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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.
Third trip out with My Olympus trying to get my head around the best ways to shoot Fungi. I'm using a 46mm LED ring light on the end of the lens. Whilst this works I may look at other options to use with a diffuser, if there is any moisture on the subject you end up with Halo's on the water reflections.
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!
This photo was part of a series of photos I took in the London Underground last week. It's not an area I know well at all so I got a day ticket and purely jumped on and off when I had seen something I wanted to photograph. This station has not long opened and was taken on route to Battersea, the next stop on this line.
Photo was taken with the 10 year old Olympus E-M10 II, and a DJI 15mm F1.7 lens which is almost identical to the Panasonic Leica 15mm.
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.
Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer. Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com.
Organization: Marebeth Gromer
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.
Catesby Tunnel, located in Northamptonshire, England, was a Railway tunnel that opened in May 1897. The railway line was part of the Great Central’s ‘London Extension’ with the first train running through in July 1898. The railway tunnel was in service for 68 years until its operational retirement in September 1966. Whilst sitting empty for over 5 decades, it has now reopened as a private test facility.
More information can be found on the following link.
Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer. Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com
Organization: Capitol City Shooters
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
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 EM-1ii, 300mm F5.6, 1/1250 ISO 800
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Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer. Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com
Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer. Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com
A good example of patience, last night I headed up to Trebarwith Beach with Shaun as it looked like we were in for another cracking sunset. Despite the forecast for high clouds, as the evening progressed the sun dipped behind some low clouds on the horizon which snuffed out the sunset and eventually we decided to head back up to the car… as we arrived there we turned around and noticed there was a small sliver of redness peeking through the clouds, which was starting to grow so we quickly ran back down to the beach as the clouds lit up beautifully! Perhaps not as stunning as the sunsets have been over the past two nights, but still worthwhile getting out for.
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!
Recently I have converted from being a Canon user to Olympus Micro 4/3rd's. I have not had the opportunity to practice using this camera in Scenic locations so ahead of a trip to Wales shortly I've been out and had a play with the new gear. I am using the Olympus E-M1 II and DJI 15mm F1.7 in this photo. I've been super impressed with this lens. Being super compact and light does not appear to have effected the optical quality at all compared to my old larger Full Frame lenses.
If you are ever driving to Homer, Alaska be sure to get off the Sterling Highway (route 1) and find the scenic Skilak Lake Road (west of Cooper Landing). It will make the trip a little longer but the vistas more than make up for it.
somewhere along Skilak Lake Road
Cooper Landing, AK
Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer. Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com
Well, isn’t it just typical… I go on holiday for a week and all I see while I’m away is all the wonderful sunsets we’ve been having at home, so good they made the national newspapers! While I can’t complain about being away on holiday, we did only manage one decent sunrise.
For this holiday we didn’t even hire a car, so I couldn’t explore too far and had to make do with the beaches in town. There wasn’t a lot an awful lot of foreground interest around but I did find this log on the beach which added some much needed detail into the scene.
Another shot from the beautiful sunset at Trebarwith Strand last week, actually getting wet feet this time and leaving the wellies in the car!
Well this was an error on judgement on my part. I've been playing around with the TTArtisan 25mm F2 on my Olympus E-M10 II for the last few days. The weather has been less than desirable of late so I've just been playing around locally. Whilst attempting to manual focus on the first light, I've actually focused perfectly on the rain just in front. This lens gives some really interesting flare which I really like. For a grand total of less than £34 GBP this has to be my bargain of the year. Looking forward to brighter days to test it out with some Landscape photography.
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!
Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer. Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com
I've not had much opportunity to get out recently so here's another image from Roche Rock taken a few weeks ago. This is a fantastic location but unfortunatly one with few compositional choices due to the close proximity of the town and football club.
This year was my second visit to the Northumberland. This wonderful Seascape can be seen on the walk from Craster Village up to Dunstanburgh Castle.
Taken on my Olympus E-M10 II and Olympus 12-45 F4 Pro.
A moody shot tonight from near Gunwalloe, as the sunset had failed to materialise I concentrated on the waves as they were crashing in on the shore. I was trying to use the larger boulders as a static element to anchor the view amongst the wash.
Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer. Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com