[Click on an image to scroll through them in full screen and see the EXIF data as well.] We lived in Yorkshire for 7 years, but Aysgarth was just that too far from Doncaster or Leeds (later) to visit for the day, and it was just too far off the route from Cardiff to the […]
Lowdown at Aysgarth Falls Read More »
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 case, we are blessed with some wonderful parkland. Here are a few shots I’ve taken this summer of things that have caught my eye. Click
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One bird I’ve always wanted to see, but have never been in the right place at the right time to see, is the Kingfisher. Well now the “duck is broken”. I’ve seen a female bird in perfect lighting to show off its colour. The shots I took that morning have only heightened my interest in
At long last – a Kingfisher Read More »
A couple of shots (with reflections) of a Moorhen … … a trio of shots of three different robins … I believe. A cormorant enjoying an inland sojourn.
Birdlife by the canal Read More »
One of the bonuses of the canal is the still water and the reflections you get when the light is not too harsh. Here are a selection of images taken on New Years Day when Jenny and I went for the first of two walks at Forest Farm in January.
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I had been really looking forward to this workshop with Nick. The workshop planned for the spring – a return to the Elan Valley had to be cancelled and I’d taken myself off to Llanwrtyd Wells on my own instead – but not to do any bog-snorkling. [I’ve just realised I’ve not posted from that
Dartmoor – towards the rain Read More »
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,
Worldwide Photowalk Day – Newport 2019 Read More »
I have to admit, I do like silky water shots – it must be my past history as a fluvial geomorphologist that keeps on drawing me back to taking this kind of shot. So following on from my last post here’s absolutely the last shot from Stainforth Force. [EXIF 1/15sec @ f/22; ISO 50; Sony
This location has always had a bit of a tug on my memory strings, for more than one reason, one very good, one nearly very bad! It was here on my first photo workshop with Nick Jenkins that the penny dropped for me on how to compose an image, rather than just take a picture.
The River Usk, alomng with the Wye and Severn, experiences a very high tidal range. This results in extensive tidal mud flats which, as in this case, can take on extraordinary patterns – created as the water drains off the flooded river banks, onto the flats and into the river as the tide goes out.