Russell Tranter

10 Different Types of Salt Water Anemones & Corals

Thu, 22 Oct 2015 12:45:47 +0200

10 Different Types of Salt Water Anemones & Corals:

10 different types of sea anemones and corals found within a salt water tank. Mushroom corals, Conch Snails, Sunburst Corals and Pulsing Xenias and more!

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Thu, 22 Oct 2015 06:58:01 +0200

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#ice #winter #befunky #iceonwindscreen #russelltranter #cold...

Thu, 22 Oct 2015 06:45:00 +0200

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Thu, 22 Oct 2015 06:32:44 +0200

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#houtbay #aerialphotography #dji #inspire1 #russelltranter...

Tue, 20 Oct 2015 17:35:25 +0200

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High Contrast Photography with Softbox and oil painting filter....

Thu, 10 Oct 2013 12:17:34 +0200

High Contrast Photography with Softbox and oil painting filter. Camera : Canon 7D Lens : 85mm App :…

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Canon 7D MPE-65mm @ x5 Magnification. This is what seems to be...

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 23:55:00 +0200

Canon 7D

MPE-65mm @ x5 Magnification.

This is what seems to be an aphid. I found it and some friends nibbling on my artichoke plant. After transporting the offender to my make-shift studio, i set about finding some foliage as some protective cover for my unsuspecting movie star. It totally ignored the supplied leaf of course, and after a few minutes of herding it decided to sit still long enough for a few clips.

The magnification is at 5x. The size of the actual aphid if you were to look at it with your eyes is about 1mm.

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Photography by Russell Tranter @ wowME|Photography Please visit...

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:17:12 +0200

Photography by Russell Tranter @ wowME|Photography

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EQUIPMENT
Camera : Canon 7D | Lens : MPE65mm | Flash : MT24EX

SETTINGS
ISO : 100 | F13 | 1/100th

Photograph 1 - Description
This is a photograph of a large black ant peering over the top of a leaf.

Photograph 2 - Description
This is a photograph of a large black ant looking out from inside a rolled up leaf

Camera - Canon 7DLens - MP-E65mmFlash - MT-24EXThe MP-E65mm is...

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:22:37 +0200

Camera - Canon 7D
Lens - MP-E65mm
Flash - MT-24EX

The MP-E65mm is Canon’s dedicated Macro lens and is capable of 5x magnification. This shot is taken @ x3 magnification.

What you are seeing in this picture is a tiny drop of water, placed on a flower 1cm in diameter. The water was administered by syringe. The yellow substance is pollen. The water drop magnifies the pollen further enabling you to see individual grains of pollen.

In post-production, i cloned out some of the reflection, added my own light render and changed the hue from a more purple colour to this blue colour. Otherwize the shot is as is straight from the camera.

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3 Way Photoshoot with Model

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 18:10:06 +0200

Photography @ MUDL Magazine - Mixology ReleasedI spent a week at...

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:53:00 +0200

Photography @ MUDL Magazine - Mixology Released

I spent a week at MUDL photographing 500 cocktails.

A mixologist created a cocktail and hands it over for photography.

Yes - i did get to try them!

360 Mars Panoramic

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 09:18:01 +0200

360 Mars Panoramic:

This is a 360 degree panoramic from Mars. More photography and information to be found here… http://mars.arounder.com/

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The Canon 7D

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:54:00 +0200

Canon 7D /w Canon EF-S 15-85mm Lens

The Canon EOS 7D is an 18.0 effective megapixel APS-C crop CMOS digital single-lens reflex camera made by Canon. It was announced on September 1, 2009. Its particularly notable features are its 8.0 frames per second continuous shooting, 19 point auto-focus system, movie mode, and built-in Speedlite transmitter.

