful" ones that I actually like the most. Here, I was testing out some very slow shutter speeds and I just love how it emphasizes the colours Canon 80D Sigma 18-200mm Lens @ 51mm F/11 ISO 100 1/15 sec

Sun, 15 Sep 2024 12:05:09 +0200

Was out practicing panning shots today. Will share some of the most successful ones later, but in the meantime, here’s one of the “unsuccessful” ones that I actually like the most.

Here, I was testing out some very slow shutter speeds and I just love how it emphasizes the colours

Canon 80D
Sigma 18-200mm Lens @ 51mm
F/11
ISO 100
1/15 sec

Busy cleaning up my photos folder and came across the master at work :)

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 17:28:37 +0200

Busy cleaning up my photos folder and came across the master at work 🙂

Feeling arty tonight. Might be the red wine.

Sun, 18 Aug 2024 16:29:27 +0200

Feeling arty tonight. Might be the red wine.

Gonna be spending the month of August building my skills in panning photos. Hopefully attempting multiple subjects and conditions. Will share my notes and results here as we go along. Any and all inputs appreciated.

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 05:09:26 +0200

Gonna be spending the month of August building my skills in panning photos. Hopefully attempting multiple subjects and conditions.

Will share my notes and results here as we go along. Any and all inputs appreciated.

On the relationship between the producer and consumer of art A central question in the world of art is whether alignment between the artist's intention and the viewer's interpretation is necessary to be considered as art. Exploring this question is well served by exploring some examples: Example 1: The Mona Lisa It should not be necessary to debate whether or not the Mona Lisa can be considered as fine art. Even though there are hundreds of interpretations of the piece, it's important to note that Leonardo da Vinci did not provide any information about his intention with the painting. As a result, our knowledge of the piece depends largely on the interpretation of the piece itself. One thing we do know is that Leonardo never delivered the piece to a patron, opening up the initial mystery about the identity of the sitter Of course, the work is inherently a technical masterpiece for the time, but that does not explain why this particular painting has come to be regarded as probably the most famous artwork in the world. So, in the case of the Mona Lisa, millions of viewers around the world have experienced the piece as art, without any knowledge of the intention of the artist Example 1 should then immediately put to bed the notion that a piece can only be considered as art when a "message" was assembled by the artist and subsequently received and interpreted by the consumer. But let's explore the polar opposite Example 2: The tear on the clown's face As an artist, if you intended to convey the message that externally happy people often hide emotional trauma under the covers, then there's a well established trope: The tear on the clown's cheek So let's assume you were to compose a technically perfect photo of a clown, with an obvious tear on their left cheek. We can be sure that all viewers would interpret the work "correctly". Would this photo be considered fine art? The answer is an emphatic "No". But this isn't merely because of an overused trope. The reason is that it cuts down on the purpose of art: 1. Art is NOT a medium of communication between the producer and the consumer. It can be, but this is not a necessary condition for art 2. There must be an emotional experience between the consumer and the artwork. This is an essential condition for art 3. The relationship is NOT between the artist and the viewer. It's between the ARTWORK and the viewer So to summarise: Even if the artist had a totally different intention with the piece, or even if we have no idea about what the artist's intention was, as long as the viewers experience an emotional relationship with the artwork itself, it is art.

Thu, 11 Apr 2024 19:34:14 +0200

On the relationship between the producer and consumer of art

A central question in the world of art is whether alignment between the artist’s intention and the viewer’s interpretation is necessary to be considered as art.

Exploring this question is well served by exploring some examples:

Example 1: The Mona Lisa
It should not be…Read More

As always, the questiion "What is art?" Is top of mind. It could be around whether photography is art, or whether AI generated images are art. Here's a short exploration if the topic: https://youtu.be/4ha9nY1HLOU?si=jaua6Q9ZQZGPENsL

Sun, 14 Jan 2024 12:18:08 +0200

As always, the questiion “What is art?” Is top of mind.

It could be around whether photography is art, or whether AI generated images are art.

Here’s a short exploration if the topic:

Greg Fullard posted an update in the group Travel & Landscape Photography

Sat, 16 Sep 2023 11:56:05 +0200

Handy summary of some basic steps to edit landscape photos in Lightroom.

Summary:
Step 1: Lens Corrections
– Remove chromatic Aberration
– Enable Lens Corrections

Step 2: Crop and Straighten

Step 3: Exposure and White Balance
– Basic Panel, Exposure Setting, WB Setting
– Use shift double-click on the word (e.g. “Exposure”) to get…Read More

Comparison shot from SLR. Unfortunately the composition is slightly different (And worse, IMHO). Canon 80D, Canon 10-18mm Wide Angle lens @10mm F/8 ISO 100 HDR (1s, 3.2s, 10s) #LandscapePhotography

Fri, 15 Sep 2023 15:45:01 +0200

Comparison shot from SLR. Unfortunately the composition is slightly different (And worse, IMHO).
Canon 80D,
Canon 10-18mm Wide Angle lens @10mm
F/8
ISO 100
HDR (1s, 3.2s, 10s)

#LandscapePhotography

Mobile phone shot from recent Otter trip. Still busy with the HDR edit from my SLR camera. Am very interested to compare the results.

Wed, 13 Sep 2023 05:14:00 +0200

Mobile phone shot from recent Otter trip. Still busy with the HDR edit from my SLR camera. Am very interested to compare the results.