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]
ICM, macro and lensball Read More »
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
People watching at Porthcawl Read More »
The photo above illustrates quite well I think how you can recover so much detail from images that are badly exposed. The original RAW photo from the camera (below) has most of Cardiff’s infamous chippy alley in darkness, clearly underexposed, whilst the building and sky in the background is quite nicely exposed except that the
Cardiff – Chippy Alley “recovered” Read More »
Note what you can do with a little help from Photoshop and the sky replacement tool.
Cardiff – Central Square Read More »
The first of a set of images celebrating Cardiff – here the arcades and the old Library are showcased
Cardiff – arcades and tiles Read More »
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 – Skye (and return home) Read More »
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 – Ross & Cromarty Read More »
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 – The Black Isle Read More »
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.
Scotland – Edinburgh Read More »
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
Sandsend and Staithes Read More »