Recent content by Dervish99

Hey Soeren, I used normal flour, shoot was outside so no risk of explosions

Have been wanting to shoot something like this for ages, but struggled with a location, not having the space needed to make such a mess. Eventually shot it in a local park, during the afternoon, and a still day. Godox AD600BM + 80cm octa above and in front of the model AD200 + 7" refelctor...

All with a Fuji X-E1 conversion. Abandoned Camper by Russell Dixon, on Flickr Road To Hell by Russell Dixon, on Flickr Te Henui Walkway by Russell Dixon, on Flickr

Grainy, thats how I like them 8-)

Cannot see Jack through the Fuji viewfinder, so yes, tests shots before hand.

Some big and nasty waves recently, no beautiful blue ocean at the mo, just cold and rough. 1 Gods Great Washing Machine by Russell Dixon, on Flickr 2 Rolling Breakers by Russell Dixon, on Flickr 3 Expression Session by Russell Dixon, on Flickr 4 And when the sun does shine Surfing Tricks by...

I use an app on the phone, you hold the phone up to the sky and it maps out the constellations for you, no guess work involved, you just need to choose the right time.

You will still get good results with a 35mm, just might need t stitch a couple of frames together, the 1.8 is a bonus for the milky way. You could always try the other way of doing star trails which is to just put the camera on bulb and lock open the shutter for an hour, but this might produce...

WHat kit do you have? for the star trails it's fairly easy, as wide and as fast a lens as you have, ISO 800 f2.8, 20-25 second exposures, you will need a cable release or intravalometer set camera on bulb set exposure time on intravelometer and number of shots and let it do it's thing. You...

Hi Mark, the other 3 shots are around 20 seconds at ISO 6400, single shot. The stacking software is Starstax, which is free to use. I was actually out for over an hour to get the trails, I only used 160 shots from around 200 as some had to be ditched

Few shots from around Taranaki where I currently live, Taranaki Milky Way by Russell Dixon, on Flickr Cape Egmont Milky Way by Russell Dixon, on Flickr Cape Egmont Lighthouse and the Milky Way by Russell Dixon, on Flickr 160 22 second exposures stacked, the white streak is the ISS Star Trails...

Thanks for the comments guys, i'm not seeing the halo in image 3 though.

Hi haven't posted on here for absolutely ages, but here are a few of my recent seascapes from New Zealand. 1 Pastel Shades by Dervish Images, on Flickr 2 Methenex Clouds by Dervish Images, on Flickr 3 One Tree Hill Sunset by Dervish Images, on Flickr 4 Catching The Sunset by Dervish Images...

Coupe of false colour images: Taranaki False Colour Infra Red by Dervish Images, on Flickr Stormy False Colour IR by Dervish Images, on Flickr

that was another option, but perhaps to use the lights in the shop, rather than turning them off, I think it will come down to controlling the reflections, and maybe having to add extra light into certain areas that need it? we will see.