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The Lockdown Logs #43

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!

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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…

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It’s wood lined and comfortable, and waiting for the lights and chairs etc.

So – some really good news in the midst of the gloom.

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The Lockdown Logs #41

The Lockdown Logs

Dateline: May 12th 2020

Fred… There’s no bread!

‘No wonder, love, – the delivery van is lying in a sheugh near Comber.’     Image highly over-processed using one of these Lightroom preset thingies. (That’s a technical term)

Fujifilm X-T30, F=200mm, f/8 @ 1/125th sec on ISO400

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The Lockdown Logs #39

The Lockdown Logs

Dateline: May 9th 2020

I’ve included this image in my previous post ‘Sketrick Island’ – but looking at it today in the Cocoon, I thought it was worth a little more work, probably because of the textures.

It’s not a macro shot!  This is an anchor chain, and it’s huge!  I imported it into Capture One and gave it a closer crop, and some extra presence and clarity, to accentuate the textures.  The shot was made with the Fujifilm X-T30, F=55mm, f/4 @ 1/250th sec on ISO250.

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Coincidentally, while I was manipulating the image in Capture One, the Alexa device was playing Leonard Cohen singing his poem ‘Born in Chains!’  Cohen certainly is a wordsmith of the highest quality, – dissertations could (and probably have been) be written on the deeper meanings of his words.

Here’s ‘Born in Chains…‘ Continue reading The Lockdown Logs #39 →

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The Lockdown Logs #38

The Lockdown Logs

Dateline: May 8th 2020

This poor wee black beastie was looking round and giving me a mournful look when I was taking her photograph.  I don’t know whether it was because she was camera shy, or perhaps embarrassed at the state of her kitchen!  After all, who wants the whole world to know that your water source is a slurry tanker!

Fujifilm X-T30, F=55mm, f/5.6 @1/60th sec on ISO800

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The Lockdown Logs #37

The Lockdown Logs

Dateline: May 8th 2020

Sketrick Island, on the shores of Stanford Lough was the nearby destination for my single permitted exercise period today. I’ll post some more of the images in a separate post, but meanwhile here’s my Sketrick ‘shot of the day.’

Fujifilm X-T30, F=55mm, f/4 @ 1/180th sec on ISO100

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The Lockdown Logs #36

The Lockdown Logs

Dateline: May 7th 2020

I went to Comber today to get a few things from the shops, and while there I made this image of people queuing outside the Tesco Local shop.  Queues outside shops have become a feature of the Lockdown, as premises try to maintain the ‘social distancing’ regulations.  One of the side effects is that people are avoiding the larger supermarkets, with their huge queues and are instead supporting smaller local shops.

Fujifilm X-T30 F=120mm, f/10 @ 1/160th sec on ISO200, Acros film simulation.

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