Four more images from my Newport trip on a lovely sunny day in February. I’m staggered at how I managed to keep the camera that steady for the first one – 1/20sec!!!! [EXIF: 1/20sec @ f/22; ISO 100; Sony ILCE-7RM3; Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS @ 105mm] Several attempts to get this shot, […]
Belle Vue Park, Newport Read More »
In the post Whoosh I declared that I’d made some plans of what I wanted to take on my visit to Newport. Well another shot I wanted to try and re-create was the impressionistic accident I once captured at Soar-y-Mynydd in mid-Wales, which I called Serendipity, when I stumbled with my finger apparently on the shutter-release.
Swinging crocuses – an experiment in impressionism Read More »
The theme for the U3A photoshoot in Newport was “abstract”. I couldn’t manage to get there on the Wednesday, but benefited from much better weather on the Friday when I parked in Belle Vue Park and used that as my base to go out and take a few pictures, previously “Whoosh” and “Is that
Man in the shadows Read More »
We enjoyed the best seats in the house for Brian Cox’s recent visit to Cardiff – front row – having booked the seats well over a year ago, mistaking the year of his visit (2019, not 2018). The wait was worth it. I could have taken pictures all night but was totally mesmerised by what
Guess where we were on Friday evening? Read More »
Easing my way back into the blog after a couple of months away from it – this post is just a bit of nonsense but it’s also me letting off steam with a bit of annoyance too. How do people do things like this! [EXIF: 1/320sec @ f/5.6; ISO 100; Sony ILCE-7RM3; Sony FE
Is this what you call not parking on double yellow lines? Read More »
It’s been a while – and I’m not talking about the wait for a train, although I did wait a while to get this shot – but I wanted to make sure you’d forgotten all about my email brainfail; you have, haven’t you? I’m not going to remind you, but then … I just
We spent a lovely Christmas in Leeds this year with our daughter’s family and we got out in the lovely pre-Christmas sun to walk around Kirkstall Abbey. It’s an amazingly photogenic location and these four shots taken with my iPhone try to give an impression of just how imposing the building is and how beautiful
Kirkstall Abbey on Christmas Eve Read More »
Almost a political post this time, but perhaps timely this week. Looking for lights whilst down The Bay before Christmas, the only really good one was the sunset that kindly performed for me. Here are two shots taken looking towards Penarth. The first from beside where the Doctor Who Experience used to be, the second
Sunset for the Union? Read More »
A fun start to the new year, with a few shots from the old one. We were on a mission … to find the Christmas lights in Cardiff Bay. The only problem, there weren’t any! So I looked around for a) something Christmassy, and b) something unusual. The first photo hits both categories as it
Happy New Year everyone! Read More »
Finally to finish off what (for me) was a rather satisfying shoot at the National Folk Museum in St Fagans, near Cardiff, a set of four images of “old friends” – some of the buildings that have been in the museum the longest. Apart from some cropping, none of these photographs has been altered in
St Fagans in winter sunshine Read More »