ICM, macro and lensball
To finish off the year a miscellany of images taken as challenges set by the Cardiff u3a Practical Photography group. I hope you like them. Happy New Year – 2023 that is! [Psst: ICM stands for Intentional Camera Movement]
2022
People watching at Porthcawl
I needed to get out! It looked as though there might be a nice sunset and we like the Fish and Chips at Beales in Porthcawl. A plan was hatched. I would go ahead and do a bit of scouting – after having got the best location for the sunset (I thought) from The Photographer’s …
Cardiff – Central Square
Note what you can do with a little help from Photoshop and the sky replacement tool.
Cardiff – arcades and tiles
The first of a set of images celebrating Cardiff – here the arcades and the old Library are showcased
Scotland – Skye (and return home)
We had booked a cottage near Portree for five nights – about the minimum you need to see just the north part of the island. I’d always wanted to visit Skye so it was fitting that we’d chosen this as a destination to mark our Golden Wedding Anniversary year. The weather was not bad – …
Scotland – Ross & Cromarty
The journey west. We set off for the west coast via Dingwall and Bonar Bridge. Crossing to Ledbeg and Lochinver. From there we made our way down the coast staying at Ullapool, Gairloch and Kyle of Lochalsh before crossing to Skye. Here are some of the many shots I took on this journey, of which …
Scotland – The Black Isle
Heading north we had a couple of nights booked into a hotel just west of Inverness. On the way we stopped briefly at Aviemore before visiting the battlefield and museum at Culloden which was very interesting and enhanced my knowledge and understanding of Anglo-Scottish history by quite a sizeable amount. It was the last battle …
Scotland – Edinburgh
Well actually the Forth Bridge. We stayed at South Queensferry for two nights … I enjoyed taking the shots of the bikers who must use the car park as a regular Sunday meeting place. The stitched panorama of the three Forth bridges came out reasonably well, even though the light was not brilliant.
Sandsend and Staithes
The main trip of 2022 was to be to Scotland (see later posts), so on the way we were able to take up the generous offer of accommodation from our friends Carol and Chris at their holiday-let (see above) in Sandsend on the North Yorkshire coast near Whitby. Just a short stopover but most welcome …
Slowboat to Abergavenny (nearly)
In June this year, Jenny, my sister Jane, and I embarked on a narrowboat cruise along the Brecon and Monmouth Canal. We discovered that we should probably not do such a holiday again unless we have at least one of our children with us! We felt we needed a holiday at the end to recover …