A few years back when I was confined to the house for a while, I set up my camera and took loads of pictures of the birds that visit our garden. A lot of them were taken in the snow. Today I thought I’d revisit this idea so have set the camera up on Brian …
It’s very easy when you’re in a location where the picture is big, the vista is huge, the temptation to take a panorama shot is growing in your mind, to overlook the small picture that’s right in front of you. So it was with this shot taken at Black Rock near Caldicot on the banks …
Jenny was driving as we headed south on the A449 towards Newport. We both commented that it looked as though there was going to be a good sunset and she asked if I wanted to stop. Well … the side of a dual-carriageway is not the most conducive and photogenic spot to try and take …
Three pictures, all essentially of the same scene – the northern edge of The Black Mountains looking towards Gospel Pass, and Hay Bluff and Tympa – but the light was constantly changing as the clouds passed over the low angled afternoon sun. I think the one above is probably the best even though the top …
I’ve been meaning to find the time to experiment with using graduated filters in Lightroom – effectively the ability to apply different effects to different parts of the image. In these two shots of the Vale of Ewyas one filter is applied to the sky with a dehaze effect to bring out some blue in …
Jenny and I went to Hay-on-Wye yesterday, We’d planned on getting out for the day on Thursday as the weather forecast had been predicted to be good. It was, and even though it was cold, the light was good, the skies were blue early on – all we had to do was to decide where …
I wanted to share this, my first image taken with the Sony 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS Lens for the Sony A7r Full Frame Camera. I’m very excited about the range of possibilities this lens will offer me for both close-up work like this and also for portrait work which I’ve no experience of doing. …