Lens ball magic and the return of the fisheye
An opportunity to use the lens ball again, and that fisheye lens – both innovations that have woken up my photography this year.
Photography
Isolation
As Covid-19 Lockdown kicked in, the Cardiff U3A Photography Group started a weekly theme – posting a single image in our Flickr Group. I, of course couldn’t stop at one image, so here’s the set of images I took on the theme of “Isolation”.
Panos at The Bay
A set of three images, chosen from a Cardiff U3A Photography Group shoot – the last one before Covid-19 lockdown. The theme was “Panoramas”, the location Cardiff Bay. Knowing the location you’re going to gives you the opportunity to do a bit of research on Google Maps to work out exactly the shots you want …
Troms and Tromsø
Our first sight of the county of Troms was at dawn as we entered the port of Halstad … … I just love the blues you get at dawn and dusk in these northern latitudes. Then it was on to Finnsnes (another bridge in the background) … … and the chance to take a close-up …
Cardiff’s changing
The city I’ve lived in, or been associated with for over 40 years is changing, and continues to change. There are so many great websites that follow the progress of the changes; some of which are not always welcome. I took these images (along with the featured image above) … … of the demolished …
Worldwide Photowalk Day – Newport 2019
Along with three members of the Cardiff U3A Photographic Group, I took part in a pleasant walk along the banks of the River Usk from near The Riverfront Centre to Newport’s historic Transporter Bridge. The latter part of the walk, I’d never done before, and it was good to approach the bridge from the north, …
Visits to Dyffryn Gardens in 2019
An album made up from a number of visits to the gardens at Dyffryn House through the summer. I was taken by the reflections created by the water drops entering the pond under the arch. I also created an animated gif of this shot which is rather interesting … I think. A couple of images …
A fisheye lens
Haven’t posted for a couple of weeks, but that’s going to change over the next few weeks as I schedule some posts from Cornwall and other photoshoots I’ve done recently. But first … I’ve toyed with getting a fisheye lens for quite a long time, but the cost of the native lenses for the Sony …
Three Castles – three people
A summer project of “Castles” set by our U3A Photography Group to supplement the overall Welsh U3A photography challenge of “Castles” took Marilyn, Len and me to the Three Castles in Monmouthshire. We started at Skenfrith – which was a bit overcast and a little dull photographically as well; had an expensive lunch at The …