Sunday, November 8, 2009
Castlerigg
Four of us decided to go and photograph Castlerigg at dawn on Saturday and, after a rather grey start and rain showers, we were rewarded with shafts of sunlight on the hills followed by a rainbow. I took images from various positions but the closer view was the one that seemed to work best.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Trip to Blencathra Centre
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Insomnia
My Sony has a night setting so I thought I would see what it does when visiting the Guildhall backstage facilities - the result is a very strange vignetted monochrome and very noisy
image. It made me think of sleepless nights when a student at college - don't know why other than that the facilities in the Guildhall in Cambridge probably haven't been rennovated since the 1960s
image. It made me think of sleepless nights when a student at college - don't know why other than that the facilities in the Guildhall in Cambridge probably haven't been rennovated since the 1960s
Friday, October 30, 2009
Bengal Tiger
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Wedding in Leicestershire
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Sexuality in Flowers
Some favourite images from our trip to the Cambridge Botanic Gardens. I was experimenting with very shallow depth of field using 50 macro lens with life size converter. This was forced on me as I went without the plate for the tripod so couldn't risk higher aperture settings. I particularly like the first image which is a member of the ginger plant family.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Bath city
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Autumn at Westonbirt
There were more visitors than trees at Westonbirt this afternoon. The Acers are probably just about at their best with a combination of greens, yellows and reds.
The image below was done by placing the camera on the ground with the fish-eye looking upward at the canopy. I used the timer facility but I had to move quite quickly to get out of the picture.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Fungi in Epping
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Sunset
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Common Blue Butterfly
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Toads instead of Toadstools
Life of a Stink Horn
There are not many fungi about in the woods at the moment as it is so dry everywhere but we did find all the stages of stink horns. They start as a gelatinous egg from which the stink horn expands and reveals a cap covered with greenish foul-smelling slime. This is visited by flies who disperse the fluid containing spores on their feet. The final stage shows the stink horn when all the slime has been consumed.
Norfolk Trees
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Cromer in Infrared
We walked along from West Runton to Cromer today. Liked this shot of Peter and Ollie with Cromer in background.
I waited a long while for a van to move from front of the pier - by then the sky had clouded over but still gave an interesting IR shot - all the curved lines took my eye.
I also tried a lower viewpoint - needs a better monochrome conversion to give more contrast in the sky.
I waited a long while for a van to move from front of the pier - by then the sky had clouded over but still gave an interesting IR shot - all the curved lines took my eye.
I also tried a lower viewpoint - needs a better monochrome conversion to give more contrast in the sky.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Barn Owls in Norfolk
Today I revisited the site where I saw a barn owl leave the barn yesterday evening. I went a bit earlier and was rewarded by the sight of the owl leaving the barn as I approached.
When I was there yesterday I went into the barn and saw the nesting box up in the eaves. I was aware that there were still noises coming from near it but thought at the time it was rats. Today I decided to have another look at the box and photograph it. Just as I raised my camera a second owl came out of the box . I didn't have a fast enough shutterspeed for a clear photo but was thrilled to see it so close. I left quickly, sat a little way away and the owls returned to the area.
When I was there yesterday I went into the barn and saw the nesting box up in the eaves. I was aware that there were still noises coming from near it but thought at the time it was rats. Today I decided to have another look at the box and photograph it. Just as I raised my camera a second owl came out of the box . I didn't have a fast enough shutterspeed for a clear photo but was thrilled to see it so close. I left quickly, sat a little way away and the owls returned to the area.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
September Summer Day at Wells
Friday, September 25, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Wuthering Heights
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Predatory shieldbug
An image from our trip to Wicken Fen yesterday - oh if only it was all in focus - this shieldbug predates caterpillars - it carried this one around with amazing strength as it must have weighed much more than it.
This image was more satisfactory as the shieldbug was still and all in the same plane of focus so could use F16 but still some of legs out of focus.
The spider spinning its web was taken with a ringflash with the camera set to Manual (200th f32) and hence a better depth of field.
Friday, September 18, 2009
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