Photo365 – Day 22 – Waterfall on the River Wye
This was taken today on a trip out to Bakewell with the new Tamron 18-270mm AF lens. It’s a close up shot at the 85mm setting of a waterfall on the river Wye. I like the fact that it’s three strips of graduated tone, from near black to near…
Photo365 – Day 21 – Frosty Leaf
Today has been manic…just realised I hadn’t uploaded my daily pic. This was taken minutes after I got up and minutes before breakfast…what followed was a 15 hour stretch at the computer sorting out issues with the new gallery update.…
Photo365 -Day 20 Egg & Forks
I’ve seen this shot a few times and decided to have a go myself. Usually the forks are the other way up so I have added my twist to it. I found two forks with interesting handles too. The shot was lit from above and behind using an Elinchrom D-Lite…
Photo365 – Day 19 – A Touch of Frost
It was cold this morning so I took advantage of the weather and photographed the frost on my car. I walked around taking close ups with my 100mm macro lens. A car can provide interesting abstracts when seen close, particularly if it’s been raining…
Photo365 – Day 18 – Light & Shade
As I walked into the home office this morning I was greeted with a low level sun shining through the blinds. Its the first really sunny morning this year and the feeling was good. After I’d done looking at the previous night’s photos in the…
Photo365 – Day 17 – Home made light modifier
Today is the result of my first attempts with a new light modifier I made earlier in the evening for a portable hot shoe flash. It’s a ringlight adaptor which cost about £1 to make and converts a normal flash to give a ringlight effect in the eyes.…
Photo365 – Day 16 – Padley Gorge
The weather was rubbish today – raining and grey, but I needed to get out of the house so took a stroll around Padley Gorge. Kids enjoyed scrambling around. I took a few photos. This one was from the path looking up into the woodland. Shot with…
Photo365 – Day 15 – Grand Opening Sale
Today I went to the shops… A balloon on a ceiling in Victoria Centre Nottingham.
Photo365 – Day 14 – New Desk
After about 10 years of use I decided it was time to buy a new computer desk. The one I’d been using was an old second hand one of high quality, black inset leather, five draws, real wood type thing. At the weekend I spotted a walnut model with a…
Photo365 – Day 13 – chickpeas
I love chickpeas…and as I’ve started to cook more this is one ingredient I’ll be slipping into meals from time to time. So today I’m cooking Moroccan Chicken which includes a cup (American recipe) of chickpeas And my photo365 for…