Shooting the Moon
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust a quick one to share this image (after a few attempts) of the moon through my Tamron Zoom lens…
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Nature Photography
Posts and photosets exploring the natural world, animals and plants.
Mushroom Season
Reading Time: 2 minutesSometimes I do think that I am a little odd. I found these mushrooms growing on the edge of campus, and of course just had to get the camera and grovel about in the wet to take photos…
Alternative Views of Hyde Park
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is broadly just another round up of some photos from Hyde Park over the last few months. I guess the theme is looking beyond the expected, and picking out some interesting vignettes, both on a micro and macro scale, which add to the body …
Took a silly lens to London, and shot a few Squiggles
Reading Time: 4 minutesI’ve just received a quite cool fisheye adapter which screws onto the front of my kit lens. Fisheye lenses tend to be those with a focal length of less than about 14mm (full frame) and come in two types – circular (which create a circular …
Tropical World
Reading Time: 3 minutesI last went to Tropical World in Roundhay about 20 years ago, still slightly tripping after a Heineken Festival (at the age where it still seemed amusing to try and teach the mynah birds to say “fuck”)… It’s been very interesting to go there again, …
Ilkley to Bingley Trek
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe took a walk over the top of Ilkley Moor the other day. I’ve been a few times up to the Cow and Calf, but never really explored much of the rest of the moor. I was researching celtic stoneworks and ended up with various …
I bought a DSLR
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve been toying with this idea for a while (and have already had a couple of people saying, “about bloody time”). I’ve got the bug here, I’m really enjoying learning properly about photography. So I have bought myself a Canon EOS 1000D with an 18-55mm …
Kirkstall Walk
Reading Time: 2 minutesTried to take a nice walk up to Kirkstall today, inspired by some very good shots I got previously round the canal, but the weather was very much against me. It actually decided to pelt it down with sleet breifly, which was not particularly lovely. …