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Sometimes when you’re editing a shot, you can see the potential but somehow it doesn’t quite deliver the goods… this was one of those shots where the colours didn’t seem to work in their natural state so I opted for some slightly fanciful colours instead.
A long exposure from Polhawn beach, I loved the arched set of rocks as they reached for the setting sun.
Another photo from a recent trip to Dungeness. Arriving during heavy rain I wasn't sure what I was going to be able to get a photo of, but thankfully the weather did clear and gave me some very stormy clouds whilst it was clearing.
A shot of the Tamar Bridge today, this time using ICM (Intentional Camera Movement) to blur the image and give it an abstract feel. I tried blurring the shot several different ways but felt that this vertical movement provided a good mix of blur while still having an identifiable object in the form of the road bridge tower. I know these shots can be a bit of a love/hate image, let me know what you think!
More downtime at Laikipia Wilderness River camp. This time it was a coffee break down by the river when I spotted a few dragonflies and butterflies on a nice green bush. This one decided to perch itself on the uppermost tip of a shooting branch.
Not 100% sure what it is, google searches have it as a Red Groundling (Brachythemis lacustris).
Olympus EM-1ii, 300mm F8.0, 1/400 ISO 200
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Taken whilst walking round a Fishing Lake in North Wales. The sky had just changed from being Grey all day to a Perfect Blue Sky. The water and reflection were perfectly still.
One of my favourite smaller waterfalls just North of Dolgellau in North Wales. This shot was a composition of 4 JPEGs stacked using the Olympus E-M1 II's inbuilt High Resolution mode which outputs at 50MP.
Taken on my first explore around the redeveloped Battersea Power Station. The whole area around the Power station has been converted to Shops, Accommodation and Offices. I heard this plane coming across in the distance and I liked the simplicity in this shot.
Taken near the Cafe at the National Trust, Longshaw Estate in the Peak District. The Sun was getting low in the day at this point, but the colours were fantastic.
A panorama from Rame Head on Sunday night, looking at Skippy Sky I was hoping for a bit more high cloud to give a bit more colour in the sky but unfortunately the sunset was thwarted by low clouds on the horizon again!
I took a visit recently to Battersea Power Station and it was looking very different to what I expected. In my head it was an empty, derelict site. In the last 10-15 years it has had major redevelopments and now has a Multitude of Shops, Living and Office spaces. This photo is of the office spaces at 50 Electric Boulevard, photographed Battersea Park Road.
A re-issue from me today, purely because I’ve been playing with the trial of Dx0 PhotoLab and trying to decide if the lure of their “Prime” noise reduction function is enough to warrant the outlay. While this software is really designed for high-iso images, I’ve been testing it on standard images as well to see if it will eke out any more detail from existing RAW files.
On a recent photography day out I decided to explore the London Underground. With no plan as to where I would go I had no idea what option I was going to have to shoot. This image was taken just as the last people from the Train had exited up the Escalators. It was an odd silence shortly before all the next passengers arrived.
Taken with my Olympus E-M10II and DJI 15mm F1.7
A common visitor to the breakfast table after a morning’s game drive. Always looking for a stray crumb or an opportunity to dip its beak in the butter. This one posed for me on the handle of my camera bag. I think I should have paid for its services as I discovered a nice streak of bird poop down the bag when I left for my tent.
Samburu, March 2024
Olympus OM-1, 40-150 F2.8 @ 70mm F5.6, 1/3200 ISO 2000
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Last night we took another photowalk with the club this time to Foggintor Quarry on Dartmoor, somewhere I’ve seen lots of great photos of but never visited myself.
As the sunsets are now drawing in we didn’t get too much time there, I think this was mostly a recce mission to find out what was there, but we still had some nice light before the clouds that seem to be permanently over west Cornwall snuffed out the sunset again!
Dungeness was a location I came across a few years back whilst cycling around the Kent coastline. It's an odd little Hamlet as it is located next to a Nuclear Power Station and is all on Shingle. On arrival the weather was horrendous and I took this photo shortly after the rain finally stopped
A nice male Grévy's zebra on a foothill enjoying some grass.
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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Another shot from Sunday evening at Sharrow Point, this time I’d moved away from the beach and down towards the rocks on the headland. A 10-stop filter was used to get a long exposure to smooth out the water, though I think a longer exposure might have been better.
A last minute explore before the Sun dropped below the Horizon. Nearly all light had gone but I took this final shot of a lone tree amongst the boggy Marsh.
I'm unsure if the history of this boat but it looks long past it's best. Surprisingly, it still has an old engine, but it's also looks a tad past it's optimum.
We had a lovely sighting 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 the male is pecking at something on the ground.
Olympus OM-1, 40-150 F2.8 @ 135mm F5.6, 1/640 ISO 500
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It seems I’ve hardly been out recently so I made the effort to get up for sunrise on Thursday and made a stop at Haytor on my way into the office… sunrise is starting to get a little early for my liking!
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.
My second shot from Tuesday, near to The Cheesewring… still searching for new compositions in the area!
Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer. Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com
We have had an odd Autumn this year in England. Initially it looked like it was coming super early as the trees were already changing in August. Now, another 6 weeks on it almost seems to have reversed. Wyming Brook near Sheffield had an awful lot of Green in the trees still with just a few fallen leaves stuck on the rocks down the waterfalls.
After the Milky Way shoot on Friday evening (and one too many drinks!) I managed to drag myself out of bed for a sunrise shoot... despite the weather forecast the wind had still not died down and there were some really big waves still pounding the coast... it's scary to think that these are the sort of conditions that the Lifeboat Crew would have to go out in!
After 5 weeks of feeling rubbish I finally made a trip out on Sunday morning. The weather wasn’t looking overly promising so I popped to my local beach and thankfully the sunrise was better than expected. By 9am the clouds had firmly taken hold, but it was a beautiful way to start the day!
First visit to this lovely fishing lake. The day was either Grey or Crystal clear skies. Something in between would have been nice for this shot. This image was two images stitched in portrait as my lens was not quite wide enough to get the scene I wanted.
My sunset-sense was tingling last night after work so I made a dash to Polhawn beach, this is at the far end of Whitsand Bay so the sun still sets over the sea instead of behind the cliff at this time of year… I’m glad I did as it really was a treat with some beautiful pinky tones in the sky after the sun had dipped below the horizon.
Another shot from Thursday morning at Haytor, after sunrise the clouds rolled in and started casting shadows around the landscape… I was watching the nearby Tor which I’m not sure of the name of (possibly Black Hill if someone knows, please correct me!) and waited until it was lit up, highlighting it against the dark hills and clouds beyond. I also chose a different processing style to normal to emphasise the mood of the moor.
Nervous little animals but wouldn’t you be if you were the preferred food of melanistic leopards and wild dogs.
Olympus EM-1ii, 300mm F4, 1/640 ISO 250
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I'm back after our holiday in Tuscany, so I'll be taking a little diversion from my usual Westcountry images for a few days. Starting with a little gem I discovered via shothotspot.com on the shores of Lago di Massaciuccoli.