FEATURES

18.0 effective megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor
Dual DIGIC 4 image processors with 14-bit processing[1]
Liveview mode
100% viewfinder frame coverage with 1.0× magnification
1080p HD video recording at 24p, 25p and 30p with drop frame timing
720p HD video recording at 50p (50 Hz) and 60p (59.94 Hz)[3]
480p ED video recording at 50p (50 Hz) and 60p (59.94 Hz)
8.0 frames per second continuous shooting
ISO sensitivity 100–6400 (expandable to 12,800)
3.0-inch Clear View II LCD screen with 640 × 480 (921,600 dots) resolution
19 point auto-focus system, all cross-type
63 zone color sensitive metering system
built-in Speedlite transmitter
Magnesium alloy body
Popup flash
Weather Sealing

Autofocus and metering
The 7D has 19 autofocus points arranged in a horizontal diamond pattern. The AF system is a new design which uses a translucent LCD display in the viewfinder. The camera uses TTL 63 zone color sensitive metering system with four variations (evaluative, center-weighted, partial, spot) and exposure compensation of -3 EV to +3 EV in steps of 1/3 EV.E-TTL II flash metering is provided. The translucent LCD can also display guide lines and the spot metering area circle.

Shutter
The shutter is rated to 150,000 shots, and is capable of speeds up to 1/8000 sec, with a flash sync speed of 1/250 sec.

Ergonomics
The 7D has roughly the same dimension as the 5D Mark II, with the button layout having gone through an update. It also features a 100% viewfinder with 1x magnification.
The 7D was the first Canon camera with a dedicated movie mode switch, the preceding 5D Mark II and 500D movie recording being done in live view.

Speed
The dual Digic IV processors let the 7D reach 8 frames per second continuous shooting; the buffer throughput allows up to 94 frames in large JPEG mode, and up to 15 frames in RAW. But with UDMA CF-cards this can be increased somewhat (currently the fastest UDMA card has a 100Mb/s write rate, Oct 2011).

Rear view
The dual Digic IV processors let the 7D reach 8 frames per second continuous shooting; the buffer throughput allows up to 94 frames in large JPEG mode, and up to 15 frames in RAW. But with UDMA CF-cards this can be increased somewhat (currently the fastest UDMA card has a 100Mb/s write rate, Oct 2011).

How to transfer a photo onto wood

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:54:00 +0200

Transfer a colour, or black & white photo onto a block of wood.

Watch this unique tutorial that’ll teach you a how to transferr a photo print (black and white or color) onto a block of wood.

What you will need

Photo (Printed on Laser printer)
Block of wood
Gel Medium
Mod Podge

Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:54:00 +0200

Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa
Photography by Russell Tranter

Today i ventured towards Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens in search of some late Spring Flowers to add to w_o_wStock, my Stock Photography Collection, which by the way, is available for purchase on request….

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden is acclaimed as one of the great botanic gardens of the world. Few gardens can match the sheer grandeur of the setting of Kirstenbosch, against the eastern slopes of Cape Town’s Table Mountain.

Kirstenbosch was established in 1913 to promote, conserve and display the extraordinarily rich and diverse flora of southern Africa, and was the first botanic garden in the world to be devoted to a country’s indigenous flora. Kirstenbosch displays a wide variety of the unique plant life of the Cape Flora, as well as plants from all the diverse regions of southern Africa, both outdoors and in the Botanical Society Conservatory. There are over 7 000 species in cultivation at Kirstenbosch, including many rare and threatened species.

The Garden covers 36 hectares in a 528 hectare estate that contains protected mountainside supporting natural forest and fynbos along with a variety of animals and birds. Kirstenbosch lies in the heart of the Cape Floristic Region, also known as the Cape Floral Kingdom. In 2004 the Cape Floristic Region, including Kirstenbosch, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site – another first for Kirstenbosch, it is the first botanic garden in the world to be included within a natural World Heritage Site

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Inspirational Macro Photography

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:53:00 +0200

This is some truely inspirational macro photography - the type we all strive to achieve.
Watch this video and you will see what i mean! Then be prepared to instantly want to go out and photography stuff!

My Canon Lenses

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:52:00 +0200

LENSES

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM

Results from the Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM Lens will make you smile when reviewing at 100% on a monitor. This lens is very sharp wide open and improves only slightly when stopped down - and primarily in the corners at the wide end of the focal length range. Very slight barrel distortion is noticeable at 70mm on a Full Frame body. Distortion disappears by around 100mm and is insignificant on a 1.3x or 1.6x FOVCF body. Vignetting is very well controlled - full frame users might notice slight vignetting in the corners at f/4. CA is very well controlled.

