Statues beside Cardiff Bay on Mermaid Quay
Spirit of the Bay
One of the images I took for the OU Digital Photography course. I took this subject from many different angles until I got this one, with the low-angle sun shining…
Sunrise at the barrage where boats are leaving through the lock
Leaving the Bay
This image, another one from the OU course, has become a favourite of mine. It shows a fishing boat leading the way out from the lock that controls the passage…
Penarth Pier on a sunny afternoon
Pier view
Jane came for the weekend. The sun shone. We went to Penarth. We went on the newly refurbished (but not yet open) pier. It was a lovely warm day. I…
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…
Stormy outlook
This picture was taken on another of Nick Jenkins' (Freespirit Images) Photo Workshops - this time in the Yorkshire Dales. The combination of the dark, stormy clouds, the sunlight breaking…
Stainforth Force, Ribble Valley
Bubbling and foaming, Ribble Valley
This image marks the day I started taking RAW+JPEG images (I now just shoot using RAW). It also marks the occasion of a dastardly attempt on my life, when one…
Near Malham Tarn
Solitary Tree on Limestone Pavement
Near Malham TarnNot far from High Trenhouse, and Malham Tarn, this classic "solitary tree" picture was a bit of a challenge - given the rather dull and overcast day. Getting…
Waiting for dinner
I took this with a 300mm zoom, and then enlarged it further. Delighted to have got such a tack-sharp image which shows the cheeky chap looking straight at me and…