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Towards the end of Winter in northern Europe all that remains from the landscape is organized structure.
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A single snowdrop standing quietly in mid-February light — captured through patience, precision, and respect for winter’s subtle beauty. - A close-up study taken in mid-February after extensive technical experimentation. Working with a single frame or a few shots required precise focusing, careful light control, and patience in cold conditions; this reflects the quiet resilience of the season's first flowers.
Winter study – Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)
Delicate in structure and long associated with snow, the snowdrop is often chosen as a subject for artistic study. Though fragile in appearance, it carries a quiet resilience. When photographing them, I always feel a sense of urgency — to capture their grace before they bow to the earth.
In close-up work, there is a particular excitement in catching the natural droplets formed after a freezing night, shimmering under the first light of morning. For those who love photography, this moment feels like a quiet reward.
For nearly three weeks, Leicestershire lay beneath grey skies and persistent rain. Checking the 14-day forecast on BBC did little to lift my spirits. The delicate white petals, especially when shaken by strong winds, begin to show signs of wear after about two weeks.
Yesterday morning, I checked the conditions once more. The car windows were frozen. With my Nikon Z 8 fitted with a 105mm lens, tripod and reflector packed, I headed toward Abbey Park. The temperature display showed below zero.
We all know the effect of soft early sunlight on snowdrop photography. For nearly two and a half hours, kneeling on the cold ground, I focused solely on the Z8 monitor.
Last night I chose rest.
This morning, clarity.
Among nine frames, a few stood apart — not because they were louder, but because they felt different.
A subtle shift in framing, a gentler control of focus, and a deeper awareness of light.
Growth, I believe, hides in these quiet refinements.
Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) is one of the earliest flowering plants across United Kingdom, often emerging from January to early March despite frost and low light. It is widely associated with resilience and the quiet transition from winter to early spring. Snowdrops thrive in woodland edges, gardens, and damp meadows, frequently appearing before most insects become active. Because of their delicate white petals and drooping bell shape, they are a favourite subject for close-up and macro photographers during the late winter season.
I've captured some unforgettable moments with my camera, and I hope you feel the same joy viewing these images as I did while creating them.
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Tech Notes
Camera: Nikon Z 8 with Really Right Stuff Base Plate
Lens: Nikon AF-S Micro Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR
Support: Gitzo GIGT0545T Traveler Series Carbon Fiber Tripod
Tripod Setup: Really Right Stuff BH-25 Ball Head with Compact Lever-Release Clamp
Stabilization: VR enabled when applicable
Aperture: Mostly f/5.6 – f/8
Format: Converted from RAW to JPEG
Your comments and constructive criticism are always welcome.
Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to explore. 😊
A game bosses worst nightmare.
Arlington, VA. Feb. 28, 2019.
Leica M10-P, 50/1.5 zeiss sonnar.
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An arrangement of planes and vertical axes defines a measured architectural field, where repetition and shadow articulate space and reduce the human figure to scale alone.
Day before yesterday it had moved to here & had been joined by this rather raffish scarf. Latest: as of yesterday the hat has vanished leaving the scarf hanging there like a Cheshire-cat smile.
Quando entro in una casa abbandonata, mi sorprende sempre la tenacia della vita.
Qui, dove tutto sembra fermo e disfatto, un raggio di luce attraversa un foro nel soffitto e raggiunge il pavimento.
Da quel punto, un fico ha deciso di nascere.
La pianta più ostinata e invadente che conosca — eppure capace di donare uno dei frutti più dolci che esistano.
Persistence pays off! I'm MUCH happier with this pic!
It just drove me crazy, knowing I'd taken that crappy chance shot of this gal in her nest the other day, without even realizing what I had.
I just HAD to go back to the park and try and find her again, even though the odds of locating her were pretty low.
I went back to the general area I had been in and searched for almost an hour.
Nada!
As I was standing on the path talking to another park visitor, I saw the little hummer go buzzing by. She kept flying around the same small area, so I just sat and watched until I saw her disappear into a clump of leaves. When I checked out that spot a little closer......Viola!
I am SO excited to have found this hidden gem.
Now that I know where it's located, I'll be checking back often to see how she's making out. My next goal is to get a picture of her feeding babies in the nest! Can't wait!!
