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Industrial Saboteur, Chapter 1
The first of a series titled Industrial Saboteur. Rods, gearwheels and steel plates that might be fashioned into sculptures and abstracts.
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Canon EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens. 8 raw image focus merge, 2s delayed shutter, ceiling light, developed and lightly processed in Affinity Photo. Remember Meccano sets anyone? And the backdrop is some bubble wrap...
From the Richard Harvey Studio One
A springtime view of West Tilbury village and St James Church as seen from the road below. A drive-by shot if ever there was, avoiding container trucks thundering past me on their way to Tilbury port. As you can see in the foreground, low lying areas have been under water much of this past winter.
West Tilbury, Essex UK
(SOOC exposure, small 3:2 crop)
The container has left Macclesfield now... so we paid a last visit at the weekend. It attracted quite a crowd and my daughter pronounced it 'cool' (grin). And thankfully the sun was shining this time :).
Thanks for looking!
A lovely sunny and pleasantly warm Good Friday. Weather looks good for the Easter weelend until Monday when it all goes down hill.
That was a great weekend back in September on the River Orwell, Woolverstone, Suffolk UK.
I just found this one, a little wonky at first and therefore almost discarded. But with just an 11x6 crop and some light enhancement I think it sums up those late summer evenings perfectly.
Please use the gate. Part of the charm of the Lake District is the managed landscape, especially the drystone walls. Many like this disused gate are falling into disrepair, which again has it's own beauty. Personally I can't imagine the effort and the hard work it took the bygone farmers to build these walls. The gate posts in this photo are framing Helvellyn in early winter snow.
Fabulous day at Cley and a real treat - to get a bearded tit/reedling in flight amongst the reeds.Panurus biarmicu
Tawny owl taken a couple of years back following a tip-off in Epping Forest, UK. I get a lot of tip-offs few of which come to anything. I was about to give up on this one when a head began to appear and over the next half-hour the whole bird emerged to soak up the evening sun.
Decorative garden stones with light and dark.
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Canon EF50mm lens, black sheet to left, muted lamp to right. Single shot, WB 3900 K. Raw file into Affinity Photo for developing and monochrome treatment.
Edit August 2024: boosted whites a touch.
From the Richard Harvey Studio One
Low grade agricultural land you say? Let's try solar. They'll pay £££ and you won't have to lift a finger!
What, who's hungry...?
Never known a season quite like this one - yesterday and 6 southern hawkers emerged in the early morning in perfect conditions. These two are at different stages of maturation but only by about an hour. There are in fact 3 exuvia as evidence of the third insect already departed. Popular stems.
Part of a recent hike to the edges of Bleaklow. I have repeated the experiment of a video slideshow as a kind of sketchbook of my impressions from the hike. You can find it on YouTube here: youtu.be/LeyX_MH1mow
Ruffs squaring up to each other - they are so beautiful at this time of year and all to impress the ladies,