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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.
Samburu is a lovely place to watch elephants. We watched this pair meet and greet each other as they crossed the dried riverbed. The larger one chased the smaller one and then they tussled a little before eventually settling into this embrace.
Olympus OM-1, 40-150 F2.8 @ 135mm F5.6, 1/800 ISO 500
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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!
One of my favourite compositions of the bridges, and someone very kindly left their boat there for some added foreground interest!
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.
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!
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.
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.
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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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!
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!
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.
First hike out with my new Scarpa boots in the Peak District. I replaced the old ones as they were never Waterproof despite the label. New boots past the test. Sadly the Sunrise did not. All the cloud disappeared shortly beforehand leaving me with a mostly cloudless sky.
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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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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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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Two young bulls playing at the water's edge. Taken on foot, tucked away behind a bush, watching elephants come down to drink and play at one of the dams at Laikipia Wilderness Camp.
Olympus EM-1ii, 300mm F5.6, 1/400 ISO 640
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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’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.
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.
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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A beautiful, crisp April day with fantastic morning light at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in Seneca Falls, NY
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!
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!
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.
We've had some fantastic storms across the county today. Sadly I missed the lightening whilst at work, but I took out my Olympus E-M1 II out after work and managed to get this shot. There was heavy rain coming in from the left of this shot. I made it back to the car just in time.
Photo is a JPEG straight out the camera with no editing. An Urth CPL was used however.
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!
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!
I’ve finally made it, a shot 5 years in the making! When I originally joined the Liskeard Camera Club we had a landscape photographer presenting his work, and one image that has always stuck in my mind was the church on Brent Tor in the snow and ever since I’ve been planning my own shot. I was incredibly annoyed when I missed the opportunity to take the shot during the original “Beast From The East” storm and I wasn’t going to miss it this time!
There was only a few of other people there, one other photographer who was leaving as I arrived and a couple playing on a sledge… it was such an amazing place to be, the wind howls around there at the best of times but with the wind and snow it really was bitingly cold… all worth it in the end though!
One more from Tuesday morning, I loved the light pouring in from behind this set of trees so I crouched low to isolate them from the fields beyond.
A return to Italy today, this was taken at an abandoned Olive Grove I found just outside the village we were staying in… always nice when you just stumble over a location like this! I was hoping for a nice sunset, but I think the clouds do lend a certain drama to the shot.
One of my first serious attempts at some astro-photography. Unfortunately the clouds had failed to clear and they were reflecting a lot of the light from the nearby Caradon Hill Transmitter, but considering how the evening started this is far better than I was expecting.
This is a stack of 8 images, with some additional frames used to highlight the inside of the mine… it’s certainly been a learning curve working out how to get the best detail out of the night sky!
Well, finally I can say Happy New Year! It’s not that I didn’t want to, I’ve just had 3 trips out and this is the first time I’ve got something I’ve deemed worthy of sharing… such is the life of a landscape photographer, sometimes the weather just doesn’t play ball. Even though the forecast wasn’t great this morning with lots of low cloud I still headed out to the bridges, this time from a bit further away so it gives a different perspective.
Hopefully I have identified this one correctly, please let me know if I have not! I'm not all up on my Mushroom varieties but have been using the 'Collins Gem' book simply titled Mushrooms to help me out.
This shot was taken using my Olympus E-M1 II and is a combination of 9 shots stacked in Affinity Photo.
These three little Mushrooms were growing out of a tree stump within a very messy scene. Going with a 1x1 profile meant I could turn these in to a nice simple shot.
Edit of my photo taken for the Dogwood 52 week photo challenge: 2018 Week 10: Selective Color
While this is technically no longer a selective color photo, I like this one better than my 'official' submission for selective color week.
I’ve been experimenting more with longer focal lengths recently as I often default to wide-angle shots, just something to try and push myself to look at the scene a little differently. This is a shot taken at Cadover Bridge on Saturday morning in the rain, where I’ve also gone for a more subtle processing style than normal.