Saturday 26th November 2011

It questionable whether this is my best photo of the day, I have some nice ones of large lamps against a black background, but it's not every day I go to the rugby so I thought I'd post a rugby photo and this was my best one of those (shame about the official photographer in shot though). This is the New Zealand Ferns (left) and the England (right) ladies teams. England won 10-0 but New Zealand won this line-out.

184mm, 1/80s, f/6.3, ISO 800

Saturday 19th November 2011

This photo was taken on the second pitch of Diccan Pot in the Yorkshire Dales. There will be a trip report to follow on my sister blog soon, watch this space!

7.6mm, 1/74s, f/3, ISO 200. (auto)

Sunday 2nd October 2011

An in-motion snap taken on the Cat and Fiddle cycle challenge today. A really enjoyable ride, and a nice day for it too!

6.1mm, 1/640s, f/3.2. (auto)

Thursday 11th August 2011

I took photos of the weevils that I found in the risotto rice this evening, but with my setup without natural light macro photos don't come out too well, and none of them were any good. I'd been for a stroll round a park earlier on in the day though and I actually quite like this snap, it's a new play area that's still being built, and I like the way the trees frame my view of it.

109mm, 1/200s (auto from aperture priority), f/5.6, ISO 400

Sunday 31st July 2011

Ben Nevis! I've made an aim to walk all the Munros (Scottish mountains over 3000ft) before I'm 40. For Ben Nevis, I wanted to tackle it via Tower Ridge which is a scramble-cum-rock-climb up the North Face. This is something I've fancied for quite a while, and even though I don't engage in rock climbing much any more, it still appealed to me as it was a more interesting way for me to take on the hill, as well as being a 'through route' (a route that goes through a hole in the rock, I made a list of such routes and used to enjoy ticking them off). I traveled up with two friends the night before and had an early night. We were packed, fed and ready to leave the hut by 6am, and started walking just before 7. This photo was taken at 7:51, and was our first view of the route, the middle ridge of the three, it certainly looked dramatic from here (although not a great photo). A fuller write-up of our trip will appear on my sister blog this week (link at the top).

18mm, 1/50s (auto from aperture priority), f/7.1, ISO 400

Saturday 23rd July 2011

I was invited down the Roaches this evening so I planned my bike ride to finish nearby, then dragged my weary body to the Upper Tier. It was a pleasure to be able to take photos of this photogenic route - Neb Buttress. The light was amazing, and the photo looks great on my screen, shame the colours look washed out and noisy as soon as I upload it to flickr! The rocks in the centre are the Lower Tier of the Roaches, and in the background on the left is Hen Cloud.

18mm, 1/160s (auto from aperture priority), f/5.6, ISO 400

Sunday 22nd May 2011

A spot of bouldering at Over Owler Tor, above Millstone in the Peak District.

18mm, 1/640s (auto from aperture priority), f/5.6, ISO 200

Wednesday 20th April 2011

A few weeks ago I went along to help some crazy men dig the rubble out of a tunnel in a cave that filled up with sediment last time they tried to dig it out. I went back this week, and took a camera with me since I hadn't managed any other photos during the day. This is the last part of the entrance pitch into Rowter Hole in the Peak District. Many thanks go to my obliging assistants, shining lights and hanging on the rope.

18mm, 20s (auto from aperture priority), f/11, ISO 400

Tuesday 19th April 2011

Climbing at the Roaches.

50mm, 1/250s (auto from aperture priority), f/4.5, ISO 400

Sunday 3rd April 2011

It appears that I missed out a blog day as I got confused about how many days I spent in Scotland on my last trip, so here it is, better late than never!

This is from the walk out from our Munro adventure.

35mm, 1/40s (auto from aperture priority), f/13, ISO 400

Sunday 17th April 2011

Getting air.

18mm, 1/800s (auto from aperture priority), f/4.5, ISO 400

Friday 1st April 2011

There are so many 'moods' associated with this photo it's hard to find the words to portray them, so I'll give a little description of the situation and hope that the photo speaks for itself. We'd driven up to the Northwest Highlands from Glasgow in the morning and spent 6 hours walking into in to a remote bothy. The weather wasn't as bad as forecast but the wind was pretty strong and we got blown off our feet a couple of times walking up the second valley. There were heavy packs, river crossings, either wet or tricky, and then a lot of bog hopping and wet feet. The bothy finally came into sight although it was another half hour to reach it. Once safely ensconced inside, sodden boots and socks removed and beds laid out, we cooked up our dinner as night fell and perused the stories of previous fellow trekkers in the visitors book. The light of the head torch highlighted the comforting steam emanating from the lamb hotpot inside the foil package, and Jen happily chewed away restoring some of her expended energy.

18mm, 1.6s (auto from aperture priority), f/3.5, ISO 800

Sunday 27th March 2011

An unknown climber on Shepherds Crag in Borrowdale, Lake District.

129mm, 1/200s (auto from aperture priority), f/5.6, ISO 800

Saturday 19th March 2011

Taken on my Kodak compact again although my DSLR will come down caves with me soon.

36mm, 1/8s, f/2.7, ISO 200. (auto)

Monday 14th March 2011

Young black headed gull still in winter plumage at Bathpool park dam.

250mm, 1/800s (auto from aperture priority), f/6.3, ISO 400

Sunday 13th March 2011

I used to do a lot of rock climbing, but a couple of years ago my interest waned and I no longer enjoyed it. Now my trips out are very occasional but due to the novelty value and the company of good friends I no longer see as often, I do really enjoy them again. Especially when the sun shines like this! I like this photo as it captured everything that was good about the day and hopefully will give the same impression to other people looking it at that don't have a personal attachment to it.

180mm, 1/250s, f/8, ISO 200

Tuesday 1st March 2011

Into the third month and my enthusiasm for my 365 project hasn't waned, there's so much scope it's actually great to have this challenge to allow me to explore it all.

I hope you enjoy this Canada goose, having a stretch inbetween grazing.

141mm, 1/320s (automatic from aperture priority), f/5.6, ISO 400

Monday 10th January 2011

I tried a little experimenting with a slow shutter speed and car headlights, but it requires more time to find a good location and a day where it isn't raining and I can get more than 2 snaps before the lens is covered in raindrops. So instead I'm treating you to a photo of my gorgeous babies Coriander and Peppper. For those of you not versed in chicken speak, the mood here is one of 'let me out of the coop you mean mummy, if you're going to abandon us for 3 days we want some attention when you get back!'

18mm, 1/50s (auto from aperture priority), f/3.5, ISO 100

Sunday 2nd January 2011

Day two - working off the winter excess with a trot along Stanage.

46mm, 1/60s (auto from aperture priority), f/8.0, ISO 500 (auto)