Ross Goodman

Category: Hobbies

  • North Coast 500 – NC500 – Day 01 – Home to Inverarnon

    A ridiculously short day but we were all working, but wanted to make a dent on the route to make it less of a rush to catch the ferry to Skye on the Friday.

    This was also a chance to tick off a bucket list item and have an overnight at the Drovers Inn in Inverarnon.

    This is one of my favourite pubs in the area and we always stop for food or a drink when we are passing. This 300 year old inn is famous for it’s welcoming atmosphere and scary taxidermy specimens.

    I always wanted to stay here – bucket list item – ticked!

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  • Lightroom Weirdness – Panoramas

    I know there have not been a lot of posts recently but I have been doing a lot of learning and processing in Lightroom from my recent holiday.

    I have just spotted an interesting bug / feature when creating panoramas.

    I shoot in raw & jpg – both with the same resolution.
    I have just had a couple of scenarios where, when I create the panorama from the raw files it creates OK. If I create from the jpg files it does not give me the full width.

    It is not a size limit – I have created MUCH bigger panoramas than these.
    I’m assuming it’s not a problem with the contents not merging as the raws worked but the JPGs didn’t.

    Thoughts?

    Spot The Difference

  • Scott Firestone: Chicago Street Photographer

    Scott Firestone is a hobby photographer from Chicago who was recently selected as a finalist in the 2017 EyeEm Photography Awards, the largest photo contest in the world. We asked Scott to share a few words about his photography and the city he loves to photograph.

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  • Flickr Photographer – Matthew Nuttall

    I just recently discovered this photographer via a forum at work. He has some stunning nature photos and my personal favourite – black and white urban landscapes.

     

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  • Flickr Photographer – Thomas Hawk

    Another of my favourite photographers from Flickr – Thomas Hawk. He has a very eclectic style and rarely disappoints.

     

     

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  • Elasticated Lens Cap Keeper

    Another photography related gadget. Historically I used only my Nikon DSLR an in all the years I used it I never lost a lens cap.

    Since switching to the Olympus Pen-F I have lost three lens caps in 6 months. Rather than continually buy new lens caps I went for a lens cap keeper. It detracts a bit from the looks of the camera, and I’m not keen on having the cap swinging around but ……

    Basically there is a circular disk that is permanently stuck on your lens cap and an elasticated loop that you can attach to something. I have it attached to the camera strap loop but I suppose you could put it around your wrist etc (if you remember).

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  • Flickr – Scotland Black & White

    OK – Its a Yahoo site (read shocking attitude to security) is is still one of the best (in my opinion) photo sites.

    One of the Flickr groups that I love is Scotland Black and White.

    A couple of my favourites from the group at the moment are:

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  • Pitlochry Trip

    I plan to start sharing either photos that I have found and really interest me (more likely) or photos that I have taken in a given week.

    Last weekend we went on a trip to Pitlochry, here are some of my photos:

     

  • Favourite Photos – August 2017

    Various photos from my birthday weekend away.

    Saltburn by the sea – helicopter monitoring a cliff rescue.

    Whitby – starting to get wet and wild, one of the last photos of the day – never made it to the end of the pier – maybe next time.

    Steam Train – uncoupling at Pickering station on the North Yorkshire Moors steam railway.

  • Favourite Photos – July 2017

    A nice sunny day on the iron bridge over the canal at Fountainbridge in Edinburgh.