All posts by Bob McEvoy

Freelance Photographer.

The Lockdown Logs #50

21/05/2020 Bob McEvoy

The Lockdown Logs

Dateline: May 21st 2020

The Plastic Rose.

Photographed in the Studio-Pod using one Elinchrom D-Lite RX2, Fujifilm X-T30, F=50mm, f/8 @ 1/125th sec on ISO200. Shot in Velvia, and desaturated in Lightroom. Rose_UP

The Lockdown Logs #49

20/05/2020 Bob McEvoy

The Lockdown Logs

Dateline: May 20th 2020

There’s a Dobbies flower pot thingy outside the Cocoon. Apparently it’s been there since Christmas, and I’m only seeing it now! Anyway, here’s a macro shot of some of the wee flowers in the pot-thing.

I shot it with the Fujifilm X-T30, with a 200mm Macro Nikon Lens, F=200mm, f/5.6, 1/1000th sec on ISO3200. Manual focus with focus peaking.

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It looked quite surreal, so in post-processing, I added a watercolour canvas effect…

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Lockdown Logs, Still Life

The Lockdown Logs #48

19/05/2020 Bob McEvoy

The Lockdown Logs

Dateline: May 19th 2020

Not much happening in or around the Cocoon today, so all I could manage was a Fir Cone that I’d found one day while out on a walk. I photographed it in the light-tent, with one Elinchrom studio flash light behind my right shoulder. Fujifilm X-T30 with Nikon 200mm Macro lens. F=200mm, f/8 @ 1/60th sec on ISO125.

Fir Cone

Beautiful Ulster, Co. Down, Lockdown Logs, Still Life

The Lockdown Logs #47

18/05/2020 Bob McEvoy

The Lockdown Logs

Dateline: May 18th 2020

Tulips at Crossnacreevy.

These white Tulips are growing in a flower bed beside the post box at Crossnacreevy, so when I stopped to post some letters, I grabbed the camera and made a series of exposures of the flowers. I wanted to use a wide aperture to remove the distracting background, and it was good that I did, for the tulips were moving slightly in the wind, and I needed quite a fast shutter speed. The big tulip is in focus, but with so little actual texture in the flower itself, it was difficult to assess the focus in-camera, but in LightroomI was able to see the tiny specks of dust on the petals.

Fujifilm X-T30, F=200mm, f/4.8, 1/1000th sec on ISO1250

Tulips

Lockdown Logs

The Lockdown Logs #46

16/05/2020 Bob McEvoy

The Lockdown Logs

Dateline: May 15th 2020

On the catwalk – this beautiful model. A BMW Z4! Sheer lens-candy! Shot on the Fujifilm X-T3, f/5.6 @ 1/60th sec on ISO3200.

Lockdown Logs

The Lockdown Logs #45

15/05/2020 Bob McEvoy

The Lockdown Logs

Dateline: May 15th 2020

Following my earlier conversation with a crow, I decided that I couldn’t allow myself be defined solely by my love for the birds. This pony was standing alone in a field, so I stopped and politely asked if I might take its photograph? The pony obliged striking a pose, and when I’d got the shot he/she came over to the fence to have its forehead stroked. I thanked the pony for its willingness to pose, and promised to leave it continue its meal (grass).

Lockdown Logs

The Lockdown Logs #44

15/05/2020 Bob McEvoy

The Lockdown Logs

Dateline: May 15th 2020

Well, stone the crows! This fellow came and sat beside my car when I was in the petrol station! It was a salutary lesson, one I should have heeded many years ago – that a camera in it’s bag is no use at all! This old crow came and sat a few feet away from me, – cocking its head to give me a good examination… But the Fujifilm X-T30 was tucked away inside its camera bag beside me. By the time I’d got the camera out, he’d walked away along the fence, and then I needed to waste more time changing to a telephoto lens.

Lockdown Logs, Studio

The Lockdown Logs #43

14/05/2020 Bob McEvoy

The Lockdown Logs

Dateline: May 14th 2020

Some exciting news for the Lockdown Log today! My new Studio-Pod is finally finished! The pod had been ordered back in January when I was first considering the long-term future of the studio at Dundonald and before we even had heard the word ‘Lockdown’ mentioned! My original plan was to close the studio around the end of July, when all the outstanding vouchers were finally redeemed. That would give me time to formulate a plan and get organised. So work was to begin on the Pod around March, with installation before the end of that month.

Then came the virus and the Lockdown and everything changed.

But this week some of the construction industry went bak to work, and among them the firm who had already pre-fabricated the Studio-Pod, and it was erected on site in two long days… Here it is!

First images of my newly built Studio Pod at Ballygowan! Just wait until the restrictions are lifted, and I’ll welcome pets, babies, passport photos etc etc. It’s not a full sized studio by any means, not even big enough for a decent family group, but it will serve its purposes very well. It’s all fully insulated, with heating and air-conditioning built in, double glazed and wired.

Inside…