Photo Workshop in Pembrokeshire
I do like to get away for a few days to spend time in the company of other people who have photography as their hobby (even passion). With them you…
Langdale and a Rainbow
Four shots with no connection between them. Above, a different view of the Langdale Pikes taken from above Chapel Stile. [EXIF: 1/30 @f/16; ISO 200; Sony ILCE-7R; Sony FE 24-105 F4…
Silky water shots
Following on from the waterfall shots, a selection of silky water shots taken using the technique I mentioned in the previous post. Sometimes however you have to also change the…
Afon Claerwen below the dam
Waterfall experiments
If you look through my Galleries or Albums you will soon realise I rather like taking pictures of rivers, waterfalls, and the like. It's obviously a throwback to my days as a…
Reflections in Mid-Wales
Something else I learnt at the weekend photo workshop ... dull, overcast days, as long as there's no wind, are great for reflections. There's a couple of stories around these…
Macro fun in Mid-Wales
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…
Waterfall in the Yorkshire Dales
Ingleton Falls
A picture from the Yorkshire Dales Photo Workshop. This is where I learnt to do silky waterfalls. The secret, if there is one, aperture priority and use a graduated filter…
Winding bridge over a stream in the Yorkshire Dales
Packhorse Bridge, Clapham
This image was an exercise in getting the whole picture in focus - a depth-of-field challenge. In post-processing it was to be an exercise in bringing out detail from the…
Red Kite
Soaring above you
On a Photo Workshop with Nick Jenkins - Freespirit Images - we spent an hour in a hide at The Red Kite, a centre for feeding this iconic bird near…
Soar-y-Mynydd in Autumn
Another shot taken whilst on a Photo Workshop. It took me ages to get this one anywhere near right. Getting the correct aperture for the river was reasonably straightforward,…
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