PHOTOGRAPHERS THOUGHTS …
Sometimes persistence pays off - and many times is doesn’t …
We were on a cruise in Walvis Bay, Namibia, when we were visited on-board by several pelicans. I decided to get some close-up images of their features, but trying to catch a front-on shot was not to be as easy as I thought. I think this character was out to make my life very frustrating. After about 40 shots, I finally captured one with the symmetry I was after …
LIGHT SOURCE
10.30am light hazy overcast conditions, which diffused the light nicely (no harsh contrast)
COMPOSITION ELEMENTS
Close-up, B&W (so as not to be distracted by colour), Symmetry, Lines, Neutral space, Eye contact, Patience, Wide Pano, Tonal graduation, Texture, Impact, Contours, Perspective, Luck …
LOCATION
Walvis Bay (near Swakopmund), Namibia, Africa
PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
Taken on Photographic Society African Trip Away on 15th July, 2019
SETTINGS
1/400, f5.6, 400 ISO, Manual Exposure based on blinking highlights in viewfinder, exposure meter & histogram, EV 0, AF, RAW, Fuji X-T2, Fuji 100-400mm (400mm on cropped sensor), Lightroom enhanced.
These ‘Photographers Thoughts’ are posted to aid photographers to recognise compositional elements, as well as the camera settings used, so you might learn from what worked, or through my mistakes … enjoy Greg
Patience and persistence finally paid off at Horseshoe Bend! ️ I saw a storm tracking toward the canyon and took a gamble, hoping for lightning to strike in just the right spot. Most of the bolts taunted me—just outside the frame—but I held out. Eventually, a double bolt dropped right over the bend. Not the biggest strike of the afternoon, but when it lands where you want it, it’s a win.
Chasing storms takes planning, luck, and a bit of obsession. If you're into that sort of thing... we’ve got a few opportunities open next year!
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POLAROID 195
On my way to photograph my favorite abandoned rest house @ Rookwood Necropolis. This tree caught my eye, I have walked passed it before but I went a different way this time, maybe the cold late afternoon added to the overall capture in my head. I persisted with the whole pack, hoping for a full frame. I still love the unexpected results of expired film.
Hand held 1/15 sec-low light
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as soon as i shot this, it became one the favorite images that i have taken. everything just seems to work when i took this- the setting, the old man, the walking stick, the head down....
"A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence."-- Jim Watkins. I thought of this quote while standing across from this waterfall, which was a little difficult for me to get to because of how much water was flowing in the Hassayampa River in the Prescott National Forest compared to the last time I was here last year.
Persistence has paid off this time as DB Cargo 66077 ‘Benjamin Gimbert GC' heads through Crowle in the sun with the 6V35 Bescot - Avonmouth Hansons Siding loaded cement.
La partie centrale du château de Chambord est le donjon.
Ce bâtiment carré cantonné de quatre tours d’angle occupe le centre du complexe actuel. Il constitue à lui seul le nouveau palais de François Ier au commencement des travaux. Ce n’est qu’à partir de 1526 environ (marquant le retour du roi de France de deux ans de captivité à Madrid à la suite de la défaite militaire de Pavie) que l’édifice s’enrichit de deux bâtiments latéraux et d’une enceinte fermant la cour.
La composition interne du donjon est d’une ordonnance inédite en France et constitue un trait d’italianisme indéniable. Il s’agit d’un plan centré en croix grecque : les quatre faces du bâtiment s’ouvrent sur de grandes salles de 9 m de large et 18 m de long formant une croix grecque. Au centre se déploie le monumental escalier à doubles-révolutions. Enfin, la salle en croix détermine dans les angles des cantons d’habitations constitués de logis standardisés.
L’ornementation des parties hautes du donjon et du château, hérissées de cheminées et de tourelles d’escalier, évoquent le style des châteaux forts.
Pourtant, à l’époque de la construction du château de Chambord, ces formes traditionnelles de l’architecture médiévale sont depuis longtemps caduques. En effet, dès le milieu du XVe siècle, les progrès réalisés dans le domaine de l’artillerie avaient rapidement rendu les châteaux forts obsolètes. La persistance d’éléments architecturaux médiévaux du château de Chambord n’est pourtant pas à considérer comme le résultat d’une lente évolution des habitudes des constructeurs. Au contraire, le donjon du château de Chambord, ses tours d’angle, son enceinte et ses douves en eau évoquent une puissance militaire toute allégorique, à défaut d’être réelle. Plus de trente ans après la fin de la construction des derniers châteaux forts, ces éléments constituent de véritables citations architecturales d’un autre temps. Ils évoquent alors, aux yeux des contemporains de François Ier, le monde périclitant de la chevalerie, dont le jeune souverain, dernier roi-chevalier, garde une profonde nostalgie.
