A year has passed since I decided to make this blog ‘my own’, by paying for a domain name and to go without adverts. I know this because I have just had notice that my payment for the next year of it has just arrived (notice that it has been paid, not that it was … More Renewal
I logged in to my Twitter account this morning to find a lovely tweet from Lucy, super-talented creator behind the Silence Killed the Dinosaurs blog. This was a surprise because I normally get an email from Redbubble when I make a print sale and I hadn’t seen this one. Then I remembered that Lucy also … More Surprise
Unusually for here, no picture by me on this post. What? Oh, go on then, just a little one. Click it for a screenfull. What I actually came here to post today is this link to a blog by Elizabeth Dale at Cornish Bird Blog. Elizabeth’s blog is a great read all of the … More A Day in the Life of a…
The ICM technique (longer than technically correct shutter speeds, handheld and in daylight) normally has me moving the camera during the exposure but in this one the reeds were waving around in the breeze. So on a few shots I managed to get my camera movement ‘in synch’ with the reeds waving around, creating a … More Reeds
What can you do when you wake up to a cover of low cloud cloaking everything in silence and muted softness but nip out to the garden in your dressing gown, camera in hand, to capture some of the delicacy and subtle autumnal tones. I have now uploaded three (slightly) different pictures in a … More The Autumn Mists
I’ve typed too many words accompanying my posts recently. Here’s a picture.
After my last picture using relative simplicity I have gone to the other extreme. Autumn is now arriving and the countryside around us is of course preparing for the shorter days and colder times. I think I’ve managed to get many of the colours of the landscape around us now into this picture of some … More Transition
