And another week draws to a close... Spring is finally here although we in the UK are currently having some chilly nights with cool, breezy days,,, however, plants are starting to shoot, insects are beginning to show themselves and birds are starting to sing and hold territory...
Monday started out with a lovely cold, frosty day so I just had to see what I could find in the garden...
Just three of the moss with frost macros I shot that morning... I love the way the light sparkles through the ice...jewel-like...
Actually, I did have a client meeting booked that day, but Quinn was sick and off school so I had to rearrange for next week...
On Wednesday I had a tutorial - this week we were shooting portraits - my client wants to put images of his staff on a notice board and also on his website so we went through simple lighting techniques using a single flash. His PA, Naomi was a helpful and patient model...
I wandered back into the garden the next day, as the weather was keeping me off the fen... I found these...
The first two are studies of grape hyacinth (Muscari armeniacum) - I have shot these before earlier this year in fact but I really like this plant - love the colour and the details... so couldn't resist...
This is smooth sow-thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) another common species of waste ground...
Between these shooting opportunities I have had time to revisit shots from my personal archive... many shot on film and subsequently scanned. The scanned images have been sitting on my hard drive waiting for decent post processing... here are a few... especially for my Australian friends and relatives...
Part of the 12 Apostles group off Victoria...
"London Bridge" also part of the 12 Apostles group..
Both these taken in the Uluru/Kata Tjuta National Park... I still miss the light and the colours of Australia even though these images were taken in 1998!!! So long ago... Hey guys down there, I would love to come back...
The last one from these old scans comes from Greece; the island of Lesbos to be exact. Taken in 2001
All these old shots were taken on my trusty and well beloved Nikon F90X with a variety of lenses. Medium was Fuji Velvia - wonderful film...
I had a booking for a new job on Thursday - always good to get bookings...so that's a school event with workshops and a concert... can't wait!
So finally, I did venture out onto the fen yesterday and despite listening in amusement to some birders failing to ID a bird (they didn't know what it was and spent 20 minutes trying to work it out) The amusing thing was that the one species they were sure it wasn't was in fact what it was... hey ho... I did get these..
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) male... always a tricky species as they are less bold than others... I do love the colours of a male though...
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) male - maybe over shot these as they can be so confiding and another where the plumage is attractive...
Little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis), also known as dabchick. Now guys - it really was a little grebe... honest...!
Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) and another favourite of mine...
Now, whilst photographing birds you get a high percentage of shots where the bird moves, or flies away... usually I delete these but one type of shot is proving to be popular on FACEBOOK - it seems the one with the bird blurred and in flight has it's fans... so here are three for you... what do you think?
Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Redpoll...
Reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)... not sure why they are proving to be popular....
That about wraps it up for this week... hope you enjoy the wildlife stuff... let me know if there are any shots you would like to see...
Keep up with me HERE or HERE and I look forward to seeing you all next week...
TTFN
Monday started out with a lovely cold, frosty day so I just had to see what I could find in the garden...
Just three of the moss with frost macros I shot that morning... I love the way the light sparkles through the ice...jewel-like...
Actually, I did have a client meeting booked that day, but Quinn was sick and off school so I had to rearrange for next week...
On Wednesday I had a tutorial - this week we were shooting portraits - my client wants to put images of his staff on a notice board and also on his website so we went through simple lighting techniques using a single flash. His PA, Naomi was a helpful and patient model...
I wandered back into the garden the next day, as the weather was keeping me off the fen... I found these...
The first two are studies of grape hyacinth (Muscari armeniacum) - I have shot these before earlier this year in fact but I really like this plant - love the colour and the details... so couldn't resist...
This is smooth sow-thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) another common species of waste ground...
Between these shooting opportunities I have had time to revisit shots from my personal archive... many shot on film and subsequently scanned. The scanned images have been sitting on my hard drive waiting for decent post processing... here are a few... especially for my Australian friends and relatives...
Part of the 12 Apostles group off Victoria...
"London Bridge" also part of the 12 Apostles group..
Both these taken in the Uluru/Kata Tjuta National Park... I still miss the light and the colours of Australia even though these images were taken in 1998!!! So long ago... Hey guys down there, I would love to come back...
The last one from these old scans comes from Greece; the island of Lesbos to be exact. Taken in 2001
All these old shots were taken on my trusty and well beloved Nikon F90X with a variety of lenses. Medium was Fuji Velvia - wonderful film...
I had a booking for a new job on Thursday - always good to get bookings...so that's a school event with workshops and a concert... can't wait!
So finally, I did venture out onto the fen yesterday and despite listening in amusement to some birders failing to ID a bird (they didn't know what it was and spent 20 minutes trying to work it out) The amusing thing was that the one species they were sure it wasn't was in fact what it was... hey ho... I did get these..
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) male... always a tricky species as they are less bold than others... I do love the colours of a male though...
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) male - maybe over shot these as they can be so confiding and another where the plumage is attractive...
Little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis), also known as dabchick. Now guys - it really was a little grebe... honest...!
Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) and another favourite of mine...
Now, whilst photographing birds you get a high percentage of shots where the bird moves, or flies away... usually I delete these but one type of shot is proving to be popular on FACEBOOK - it seems the one with the bird blurred and in flight has it's fans... so here are three for you... what do you think?
Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Redpoll...
Reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)... not sure why they are proving to be popular....
That about wraps it up for this week... hope you enjoy the wildlife stuff... let me know if there are any shots you would like to see...
Keep up with me HERE or HERE and I look forward to seeing you all next week...
TTFN
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