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Some more of the fantastic architecture found at the Royal William Yard, I loved the patterns created by the shadows.
Bowerman's Nose… a stack of weathered granite found on the slopes of Hayne Down and stop two of my evening. There were some fantastic clouds around but that also means that light can be difficult and I had to wait some time before the shadows moved on, allowing me to get a clear shot of the rocks.
Giza the black panther or melanistic leopard whatever you prefer. Reportedly very relaxed and showing very well in daylight as well as on night drives before we arrived. The particular week I visited she decided to become elusive and we only found her 3 nights out of 7 and not once in daylight.
Olympus OM-1, 40-150 F2.8 @ 150mm F2.8, 1/320 ISO 5000
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Another Photowalk with the camera club, another dull and rainy evening… not really sure why the weather hates us! This time we headed to The Barbican in Plymouth and headed around from there to The Hoe; dusk is a good time to capture Smeaton’s Tower as the lights are on, but there’s still some ambient light in the sky.
As usual, I was trying to come up with some different angles, this time I went low with my wide-angle lens looking up which naturally bends anything at the side of the frame in towards the middle, so instead I placed the camera at an angle to keep the lighthouse straight but have sloping ground.
Another attempt at creating a different image based upon a well shot location, this is Smeaton’s Tower on The Hoe which I’m sure has been shot by most people who visit Plymouth. As it was such a damp evening on Tuesday I decided to take a shot of the tower in a puddle, and then flip the image upright again. I do wish the tip of the lighthouse was clearer, but that would have required even more rain!
It was such a beautifully clear night last night that I decided to get out with the camera, even if the galactic core isn’t currently visible. As it was a last minute decision I didn’t fancy a major excursion so I had look around for compositions around the village and settled on a shot of our local church.
One from the weekend, chasing after storm Ciara… I’ve seen so many shots from the weekend that I thought I’d try a different process rather than just showing them as they were so I’ve opted for a strong and graphic monochrome conversion as that really highlights the waves. They were probably some of the strongest winds I’ve been out photographing in, certainly a challenge!
It’s been a bit quiet on the photography front for me recently as we’ve been off on holiday and enjoying a well deserved rest in the sun, so I’m going to have a small diversion from my normal west-country images and share a few photos from Crete. I’m sure normal service will be resumed soon!
Bull elephant in musth. This guy was following a herd of matriarchs and their herd. Keeping an eye on a young bull family member and making sure he kept back from the rest of the herd. At some point the herd slowed down and the bull decided to get a little amorous with this termite mound where he snuggled it with his trunk and dry humped it. Samburu, March 2024
Olympus OM-1, 40-150 F2.8 @ 106mm F5.6, 1/640 ISO 400
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The first rays of the upcoming sun backlite a flock of Vulturine Guinea Fowl who have just come down from their night roost to forage on the early morning grasses.
Olympus EM-1ii, 300mm F4, 1/500 ISO 640
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Another shot from yesterday morning on the foggy Tamar, and another one of my favourite compositions (I don’t think I was feeling terribly inspired!) as I like how the arch of boats leads the eye around to the base of the Tamar Bridge, before going up and beyond. You do have to be careful here though, as if you stand too far to the left the legs from the road bridge can blend together with those from the Royal Albert Bridge behind and I feel that keeping them separate helps the viewer distinguish between them.
A free couple of hours gave me an opportunity to get out and continue learning about the best techniques of shooting Macro with my Olympus E-M1 II. I made use of the Autumn leaves around this mushroom to bring some colour to the scene.
I was very lucky to watch a pair of courting paradise flycatchers on the porch of my room while staying at Laikapia Wilderness’s river camp. This female perched on the tree just outside my front door and was displaying to her mate.
Olympus OM-1, 40-150 F2.8 @ 150mm F5.6, 1/500 ISO 800
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I awoke just in time to see all the beautiful colour fading away this morning out of my bedroom window but as I was up, I decided to get up and take a walk anyway. Looking at the mist on the horizon the river seemed like the place to go, unfortunately the mist wasn’t really lingering around the bridges but the river was giving some nice reflections… to my amazement I didn’t even take one photo of the bridges!
One of the things I love about Laikipia Wilderness Camp is the ability to get out of the vehicle and shoot wildlife on your own terms. Taken one evening along the riverbank hiding behind scrub and feeling privileged to watch a family of elephants enjoy the water.
Olympus OM-1, 40-150 F2.8 @ 150mm F5.6, 1/1000 ISO 640
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Another shot from Sunday night at Lanhydrock, it was such a beautiful evening and the lack of clouds made it easy to create some starbursts with the sun peeping through the trees.
