Cardiff

The view from the bible

Detail at the Cathedral

This proved to be an exceptional challenge … in the end, as I was forced to address some oversights in my camera settings and the way I imported my shots into Lightroom. I’ve written about this elsewhere, so won’t repeat the lessons learnt. Suffice to say I’ve learnt a lot more about colour and white …

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Brewdog - Beer for Ever

Bar furniture

Along Westgate Street opposite the Millennium Stadium are a number of “trendy” bars. I asked whether I could go in to them early and take some pictures. I was delighted they said “yes” and even allowed me to wander around the brewing equipment. Some nice shots – and I didn’t even have to buy a …

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A very special person

A relatively recent addition to the square outside the new government offices and the BBC building in what is called the Central Square area of Cardiff is this statue of Betty Campbell – a truly special and inspirational person. I include the text from the BBC webpage … Betty Campbell was told a working-class black …

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Foreground interest -3 (with focus stacking)

Focus stacking

Volunteering to do a short spot on focus stacking at a u3a afternoon Photography session yesterday, I showed the following sequence of pictures of some orchids using a tripod and a macro lens … [Please note I didn’t edit the images prior to applying the software which I should have done. I could have removed …

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Well I never!

Foreground interest in Landscape Photography

That was the challenge set to the u3a afternoon Photography Group. I wasn’t sure I was going to meet the deadline to submit some shots, but did manage a trip down The Bay – just-in-time. The featured image (above) has nothing to do with foregrounds, but everything to do with clever perspective and creativity. There’s …

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Roath Basin reflections

Roath Basin

A lovely sunny day and I had to catch-up on my U3A “homework” – taking photographs which could have the category “shapes” attached to them. I was however distracted by the discovery that I could walk past the BBC Porth Teigr studios and alongside the Roath Basin – one of Cardiff’s largest former coal docks. …

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