Style in Cambridge

Very stylish umbrella seen in Cambridge while shopping.

Muntjac

Looking out of my window, thinking about going out and doing a bit of weeding, when a muntjac came through the hedge. It stayed for about half an hour trimming down weeds (and more precious plants) very effectively.

Another Hoar Frost View

Albert Memorial

One of images taken with 15mm lens on the London trip.

Gives new view of the Albert Memorial

St Pancras Station

The rennovated St Pancras Station is a great entrance point for visitors from the Continent.

Ice Sculpture Festival at Natural History Museum London

Sculpture of two dolphins by French ice sculptors.

(http://www.wharles.com/)

Unfortunately the festival coincided with the start of the warmer weather, so the sculptures gradually melted during the day.

Hoar Frost in the Beechwood

Another day of freezing fog - all the twigs had picked up the frost in the wood.

Mist in Toft

Two images from an afternoon walk in the freezing fog in Toft. This is my 'favourite' tree seen from two directions!

Website updated

At last, I have got round to putting South Africa, Bass Rock and Ecuador Nature pictures onto my website http://www.pin-sharp.co.uk

Out in the Cold

Very cold afternoon in Cambridge.

More snowclouds!

A wider view converted to monochrome - 16 mm lens

Snowclouds at Wimpole

The lake is just about frozen over at wimpole with a light dusting of snow on the ice.

Reaching out

Walking in local wood, found these moss-covered roots - photographed using 15 mm fisheye they look very alien.

Technicolour Train

Image for Brian from our trip to London on Monday - I think it is your camera in the bottom right of the picture - demonstrating the wide view!

Cambridge on New Year's Eve

Willows by River Cam on misty morning.

Tourists in London

This trio caught my eye as they all looked at their cameras at the same time. No cut and paste - they are twins!

Norway Update

I have put a new page with 20 of the Norway photographs on my webpage - follow link on top right of this page

Still processing Norway photographs!

This was one of the dozens of lone trees I took while sledding but most were blurry as not enough light for faster shutterspeed.

Image Straightened using Spherize Command in Photoshop

Raw File Conversions of Northern Lights Pictures

Two of the twenty shots that I took of the Northern Lights converted from the Raw file. As I hoped there was a lot more colour in the Raw file. I think that I will straighten the row of lights on the shoreline before printing.

I liked the tree in the image below - it was a very still evening so the tree remains fairly sharp even with a two minute exposure.

Two final shots from Norway trip

People doing their Christmas shopping in Tromso. Our last day was very clear and had the most wonderful 'sunset' with all the colours of the spectrum in the sky and reflected in the water.

Tromso Islands

View from Wilderness Centre back towards Tromso with the main bridge that connects the islands.

Dog Sledging

Spent the day with 300 Huskies - all wanting to play or take you for a sledge run. These were our two rear dogs that did most of the pulling.

Northern Lights

This is what a 2-3 minute exposure recorded - didn't look as impressive to the eye but still a wonderful experience. This is from the jpeg file so hopefully lot more colour and clarity from the Raw.

Tromso High School

View of the High School with statue of King Olaf in the foreground.

Greetings from Tromso in Norway

Taken at 3 oclock in the afternoon - there are only 4 hours of twilight at this time of year.

Thames at night

I have been playing around with Monochrome conversion using Adobe Lightroom where you have eight colour 'channels' to adjust. Very useful for bringing out orange lighting in a night scene!

Barn owl is back

Good to see our barn owl back quartering the field outside my window this evening.

Albino blackbird

This albino blackbird has been around Toft for at least a year - don't know whether he bred this season but I am surprised he has survived so long as he is very conspicuous. I say 'he' but as there is no eye ring, I wonder if it is female with no pigment in the beak - any ideas?

Cat in the Bag

Amazing places cats end up in to keep warm.

Follow-up visit to Ely Cathedral

Returned to Ely today - very bright sunny day so lots of light bouncing around in the Cathedral. Used the 15mm lens to give these two views of the choir on a platform underneath the octagon.

Maryport Cumbria

Taken on recent trip to Cumbria in high winds and driving rain - no chance of fishing boats going out

Lady Chapel Ely Cathedral

Ely Cathedral

Taken with 15 mm Fish-eye converted from raw with no further manipulation - any ideas how it was done!

Beach at Hunstanton

A rainy day on the Norfolk Coast

Deserted Hotel

Came across a deserted and randalised hotel while up north. This was taken through a smashed safety glass door which acted as as diffusing filter.

Wolf Pack

Wolves jostling for dominance - just like domestic dogs, the top dog will climb on others and the under dog hangs the head.

Wolf brothers

First of some pictures of a European wolf pack. Two are obviously brothers with identically marked faces.

Hear the Echo of Boots

One of the cobbled passageways leading from the rows of houses to the Mill complex in Halifax - finely polished from hundreds of boots.

Morning light over Northern Fells

This was the view 180 degrees from the lefthand photo below - all the drama that morning was towards the sun.