Ceuta from Tarifa

Hi all.
I am back from my yearly trip to the south of Spain.
This year trip is has been a bit of a hit and miss, I had some wonderful images prior to this day, including an update on my ongoing Bullfight series, and some stunning Kite surfing shots I took with my 1DMKIII...Unfortunately (and annoyingly) I allowed my young son (12) to play with my camera.. the end result? a formatted 16 GB card with 800+ images on it, some of which, would have proved (Mr Galbraith) that not all MKIII's have an AF issue. The later I can prove on my next trip to my favourite shooting grounds (the Andover Hawk conservancy trust). The former are sadly irreplaceable.

Fortunately I didn't let my son play with my 1DsMkIII, and so , I can present you all with a retake on my Ceuta shot.

First my 2006 effort

Canon EOS 5D EF 100-400mmL @100mm - f/10 - 1/125ec - ISO 100 EC = -0.7

And this year shot

Canon EOS 1Ds MKIII EF 70-200mm 2.8L @ 70mm f/9 - 1/500ec - ISO 200 EC = 0

I also took a 30 shots panorama of the area, the resulting image is some 6GB. Sadly, this huge file does not downsize very well, so... no web version (yet).

Ivan Garcia said:

...Unfortunately (and annoyingly) I allowed my young son (12) to play with my camera.. the end result? a formatted 16 GB card with 800+ images on it, ...

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Hi Ivan,

Sorry to bring this up but you must surely know that a simple formatting of the card does not remove the actual files on the card? You can restore everything on it using special recovery software unless you've reused the card again. Still, some of the images will be there unless the card has been rewritten to the full capacity.

Cheers,

Hi Cem.
Thank you.. this was brought to my attention a couple of days ago.
Unfortunately, too late... the card was used to cover a friend's wedding to near full capacity (the IDsMKIII eats memory cards like a child eats candy). The few files I was able to recover were images taken by my son.
Still, it is good to know that files can be recovered (for future eventualities). Also, I am thinking of investing on a portable high capacity media storage device, to avoid similar situations.

Ivan,

Sorry about the mishap! We need to also use a digital wallet!

As a matter of interest, which recovery software did you use and were you able to recover RAW files?

Asher

Hi Asher.
I used Zero Assumption Digital Image Recovery.
The software Supports TIFF, Exif, JPEG and GIF formats only.
PS.. I take it (as there is no critique) you guys liked my landscape

Ivan Garcia said:

Hi Asher.
I used Zero Assumption Digital Image Recovery.
The software Supports TIFF, Exif, JPEG and GIF formats only.
PS.. I take it (as there is no critique) you guys liked my landscape

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Hi Ivan,

The shock of the loss of 16GB of images, diverts attention from your landscapes. What was there is gone. That's a tragedy and so frustrating. I'll return to your images shortly.

Asher

Ivan Garcia said:

...PS.. I take it (as there is no critique) you guys liked my landscape

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Definitely!
As Asher wrote, I too was distracted by the bad news.

Cheers,

Ivan, Ouch!

We have all done this ( at least me anyway!)

Regards.

I like the distinct horizontal bands, alternating between blue and the Earth. I like how the shape of the horizon is somewhat repeated in the foreground. It's a stunning view.

IMO, the top of the frame doesn't have enough interest. If there were some clouds high up in the sky, I think that would make the composition more balanced. Regardless, it's a beautiful view!