Images from the Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM Lens have great color and bokeh (foreground/background blur quality). The 8-blade aperture opens to a constant f/4 at all focal length ranges. This is a very nice feature as exposure settings do not require a change as the lens is zoomed through the focal lengths. F/4 is not fast and is not slow. F/4 is narrow enough to allow the smaller lens size and weight. F/4 is wide enough to create some background diffusion in this focal length range. F/4 is wide enough to not require bright light for handholding. However, I do not consider this a low light lens. You will likely need a flash when shooting indoors after the sun sets.

The Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM Lens focuses very fast, very quietly and very accurately thanks to Canon’s excellent Ring USM (Ultrasonic Motor). FTM (Full Time Manual) focusing is enabled. The focus and zoom rings are very nicely sized and turn very smoothly. The 70-200 f/4 does not extend with zooming or focusing - and the front element does not rotate.

Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

The Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Lens delivers top-tier image quality over an excellent general purpose focal length range in a nicely-sized/weighted/built body with great AF and an excellent implementation of Image Stabilization at a for-what-you-get great price. I’m impressed.

Like all Canon EF-S Lenses, the Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Lens mounts only to EF-S compatible Canon bodies - more specifically, only those with APS-C sized sensors. APS-C sensors have a FOVCF of 1.6x. Multiplying the 15-85’s focal length range by 1.6x shows that the 15-85 mounted on an APS-C body will deliver a 35mm angle of view equivalent of 24-136mm. This focal length range completely encompasses and extends what I consider the general purpose range

MY SPEEDLIGHTS : 3X CANON 580EXII

3 Nov 2011

Canon Speedlight 580EXII x 3

The Canon Speedlite 580EX II Flash sports a more-rugged build quality with a metal foot being one of the most noticeable changes. But the good news/bad news is that the metal foot is attached to a plastic mount inside the flash. Bad in that it will still be the part that breaks, but good that your camera likely will not be the part that breaks (a broken flash beats a broken camera any day from my perspective). The metal will certainly hold up better to repeated mounting/dismounting. The long-time standard plastic foot is shown above left - the new metal 580EX II metal foot is shown above right.

Visible dust and water resistance indicators denote another update this flash has received. This is Canon’s first weather-resistant flash. Dust and water resistance is a feature that is going to be in heavy demand from sports and photojournalism photographers. The final sealing at the camera’s hot shoe requires the changes implemented in the announced-at-the-same-time and appealing-to-the-same-photographers Canon EOS 1D Mark III Digital SLR. Users of older and non-sealed bodies will not get this final sealing protection, though the rest of the flash is sealed. A little tape can probably remedy this issue for older weather-sealed bodies. Rubber covers seal the external ports - for external power and the new, greatly needed receive-only PC terminal - Pocket Wizard RF remote users know what this port does for them. The PC terminal is located just above the foot on the flash’s left side.

Auto Power-Off on the Speedlite 580EX II normally kicks in after 90 seconds of inactivity when the flash is not set up as a slave unit. However, there is a thermistor inside the Speedlite that prevents the flash from firing when internal temperature exceeds a certain unspecified level. If the thermal cutoff kicks in, the flash cannot be fired until it cools down sufficiently. This usually takes about 15 minutes. C.Fn 14 disables Auto Power Off, but it does not disable the thermal cutoff.

A total of 14 custom functions (C.Fn-00 through C.Fn-13) can be set on the flash.

C.Fn-00: Distance indicator display (ft/m)
C.Fn-01: Auto Power Off (enabled/disabled)
C.Fn-02: Modeling Flash
C.Fn-03: FEB (Flash Exposure Bracketing) auto cancel
C.Fn-04: FEB sequence
C.Fn-05: Flash Metering Mode
C.Fn-06: Quickflash with continuous shot
C.Fn-07: Test firing with autoflash (enabled/disabled)
C.Fn-08: AF-assist beam firing
C.Fn-09: Auto zoom for sensor size (enabled/disabled)
C.Fn-10: Slave auto power off timer
C.Fn-11: Slave auto power off cancel
C.Fn-12: Flash recycle with external power source
C.Fn-13: Flash exposure meter setting

Canon’s better Speedlite flashes include an AF-Assist Beam to enhance autofocus performance in low light conditions (see the red window on the front of the flash?). AF assist projects a red pattern of light that creates enough contrast for the camera to autofocus on even a solid-colored wall. The AF assist beam is functional within its range: 2’-32.8’ (.6m-10m) in the center, 2’-16.4’ (.6m-5m) at periphery. The Canon Speedlite 580EX II Flash’s AF-Assist Beam is aligned with the focus points on all of Canon’s EOS bodies - with 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, or 45 AF points.