These guys are a pain in the butt around camp. Only really looking for food but will break into your tent, drink from your plunge pool and even steal stuff from your table if they are given the chance.
Olympus OM-1, 40-150 F2.8 @ 67mm F5.6, 1/1600 ISO 2000
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While we were on Crete we found out that Skinakas Observatory was having an open day, allowing members of the public to look through the telescope so my sister-in-law and I decided to venture up the mountain leaving the rest of the family at the villa.
After we slowly made our way up the mountain (featuring such delights as crash barriers that have fallen away, always a reassuring sight) we arrived at the observatory to find the evening was incredibly popular, so much so that it took nearly 2 hours to queue (and I use that word in it’s broadest possible sense) while listening to an extensive talk on astrophysics in Greek, we finally got have a look at Jupiter with four of its moons which was a pretty awesome sight!
As the sky was so clear, I knew I had to get a few shots of the sky while I was there and I liked this exposure as one of the leaving cars lit up the observatory with their brake lights. After this we noticed that they had realigned the telescope and as most people had disappeared at this point we managed a sneaky look at Saturn too!
A bit of minimalism today, one of those days that’s so grey the sky is exactly the same colour as the water! As we walked from The Barbican around to The Hoe, I found this nice composition featuring the Mount Batten Breakwater in the foreground, and the Plymouth Breakwater in the distance... I liked how they both came in from opposite sides of the frame and crossed each other.
I don’t often post images from cities, as I’m not really a city lover myself, but sometimes good things happen. At the time this was a bit of a snap but processing the image it stood out for me as the blue-hour light falling on the Cattedrale di Pisa contrasts beautifully with the red umbrellas and yellow street lights from the restaurants. Anyone with a basic knowledge of colour theory will know that blue and yellow are classic complimentary colours used by artists for generations, so perhaps this was my subconcious triggering a reflex, or possibly it was blind luck!
Another shot from Thursday morning and again taken from Hayor Rocks, but this time looking down towards the main road. I loved how the light was catching the hills and trees while the house and road still give the eye something to concentrate on.
One of my favourite compositions of the bridges, and someone very kindly left their boat there for some added foreground interest!
I wasn’t planning on going out this morning, but I woke at 6am and after an hour of tossing and turning thought I might as well get up. According to the weather apps there was little chance of a decent sunrise, but a clear patch of sky gave me hope so I headed to the bridges. Unfortunately the weather apps were correct today, but there was a hint of colour coming though the clouds. Still nice to get out for an impromptu outing.
Last night I took a trip out to Rame Head, the forecast was looking good for sunset and as the tides were high around sunset I thought the beach would be a bit limited. Unfortunately the low cloud in West Cornwall seemed to kill off any afterglow but I did manage a few shots. Some of the local ponies were making the most of the nice weather conditions too.
As we stayed down on The Lizard over the weekend and the skies were so beautifully clear it felt like I should make the effort to capture the night sky, the old lifeboat house at Polpeor Cove makes for some great foreground interest!
My final shot from Leather Tor last week, this time taken a little earlier in the morning. The sun had just started to hit the clouds lighting them up, but not yet reached ground level making for some dramatic clouds.
The last morning at Laikipia Wilderness camp. There was some lion activity in the early hours, possibly the lions we had been looking for for a few days. When we arrived at the scene there was no carcass but a pool of blood where a kill had possibly taken place. The lions had fled, we saw the back end of one female only. There were hyenas everywhere.
Olympus OM-1, 40-150 F2.8 @ 150mm F2.8, 1/200 ISO 160
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On Friday I met up with Shaun from Timeslip Photography and we headed out to Goldiggens Quarry on Bodmin Moor. I arrived first at 6:30, a good hour before sunrise and things were already looking very promising and as we trekked over the moor it was just looking better and better… it was a stunning sunrise, but I’m going to start the shots with one from later in the morning. After we’d been there for a while the low cloud made it’s way up the valley and slowly engulfed us but this did give the moor a really eerie feeling. I asked Shaun to pose for me on the ledge to add some human interest… don’t worry, it’s not nearly as precarious as the shot makes it look!
My final shot from Tuesday’s trip to Pentire Head, this time what was a bit of a grab shot on the way back to the car. I spotted the barn over the hedge and thought it looked quite dramatic with the clouds, so took a shot by just poking the camera over the hedge and not really thinking much more of it. After removing the end of the house which protruded under the telephone wire on the left and processing it’s grown on me, certainly a more understated image that my usual shot.
A shot from Pentire Head earlier in the year. I was aiming for a similar composition as I took the year before but this time I tried a different treatment.
