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Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer. Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com
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.
I've taken photos from a few angles at Stwlan Dam over the years. On this visit you can no longer officially walk across the top of the Dam. Whilst I went up for Sunset the cloud came down really low after this shot so this was my last shot of the day with any real Sun light.
I made a quick dash to the beach last night for sunset, but as it wasn’t looking terribly promising I decided to take a look at the beach next to Sharrow Point. This used to be one of my favourite spots for an easy evening jaunt but unfortunately it’s been closed for a few years due to unstable cliffs… as it’s been so long since my last visit I thought I’d have a look and see if anything had changed and it’s finally open again! The tide was a little high so I couldn’t venture too far but I’m glad this little beach is finally back on the menu!
One from the fantastic sunset we had at Trebarwith a few weeks ago, one that we nearly missed because the afterglow was so long after the sun had disappeared!
We've been down to The Lizard for the weekend and I started Friday evening by taking a trip to Kynanace Cove.
When I arrived I was a little taken aback, I’ve never seen to many photographers there! Around 10 or so people all parked in my favourite spot and jostling for position, I’m guessing they were on a guided tour as there was a small mini-bus in the car park. Instead of joining the crowd I headed closer to the main rocks to get a simple shot of the iconic location, also trying some other alternatives by zooming in on specific parts.
Unfortunately there wasn’t much cloud action but the colours in the sky was pleasant by itself.
Something a little different from Kynance. I usually default to wide-angle but I’ve been trying to force myself to use a telephoto more and pick out interesting shapes in the landscape. Here I concentrated on one of the main stacks, keeping the smaller stacks as anchors to the shot, and I’ve deliberately gone for a muted colour palette to make the sea disappear in the distance.
My first trip to Porth Nanven, somewhere I’ve been wanting to get to for a long time! I knew the conditions were not going to be ideal as the tide was coming it and high-tide was due not long after sunset but it’s not too often I get this deep into Cornwall so I decided to make the trip.
When I arrived I was surprised by the amount of seaweed on the beach, this made it really tricky to get down to the shore as you couldn’t tell where the rocks were… each footstep sent your foot sliding left or right as the seaweed slipped over the boulders. After a few minutes of clambering I made it over to the rocks with enough time to get a few shots of the famous rocks, which have earned it the nick-name “Dinosaur Egg Beach”.
All too soon I was forced to retreat and bumped into Andrew Hocking, another local photographer who told me about the next beach over which is also worth a look, even if it is tricky to get to… it turns out I was already following him on Flickr and he was following me, I would recommend looking out for his work!
A more subdued shot for today, the Church of St Winwaloe which is found near Gunwalloe. I saw an image of this church a while ago and promptly forgot about it, only to remember when scouring Google maps for inspiration over the weekend. It was a dull evening, but I actually think this was kind of fitting for the subject matter. I really wanted to make sure you could see the beach next to the church, but the trees that surround the grounds make it hard to get them both in from a lower level so I climbed the back to get a view from higher up. It’s amazing to think that the building has survived in such an exposed location for so many centuries.
Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer. Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com
This shot was taken on my last trip to Wales, sadly a month ago now. It's my home from away from home and I love it in the quite seasons especially. Wondering down Garth Pier in Bangor I think there must have been a total of 10-15 present. More than half of which were staff. It gave me the opportunity to get some shots around the Pier in a Liminal state.
A flying visit through Gravesend but a quick stop to check out this Lighthouse. Not the lighting I was hoping for but I will have to revisit this location another time.
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.
I've never come across a Transluscent Mushroom before and I nearly stepped on it whilst exploring through the Woodland. This was the only one I found but was still in great shape to Photograph
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.
Sometimes you look out and just know it’s going to be a good sunset; Saturday was one such occasion with large brooding clouds overhead and some clear sky on the horizon to let the sunshine through. Being near a location like Kynance Cove was just the icing on the cake!
Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer. Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com
Organization: Capitol City Shooters
Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer. Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com
ich möchte ja immer wissen, was ich da fotografiere.
Bei 5000 Bläuliingsarten war es total einfach, dieses wunderschöne Exemplar des Kurzschwänzigen Bläulings klar zu identifizieren.
Er wird auch Kleebläuling genannt.
Wissenschaftlicher Name: Cupido argiades
Quick photography opportunity at the end of the Bank Holiday weekend, led me local to home along one of the Bridges over looking the M40 at Blue Hour. I took a few shots during the evening but this was one of my favourites.
As part of a recent evening at the Liskeard Camera Club we’d had a tribute evening to Peter Levers, a long standing member and very talented photographer who sadly passed away recently. One of his stand-out images for me was a shot from Colliford Lake with some of the trees poking through the water and I thought I’d try and find the location. I’d discussed the image with Jon who gave me some pointers and tonight I ventured out.
Instead of the beautiful light that I’d experienced on the way there, of course it decided to start tipping it down after I’d walked half-way around the lake… so there I was, standing in the pouring rain, surrounded by sheep, while taking pictures of some sticks in water… the joys of being a landscape photographer!
It was at this point that I realised that I’d also lost my lens cap (partly due to not following the lens-cap rule… always putting your lens cap in the same place when not in use) and knowing how ridiculously expensive they are for what is just a piece of plastic I also spent 10 minutes retracing my steps in the rain and eventually found it in the mud!
These are not the trees from Peter’s image, I will investigate further as they may depend on the water level, but I’m still happy with the final image.
Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer. Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com.
Organization: Marebeth Gromer
Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer. Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com
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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This lone tree at the top of a hill made for a nice simple photo with few distractions. The Barley will soon be cropped so I will revisit this location to see what changes happen during the next couple of Seasons.
Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer. Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com
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.
The geometric room at Wake the Tiger is fantastic. A combination of changing colours, and different patterns being seen from different angles give so many different perspectives for photography. This image came out as a favourite, between the room changing from White to Blue.
The initial plan for Sunday was to meet up with Shaun from Timeslip Photography for sunrise in Plymouth, but opening the curtains to the most dreary, grey and uninspiring sky it was decided that it was no point heading out so it was straight back to bed instead… Sunday evening was looking a bit more promising so I made a dash to Sharrow Point for sunset, this beach has been closed for a few years due to unstable cliffs but it is open again now, last time I returned the tide was very high so I didn’t have much room to manoeuvre but more of the beach was accessible on Sunday… the sea was definitely in a playful mood too as my wellies were breached twice while waiting for the waves!
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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Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer. Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com