So, for Christmas I got a Sigma 70-300mm lens for my Nikon, and what with Winter being cold and dark it’s not had much use beyond photographing the atoms in my TV (it has a really powerful macro mode!). For the past few days the sky has been quite clear and there’s been a nice sunset on the way home from work, so today I stopped off by the side of the road to take some test photos.
This is Ferrybridge Powerstation taken from about 8 miles away just as the sun was setting. I quite like the way atmospheric conditions, a bit of light Photoshoppery and the angle of the sun have combined to give this shot a dirty, film-grain effect. Coal fired power stations are big, dirty monsters that shouldn’t be photographed in fine detail, the plumes of steam and smoke are more interesting than the buildings themselves.
I also managed to capture the moon, and after some very heavy Photoshoppery discovered a whole load of detail I didn’t know existed. This picture came out far better than I expected, the best I’ve ever managed to capture previously is a bright white dot.
