Woody in the snow
A selection of garden birds
A few shots of the birds that have visited our garden this winter - with some encouragement from our feeding them it has to be said. A real joy in…
Fun with Pigeons
It has to be said, whether they like it or not - and of course they have no idea anyway - the comedians of the garden are the wood pigeons.…
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 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…