My first assignment (for the club) – to photograph Harpenden’s carnival. It was rather fun really, though that’s partly because we got some great weather. But well worth learning how to use my camera and lenses on new subject matter. See the full album here (when I say “full”, naturally that means about 5% of the…
Just a few photos this time – from my recent visit to see friends in Washington DC. All on my X100s, which I’m still getting used to (though it is just lovely to handle and work with). This is a shot of the Vietnam War Memorial, where I was lucky enough to catch a passing…
Back from holiday on the Northumberland coast (for which read Farne Islands, Lindisfarne, and castles). 1200+ photos to sort and edit. Haven’t even begun to deal with that yet. But here’s a sneak preview of the ones that stood out when I was importing them to Lightroom…
Some more new edits – this time to enter in the ZSL Animal Photography Prize. The pictures are slightly sharper in the original, as the latest version of WordPress seems to be resampling them on upload. For whatever reason, WordPress has never liked JPEGs exported from Lightroom.
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,…
Two new gadgets join the household: the incredible Nikon D810 and the wonderful iRobot Roomba 780 (wifey’s birthday present this year). Here’s an early shot with the D810. Unbelievably sharp (and it stays sharp all the way in when you enlarge it). The autofocus and sensor quality are just game-changing compared even to my D7000.…
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…