Another “technique” shot! High-up on Marten’s Tower, no tripod to hand, can I do a hand-held pano-shot. You bet I can! Really pleased how this turned out. I could have rested the camera on a wall I suppose, but I’d have lost quite a bit as I swung the camera round, so I tried to …
[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 …
As we travelled north from Trondheim we enjoyed the winter sun and the wide open seascapes. The Norwegian coast is protected by hundreds of small islands, some of them large enough to have summer cottages on them. These, we were told are only occupied for a few summer months but the lighting and heating (electric) …
What an amazing sky greeted us at Sudbrook – where the Severn Tunnel Pumping Station works constantly to allow the trains to run under the river. An obvious candidate for a Black & White shot; but the colour one’s not bad as well. The perched stone atop the ruined Holy Trinity Church attracts the eye …
The software in iOS 7 allows the iPhone to take panoramic pictures. You can overdo it a bit, of course, and you do get a lot of visual distortion, but that’s what I like about the picture above, plus it’s the only way I know of getting ALL the city Tyne Bridges into one shot. …