Garden birds
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…
Don’t forget the small picture
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…
Local knowledge
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…
What a difference a few minutes can make
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…
Graduated filters in Lightroom
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…
One especially for Shells
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…
A first with the new Macro Lens
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…