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A return to London today as I’ve not been out much recently. This is taken at The Shard in London looking up as a plane passed overhead, I chose to use monochrome as it emphasises the lines on the side of the building leading the view to the plane.
A return to the moors today, one from my recent trip up to Great Staple Tor. As is often the case, when you arrive on location you spot much more interesting weather conditions elsewhere… from the Tor I could see Brentor Church in the distance being lit up beautifully, but there were also some dramatic clouds hanging closer to me overhead with gave it a bit of apocalyptic feel. Unfortunately the image quality is not that great as it was shot from five miles away through some less than ideal weather conditions, but you should at least get an idea of what it looked like!
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.
It was late in the day on Saturday and I was looking at the sky thinking something might happen but of course by that time it was too late to head out anywhere specific so I headed out to a local copse that I’ve used for sunsets before. Unfortunately this time the clouds were in the wrong place to get the shot I wanted so I headed on further.
It was then that I noticed some mist lingering so I pulled out my telephoto lens and played with a few compositions of trees in the mist but nothing really stood out, so I followed the mist around a bit further only to be presented this view!
By this time the sun was going down fast so rather than spend time fiddling with lenses I decided to take a panorama and process that instead.
It’s amazing to think this view is only five minutes from my house and I’ve never shot it before… that might change in the future!
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’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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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.
One thing I have noticed recently since changing across to Micro Four Thirds, is that I almost exclusively shoot in Portrait with Landscape photography. I'm a big lover of the sky in photography. I did find myself having to almost force myself to shoot in Landscape orientation. I do like how this shot came out. I was using my Olympus E-M1 II with the 12-45 F4 pro, along with a Urth ND1000 filter to get some movement in the water.
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!
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.
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!
First trip out to the Seafront with The Laowa 10mm F2. I've not had much chance to play with this lens so was not sure how the photos were going to come out. I bracketed 3 shots to be sure and combined them in Affinity Photo 2.
My main reason for purchasing this lens was that I was not impressed by the corner sharpness with the Pana Leica 9mm or the Olympus or Panasonic zoom options. Whilst manual focus, this is of little concern with a lens this wide. being able to have EXIF data and aperture control was a huge bonus though.
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.
One of my favourite compositions of the bridges, and someone very kindly left their boat there for some added foreground interest!
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!
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 lovely sight of a Somali Ostrich couple and their charge. Ostriches tend to lay their eggs and leave them with a caretaker couple who hatch the whole brood and look after them as one large family.
Here we have the female being followed by the chicks, they shortly deviated from the path and started to follow the male.
Olympus OM-1, 40-150 F2.8 @ 40mm F5.6, 1/1000 ISO 100
#SomaliOstrich #Ostrich #Chicks #babies
#ElephantBedroom
#Samburu #Kenya #Africa #Safari #eastafrica
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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.
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.
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!
While we were tucked away on a viewing platform near a dam having lunch and photographing the elephants that were relaxing in the water. This pair of giraffes came down for a drink. Always cautious at the water they tentatively took it in turns to grab a drink while the other kept watch.
Laikipia, Kenya March 2024
Olympus EM-1ii, 300mm F5.6, 1/1000 ISO 320
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Another shot of a male jackal showing affection to his mate after they had killed, partially devoured and buried a scrub hare.
Olympus EM-1ii, 300mm F5.6, 1/1250 ISO 250
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This photo was taken just after Sunset whilst heading back to the car. The clouds were few and far between as the Sun went down. I was lucky enough to just catch a bit of colour as the final light disappeared.
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
#leopard #giza #blackleopard #leopardsofinstagram #GizaTheLeopard #LeopardLove #shadows
#LaikipiaWilderness
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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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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.
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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#LaikipiaWilderness
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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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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
#paradiseflycatcher #best_bird_shots #king_birds #birds_adored #allmightybirds #LaikipiaWilderness
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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.
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.
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
#Elephant #Elephants #Family #endangeredspecies #worthmorealive #rememberingelephants
#ElephantBedroom
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A beautiful, crisp April day with fantastic morning light at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in Seneca Falls, NY
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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#LaikipiaWilderness
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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.
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!
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 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
#birdphotography #vulturineguineafowl #birdsofinstagram #Acrylliumvulturinum #Guineafowl
#rememberigGuineaFowl
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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!