Happy New Year everyone. Here’s looking ahead to 2015. And to start you off, here are some photos from our recent trip to Scotland. The sculptures are the Kelpies, near Falkirk / Grangemouth. This is also the first time I’ve tried using my phone for “serious” photography, mostly on the basis that the best camera…
Picked up a new lens yesterday – the Nikon 16-35 f4 – and took it down to see the poppies installation at the Tower of London “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red“. The crowds were enormous, but it was still very moving. It’s hard to get a sense of the sheer scale of this installation,…
Ok, so I’ve just spent a long time working over old photos. A lot of them. But it’s worth it. Never processed a lot of photos from our first trip to Kenya properly, but with a bit of effort, some of them came out pretty well. Now I just need to do the same again…
Another great trip to Whipsnade – chimps, baby ringtail lemurs, and some quality time with a red panda that, for once, wanted to be seen. Or at least it was hungry enough to come out of the tree, which is close enough for me. My heart was in my mouth at one point when a…
As promised – some zoo photos. London Zoo and Whipsnade. Two visits: Whipsnade was back in early March, which just goes to show that it’s well worth a trip to the zoo on a cool day if you want the animals to be more active. Had a bit of fun with some of these in…
Some photos from the local area. Oilseed rape in a field just a few minutes’ walk away, and bluebells at the Ashridge estate. We were a bit early for the bluebells, to be honest – another couple of weeks and it will be a carpet of colour. But you can still get a feel for…
Playing around with some old photos. This is why it’s worth upgrading Photoshop from time to time. Compare what I was able to do with CS3 in 2011 to what I can do with Photoshop CC today. Yes there are still issues, like it’s a big crop (~50%). But the processing is a world…
This time for the ZSL Animal Photography Prize: You’ll pobably recognise most or all of them, though I’ve made a few minor adjustments to most. I’ve also started using 500px – find me at http://500px.com/simonphotos/
Thanks all for your suggestions! Here are the 20 photos that made the cut. Now we wait to hear from the judges…
I’ve done the easy bit – sifting 3000 photos down to 88 that I think have competition potential. Now comes the hard part. I need to get from 88 photos I like down to 20 (for Wildlife Photographer of the Year), then down to 6 (for the ZSL Animal Photography Prize). And I’d like your…