The central part of Chambord Castle is the dungeon.
This square building with four corner towers occupies the center of the current complex. It alone constitutes the new palace of Francis I at the beginning of the work. It was not until around 1526 (marking the return of the King of France from two years of captivity in Madrid following the military defeat of Pavia) that the building was enriched by two side buildings and an enclosure closing the courtyard.
The internal composition of the dungeon is of an unprecedented order in France and is a trait of undeniable Italianism. It is a plan centered on a Greek cross: the four sides of the building open onto large rooms 9 m wide and 18 m long forming a Greek cross. In the center unfolds the monumental staircase double-revolutions. Finally, the hall cross determines in the corners of the townships houses consist of standardized housing.
The ornamentation of the high parts of the keep and the castle, bristling with chimneys and turrets, evoke the style of the castles.
However, at the time of the construction of Chambord Castle, these traditional forms of medieval architecture have long since been obsolete. Indeed, by the mid-fifteenth century, advances in artillery had quickly made the castles obsolete. The persistence of medieval architectural elements of the Château de Chambord is not to be considered as the result of a slow evolution of the habits of the builders. On the contrary, the dungeon of Chambord Castle, its corner towers, its enclosure and its water moat evoke an allegorical military power, if not real. More than thirty years after the end of the construction of the last castles, these elements are true architectural quotes of another time. In the eyes of Francis I's contemporaries, they evoke the world of chivalry, of which the young sovereign, the last king-knight, keeps a deep nostalgia.
“Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.”
~ Marahel Morgan
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Persistence Of Information
Influences surround me, from the concrete blocks of my childhood through surrealists, fiction and technology and even nature, I absorb them and combine them in my sleep. The end results nestle within this presentation.
An apt name for an around the British Isles adventure by paddles. Having journeyed down from Wick Persistence at anchor just inside the North Pier. No berthing at the pontoons for these hardy sailors.
I was driving home yesterday and was caught in a heavy rain and through out the sun was struggling to shine through the dark clouds. Loved how determined and persistent the sun was :)
This year, 2026 is the centenary of the formation of Zeiss Ikon, a major player in European camera manufacture in the 2nd and 3rd quarters of the 20th century.
To mark this anniversary, I've decided to use a different Zeiss Ikon camera every two weeks throughout the year, a project I'm calling “Twenty-six in Twenty-six”.
Box cameras are firmly at the bottom end of the camera market, but as you might expect from a device bearing the Zeiss name, the Box Tengor raises the bar slightly when it comes to specifications. That said, it's a fairly low bar, and the rise isn't that great!
Cheaper box cameras were often made of cardboard, but this one is constructed from sheet metal covered with black leatherette. Whereas most box cameras had a single element meniscus lens, this one has a Goerz Frontar two element achromat. Furthermore, while the more basic box cameras have a fixed aperture, there are three different setting here, albeit a rather paltry f11, f16 and f22.
There is still only a single shutter speed, plus a “B” setting, with a little lever sliding into place to act both as shutter lock to prevent accidental exposures, and, when the “B” setting is selected, to lock the shutter open, in effect providing a “T” setting.
When I saw that there were three distance settings, I assumed that focussing was by moving the lens backwards and forwards, but in fact it turns out that once you move away from infinity, the two other distances are achieved by swinging supplementary lenses into place. By this method, the closest focussing distance is 3 feet, which is a lot closer than your bog standard box camera of the era. Note the imperial units for the focus, indicating that this particular example was made for export.
The camera is designed to be used at waist level, and there are two viewfinders, one for portrait and one for landscape orientation. These viewfinders are not the easiest to use, and in reality allow little more than rough framing to be achieved. Like the majority of box cameras, it uses 120 film and produces 8 negatives per roll. These are 6cm x 9cm, perfectly adequate for contact prints which were the default output for family snapshots right up until the 1960s.
Fomapan 100 film with a red filter, developed in Rodinal 1:50 for 8.5mins at 20 degrees.