Big Fish photographed in the Heavy Rain Posted by Gillies on Saturday November 8, 2008 at 04:16 PM During a recent fishing trip down to the Isle of Harris one night to fish for Common Skate from the shore, it was a horrendous night with the rain lashing down, my friend caught a 139 lb Male Common Skate, and I was busy photographing it with the Canon 20D and 550ex Flash Gun, praying that it was not going to be a victim of the wet elements ... I was to scared to risk the 5D.   The 20D and 550ex handled the rain just great .... but in my mind it was just about at it's limits, and was out in the rain just as long as it could have been, both the body, lens and Flash Gun were dripping wet.  A good wipe down with towel, and left to dry, and thankfully it is all still going great !!!!   Here are a few photos of the Common Skate with Gordon Mackenzie whom caught it, and it swimming away back out to sea ... as you can see, it was pretty heavy rain.         All photos shot in complete darkness at ISO 400, F11, 1/160 and Flash Gun pumped up to +1 and 1/3.   Gillies (1) Comments Comment on this Blog

Fancy Dress Halloween Party Snaps Posted by Gillies on Saturday November 8, 2008 at 03:37 PM On October 31st (Halloween) in Stornoway Sea Angling Club a Fancy Dress Halloween Party was held in aid of Cancer Research UK.  I was asked to come along and take some snap shots, no fancy photographs or processing ... just very basic snap shots of everyone in their various costumes etc.... The photographs of the event can be viewed in the Events section of Galleries on the web site, or by simply clicking on the link below.... http://www.gilliesmackenzie.com/galleries/event.aspx?id=Halloween%20Charity%20Fund%20Raiser%202008 If you are feeling a little flush, and enjoyed looking at those photographs, please make a donation to Cancer Research at the link below... http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/donate/ A fun night was had by all, and there were some great costumes there, people made a great effort, and well done to event organiser Eileen Matheson. For the photographers out there, most of the photographs were shot at ISO 400 to ISO 800, F2.8 to F8 and at a shutter speed of 1/60 to 1/160th (Manual Mode) and using the Flash Gun to either brighten things up or counter the variable light. Gillies (1) Comments Comment on this Blog

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