I thought it was about time I started to share my images from March’s trip to Kenya. I went to Laikipia looking for a black leopard and wild dogs. I hadn’t even considered capturing a cheetah on camera, a rare sighting in those parts.
Olympus EM-1ii, 300mm F5.6, 1/1250 ISO 320
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I’ve just realised it’s been a while since I published a sunset photo, so tonight we rectify that! An exposure from Sharrow Point, near Freathy using a 10-stop filter to blur the water. It was a strange evening as the sun was still up in the sky, but the low clouds make this look more like afterglow.
A beautiful, crisp April day with fantastic morning light at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in Seneca Falls, NY
Sizable herd of elephants walking, mid morning, with purpose. Possibly heading down to the river for a drop to drink or just trying to evade an amorous bull that was in musth and following them. We just sat and watched them pass in a matter of minutes.
Olympus OM-1, 40-150 F2.8 @ 40mm F5.6, 1/1250 ISO 320
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Two male giraffes compete in a ballet of dominance.
Laikipia, Kenya March 2024
Olympus EM-1ii, 300mm F4, 1/2000 ISO 640
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Male Grévy's zebra covered in Africa's red dust.
Grévy's zebra is the largest living wild equid and the most threatened of the species. It is found in parts of Kenya and Ethiopia. Grévy's zebras' physical features can help to identify it from the other zebra species; their overall appearance is slightly closer to that of a mule, compared to the more "equine" (horse) appearance of the plains and mountain zebras. Compared to other zebra species, Grévy's are the tallest; they have mule-like, larger ears, and have the tightest stripes of all zebras. They have distinctively erect manes, and more slender snouts.
The Grévy's zebra live in semi-arid savanna, where they feed on grasses, legumes, and browse, such as acacia; they can survive up to five days without water. They differ from the other zebra species in that they do not live in a harem, and they maintain few long-lasting social bonds. Stallion territoriality and mother–foal relationships form the basis of the social system of the Grévy's zebra. In its native home this zebra is listed by the IUCN as endangered. Its population has declined from 15,000 to 2,000 since the 1970s. In 2016, the population was reported to be "stable"; however, as of 2020, the wild numbers are still estimated at only around 2,250 animals.
Olympus OM-1, 40-150 F2.8 @ 106mm F5.6, 1/1250 ISO 160
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This beautiful bridge is located between Betws-y-Coed and Blaenau Ffestiniog. Whilst this location is not visible from the road, it's easily missed. Access however is straight forward with a gate leading down to the Waterfalls. I'm not sure I've ever seen this location photographed before so it was great to explore somewhere new.
Recently I had time to explore around The Peak District, and take some of the last photos before Autumn finally comes to an end and we are officially in Winter. The Silver Birch trees around Surprise View still have some fantastic colours, especially with the backdrop of Blue Skies.
So after many years of failure I've finally managed to get some "bluebells in woods" shots! Jon had told me that the bluebells were in full swing at Lanhydrock so on Sunday evening my wife and I made the trip down and caught them as the sun was setting. They really are a spectacular sight!
A bit of a test shot tonight, one of the reasons for heading to Bodmin Moor last week was to attempt some astro photography as it’s on the edge of a dark-sky area, unfortunately there was too much cloud around for a proper go but I did manage to take a 9 shot stack of the mine shaft which is just out towards the Caradon Hill Transmitter. By aligning the 9 shots of the sky, along with the same 9 shots stacked for the foreground it really has bought out the detail in the stars… I now feel I’m ready to attempt some Milky Way shots when the opportunity arises!
On Saturday evening I had a couple of hours free so I managed to take a quick trip to Leather Tor for sunset, as the winter sun sets further to the right it manages to catch the side of the small outcrops which overlook Burrator Reservoir. It has been really cold here for the past few days, and I unfortunately left my hat and gloves in my other coat… something to remember next time!
One more shot from Dartmoor, a panorama that takes in Burrator Reservoir on the left, Sharpitor and Leather Tor at the back and Sheeps Tor on the right. St Leonards Church occupies a fantastic location, nestled at the bottom of the shot.
Another morning trip, another failed sunrise… I don’t seem to be having much luck with the weather at the moment! I headed to Portwrinkle for a quick visit before work, as the sun decided to hide again and it was low-tide I decided to head out to the pillar which only shows itself when the tide is right out. It’s a tricky one to get to as there’s lots of slippery rocks and seaweed to navigate to get out to it. It was also really blustery this morning, and even when using myself as a windbreak I only managed on nice and sharp shot out of fourteen!
Happy Christmas to you all!