Colourful autumn carpets
Two flies enjoying the sun (105mm, f8.0, 1/250sec, ISO400) The previous post presented the landscape of Parc Cefn Onn in autumn, these four shots focus on the leaf litter. The…
An autumn walk
Autumn colour (32mm, f8.0, 1/80sec, ISO320) DeeJay encouraged me to go up to Parc Cefn Onn whilst the sun was still shining and whilst there were still leaves on the…
A return to Bute Park
With the autumn colours beginning, it's logical to return to Bute Park which has a fantastic collection of trees to capture the changes. But there are other things to see…
The Castle from Bute Park
The treasure that is Bute Park
I've been to Bute Park, Pontcanna and Llandaff Fields four times in the past few weeks. Lockdown has forced us all to re-appraise what's on our doorstep and in Cardiff's…
A wonderful show of orchids
One of the few joys this year, in spite of being in self-isolation, has been to enjoy the show that our orchids have put on for us. I seem to…
Summer’s over
That was quite a shock! I looked at the last post on the blog and found it was June 29th. Now I know it's been a strange year, and I…
Cropping makes the image
Sometimes after carefully staging your photograph, and cropping it following some of the standard rules, you then look at the image ... ... and think ... "would that make two…
Thanks for changing the bath water
Playing with a long lens
Len, a U3A friend, has been imploring me to spend loads of cash on a new long lens. I've resisted! He's taken some remarkable photos of birds using high ISO…
Iris about to burst in B&W
Flowers in Black and White
A fair bit of controversy around this theme as some of the group felt that flowers were meant to be in colour, not black and white, well ... here's both!
Framed
Apologies - I've been catching-up on my posting. It seems strange to say that I've not had the time in these strange times, but it's actually true. I've been able…