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 pictures. I took the one below as a “reference shot” near where the Dolymynach Reservoir would have been. There’s just a small “stump” of a …
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, but getting some definition in the background and some light in the shadows of the foreground took much more work. No doubt some more work …
Sometimes, you can get a picture that you didn’t mean to take! This is one of those. I was leaning against a tree, to compensate for the lack of tripod, when I slipped and the shutter was released. I can’t say the intended picture would have been better – but this is the one I …
I’d just got my iPhone 4S, so it would have been a crime not to have tried it out when I was on the Workshop. I think it’s amazing the detail such a simple lens can deliver. The picture is of an out-house behind a chapel which was at that time “For Sale”, underneath the …
This picture didn’t need any post-processing. It’s just as I saw it. A lovely selection of autumn colours in the river valley below the reservoir dam.
Elan Valley Village Another picture taken on a Nick Jenkins workshop. It was the first location of the Workshop and as is usual for me, I find it slow to get going. Whilst others are capturing wonderful images – which I just don’t see – I’m scrabbling around for something to take; and at the …