The Canon Speedlite 580EX II Flash can control (master) and be controlled by (slave) compatible Canon Speedlites as well as the Canon ST-E2 Wireless Transmitter for a very portable and flexible lighting system. This is a powerful feature that I use a lot. The 580EX II is able to control ratios in up to 3 groups (A/B/C - C is for background light only) and is able to enable/disable its own flash in the mix. Note: Even when disabled, the master flash will fire a preflash - making it appear to be enabled. Canon Speedlites use light (not RF) from the flash head for simple wireless flash communications.

FEC, High Speed synch, FE Lock, FEB, manual flash and Stroboscopic flash settings on the master flash are automatically set on the slave flashes. This is basically a line-of sight system though indoor use can include non-line-of-site remotes if the light bounces off objects in the room sufficiently to communicate with the remote flash(es). The transmission range for wireless communication are (periphery-center) 39.4’-49.2’ (12m-15m) indoors and 26.2’-32.8’ (8m-10m) outdoors. The extents of periphery wireless reception are +-40 degrees horizontally and +-30 degrees vertically. Four slave channel IDs are available to avoid conflicts with other photographers.

External flashes such as the Canon Speedlite 580EX II Flash are one of the most popular accessories among Digital SLR (and film SLR for that matter) owners. Why? Why use an external flash? The answer may be obvious to owners of camera bodies without a built-in flash, but not so clear to those using bodies with a built-in flash. The built-in flash is great for fill flash to light the shaded areas (such as people’s eyes) in a pictures. To use fill flash, set your exposure for the ambient light, then dial in -1 to -2 EV FEC (Flash Exposure Compensation). The built-in flash is also useful for adding catchlights (sparkle) in a subject’s eyes.

The wireless remote capability of Canon’s Speedlite flashes (discussed above) offer even far greater advantages. An accessory flash can be mounted in a softbox or umbrella for superb lighting. Multiple wireless remote flashes can be setup for a highly portable, complete professional lighting setup. Visit the links at the end of this review for more ideas and information on off-camera flash use.

If you want Canon’s most powerful and most-capable flash, the Canon Speedlite 580EX II Flash is it.

Flash Powder v's Modern Day Flash

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:51:00 +0200

This is an interesting experiment that Maurice Ribble conducts using technology of 150 years ago, v’s modern day flashes.

Flash Powder v’s Modern Day Flashes

Gigapan Pro

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:51:00 +0200

Recently i’ve been uploading my panoramics onto Gigapan - Take a look at my latest High Detailed Panoramics. In the meantime, i’ve been shooting these panoramics hand-held and stitching them in photoshop, but in a few weeks, i will take purchase of the Gigapan EPIC Pro - which should make my panoramics much easier to stitch together.

Gigapan Epic Pro

GigaPan consists of three technological developments: a robotic camera mount for capturing very high-resolution (gigapixel and up) panoramic images using a standard digital camera; custom software for constructing very high-resolution gigapixel panoramas; and, a new type of website for exploring, sharing and commenting on gigapixel panoramas and the detail our users will discover within them. The GigaPan website allows hosting and sharing all kinds of panoramas, and so the robotic GigaPan mount is recommended but is certainly not required to be part of this community.

Dragonfly - defender of the pond!

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:50:00 +0200

So.. i sat in the sun this morning, looking at stuff inhabiting my pond..

I noticed a male dragonfly defending his patch of pond rock.
After mating with several dragon-lady-flies, the female rests on the rock. The male then prods and coerces or rather annoys her, until she takes off and hovers over the water “tail - slapping” the water, releasing her eggs.

After several moments watching this, i noticed the male kept returning to the same rock, in almost the same position. I decided to grab my camera and put some extension tubes and attempt some macro.

Not having to move made it easy to photo him in several positions.

Im still waiting for my MP E-65mm to arrive in the post, so very soon i hope to be bringing you macro photography which far outshines that which you see here.

In the meantime, i used a Canon L F4 Lens, with a 1.4x Extender on a 31mm extension tube. Not the most apt of gear i know..but it works for larger insects and gives me something to do while i wait for the MP E-65mm.

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