What a fantastic location Zebedee Springs in El Questro is! These two shots were taken with my 90mm Macro lens. The one of the spider sitting on the stem at water level at 1/250th and f2.8 with ISO 160 as I didn’t want any depth of field at all. The one below of the wonderful […]
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At last after five trips to Australia (seven for Jenny), we’ve finally seen a koala. We had to go to a Conservation Centre on Phillip Island mind you, so it was not totally wild I’m afraid. However, these rather shy, and threatened species are difficult to spot in the wild, so we were glad to
A couple of photographs taken of the Frangipani in Shells’ garden towards the end of its growing season. This, one of Shells’ favourite shrubs took a while to flower but now provides a wonderful splash of colour on the patio.
The weather has been so dreary and wet the past few days that when the sun came out this morning, and picked out the orchids in our garden room, I thought … “I must try and capture them before they go over!” These orchids have been really wonderful this winter, flowering since November and bringing
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I’ve reported before about trying to get to grips with macro-photography. Well … the opportunity to really try to get on top of this photographic “genre” came about on the latest Photo Workshop I participated in with Nick Jenkins. A return to familiar locations (for the first day at least) meant that I could just try
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Another set of images from our glorious autumn in Cardiff. By far the best we can remember in over 30 years living in the city. Last Sunday – the first in November – I saw the sky, grabbed my camera and set off down the road to Roath Park. A brisk walk round the lake
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It seems a while since my last post. Here are a few images taken during a “field trip” with Cardiff U3A to Cefn Onn Park a couple of weeks ago. The autumn in Cardiff has been quite splendid and actually, we were probably a little early to catch all the splendours of autumn colours. The
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Another one of the classic shots. However, I’d never been to this spot before despite many trips to Pembrokeshire. Thus I was very pleased to have a lovely sunny day. Unfortunately, I didn’t bring my tripod with me so the shots of the birds are not as sharp as I’d have liked them to be
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Having a cup of tea at Stackpole Walled Gardens this grasshopper decided he wanted to come and join us. Thank you. Scrabble for macro lens, light perfect, no excuses just frame get the right depth of field and shoot! This little fellow was an excellent subject he just didn’t want to move. Even obliging us by
The 80mm Macro lens with the ridiculous number of pixels that the Sony A7r provides you with, allows you to crop like crazy. So … on a walk from Broad Haven to Little Haven (for supper) I stopped and watched, and waited until I could get this shot of a wren returning to its nest
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