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Re: [OM] A weekend away with the 4Ti

Subject: Re: [OM] A weekend away with the 4Ti
From: "David Brown" <keswick@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 20:45:46 +0100
John - I really enjoyed reading this! Do call in when you are next in
Keswick. The stone circle is in my top ten of "easily accessible" amazing
places to photograph which I rush off to when the light is good - or pop
out at sunrise or sunset.

Writing of stone circles you will be very impressed with the Orkneys - I
went there last year and the stone circles and monuments are incredible and
very easily accessible - make sure you visit Maes Howe, Skara Brae and the
Ring of Brogar - but there are dozens more! But take a very good tripod -
the wind is amazing and explains why there is reputedly only one large tree
on Orkney, standing well protected in the middle of Kirkwall. One old
farmer said that there had been a still day, but that was in 1995!

Best wishes, David

> Fellow Zuiks,
> 
> I enjoy reading what others get up to with their OMs, well done Ulf with
> 
> the wedding, so here's what I did last weekend.
> 
> I have just purchased a motor home (RV) for a price which would have
> paid for dozen OM3Ti, with matching 35-80 f/2.8 zooms, 24mm shifts and
> one or two 250mm f/2s to go with them. Its cured my Zuiko habit for a
> while no matter how much of a bargain I see :(
 
> I decided to take the RV up into the Lake District for the weekend to
> try it out (David Brown's neck of the woods) and we were blessed with
> scorching weather to boot. I decided to travel light in terms of gear
> and took with me
> OM4Ti (with MD2)
> OM2N
> 35mm f/2
> 35mm f/2.8 shift
> 24mm f/2.8
> 28mm f/2.8
> 50mm f/3.5 macro
> 90mm f/2 macro
> 135mm f/2.8
> 180mm f/2.8
> plus a Hasselblad ELM with 50, 80 and 150 lenses. All supported on a
> Benbo tripod (not at the same time).
> 
> After an overnight stop en route we got to the Lakes early on Sunday
> morning and managed to park up in a small wood in the Langdale valley,
> right next to Blea Tarn (a tarn is a small lake). Langdale is very
> picturesque with jagged mountains rising from the head of the valley -
> the Langdale Pikes - but the road is *very* narrow and I was fortunate
> not to meet anything coming the other way while in the RV.
> 
> We had a walk down to the lake where I used the 4Ti loaded with velvia (
> 
> is there any other film for landscapes?) and a 24mm lens to photograph
> the lake with the mountains behind. A low view point with large boulders
> 
> in the foreground made for a pleasant shot and using the lens
> hyperfocally focused at f/16 ensured plenty of DOF. Did the same shot
> with the OM2N loaded with Iford PanF 50asa B&W and a deep red filter.
> Spent most of the morning in this area doing variations on this scene,
> then after lunch, we walked back up the road to the head of the valley.
> 
> The hot day created a great deal of water vapour in the air and along
> with the contrasty light of mid-day, I decided to stick with B&W and the
> 
> red filter and leave the velvia till late afternoon. I hiked up one of
> the hillsides to get some good panoramas of the valley, again with a
> 24mm.
> 
> Back at the lake I spent the afternoon shooting flowers, mainly
> butterwort (an insect eating plant) using 35mm f/2 and 90mm macro. The
> 35mm
> is ideal for getting the whole of the plant in with a big background
> vista too. There were quite  few sundew plants (also insectivorous) just
> 
> starting to come through, but they were too small to do really. They'll
> be a lot better by mid-June (get yourself up there David).
> 
> By late afternoon, the light had gone completely wrong for me and was
> almost coming back down the valley towards me, so I never got the late
> afternoon shots I'd hoped for with nice long shadows. However, there was
> 
> a nice orangey sky to finish the day with and I made the most of this
> using the 90mm macro to compress the scene. Through the viewfinder the
> mountains looked impressive with lots of recession. A gentle mist added
> to the atmosphere and I beefed the sky up by using a tobacco grad and an
> 
> 81B warm up filter - an often used combo for me on evening skies (see
> standing stones picture on the gallery for example).
> 
> The following morning's first light was superb and I was at the lake and
> 
> at the ready. The water was flat calm and the mountains were reflected
> perfectly. Again 24mm and 4Ti and velvia were used, along with an
> Olympus (none CIR) polariser and an 81A to just knock out the blueish
> cast caused by the POL. Again did the scene using a variety of lenses,
> including 90mm macro to compress the scene of a lone Scot's pine on the
> lake shore against the distant hills, and 50mm macro for some
> not-so-wide shots.
> 
> >From here we went further north into the area around Keswick (where DB
> actually lives) and visited the stone circle at Castlerigg. These 4,000
> year old stones are impressive and it was the first time I'd visited.
> They are built on a flatish plateau with a spectacular mountain vista
> behind them. However, as we didn't get there till almost mid-day, I
> again used B&W and a red filter. Despite there being quite a few
> tourists I managed to get plenty of shots without folks in them. Lenses
> here were nearly all 28mm and 24mm. A good sky had developed by this
> time with lots of fluffy white cumulus clouds so things were ideal for
> the B&W film.
> 
> In two weeks time we are heading to the very far north of Scotland and
> out onto the Orkney Islands where I hope to photograph the Ring of
> Broadie standing stones as well as landscape and natural history.
> 
> Just wish I had a scanner to show some of the results :(
> 
> John.
> 
> 
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