Friday 9th December 2011

Another aquatic shot, the waving fronds of a coral.

2s, f/10 (approx), ISO 800

Tuesday 6th December 2011

This photo was quite a challenge due to the fluorescent lighting and the refraction of the water. After a little tinkering with the settings and some post-processing of the colours, I got it looking fairly realistic.

54mm, 1/100s, f/5, ISO 800

Sunday 27th November 2011

Water splashes in a fountain.

130mm, 1/400s, f/5.6, ISO 400

Sunday 20th November 2011

Today was a relaxed but unexpectedly awesome day. We first went to Scaleber Force and went wild swimming behind the waterfall and into the pool. Then drove to Malham and walked to Janet's Foss and on up to Goredale. Here the mist fell and we just got to the road before the sun set, and managed to get back to the car in the misty twilight, neither of us having brought a torch. This is a photo of the beautiful Janet's Foss, the plunge section of the waterfall apparently being a screen of deposited rock on a layer of moss. I'm really pleased with this photo, in fact all the ones I took of Janet's Foss - it's hard to choose between them.

27mm, 0.8s, f/10, ISO 200

Sunday 13th November 2011

The day dawned misty and the rock was damp which frustrated my climbing friends, but it was a bonus for me as it meant I got a stroll down Padley Gorge with a couple of mates, snapping away at the autumn colours and rushing cascades. I find HDR works really well with water, as does a polariser, so I stuck the tripod in the water and got this, showing the water flow and some of the lovely bright green vegetation.

21mm, 2.5s, f/20, ISO 200

Wednesday 26th October 2011

Water in motion.

18mm, 1/200s, f/3.5, ISO 400

Tuesday 18th October 2011

Knypersley reservoir skies near sundown.

18mm, 6s, f/8, ISO 200

Saturday 15th October 2011

I had a lovely ride on the motorbike today to get a bit of work done at Chester, and on the way I passed a sign for the staircase locks at Bunbury. On the way back I stopped off to have a look. It was a really lovely autumn day and the colours on the trees and in the reflections on the water were just beautiful.

59mm, 1/80s, f/8, ISO 400

Sunday 9th October 2011

Black Swan at Thames Valley Park, Reading.

84mm, 1/400s, f/7.1, ISO 400

Monday 5th September 2011

I wasn't sure what to take today, so I stopped by the lake on the way home. This was a quite ordinary view, just as it was about to rain, but it looks passable in black and white.

10mm, 1/20s, f/7.1, ISO 250

Saturday 27th August 2011

I was completely spoiled for choice for photos today, it was a lovely day out in the hills with better weather than expected and I had my compact camera round my neck so I could snap away without it delaying our hike. This is the lochan below Sgurr an Iubhair with the attractive Stob Ban on the right-hand side.

4.6mm, 1/500s, f/2.8. (auto)

Monday 8th August 2011

Bubble-icious.

0.4s, f/11 (approx), ISO 400

Sunday 7th August 2011

I wish I'd made more of this. I was on a walk and we were going at a fairly swift pace so I didn't really have time to stop and take photos, plus I was wearing running trainers on mud and polished rock which wasn't the best choice so I was constantly playing catch up anyway. I was taking the odd snap but I didn't think they were coming out well - it was a little dark in the valley and the shutter speed was too slow for a hand-held camera, but more importantly I didn't find a composition I liked so didn't stop to fix the technical issues. However, when I looked at the on the computer I quite liked a few, and with a bit more time and effort I could have made something nice out of them. I'll have to make do with this one! I like the dominance of the gunnera plant, and the matching colour of the lichen on the side of the stepping stones.

18mm, 1/15s (auto from aperture priority), f/7.1, ISO 200

Tuesday 2nd August 2011

Waterlilies at the dragonfly pond.

168mm, 1/500s (auto from aperture priority, f/5.6, ISO 800

Saturday 30th July 2011

Today saw me and two friends at a Climbers' hut in Roy Bridge, Scotland, having a little stroll along the river before a very early night to prepare for taking on Ben Nevis (see tomorrow). The river was fairly in-obvious from the road, but had some lovely sculptured boulders and flat skimming stones, then opened out into a broad, stony bottomed, still river, with a fly fisherman catching his dinner off to one side and his wife reading a book on the stones.

22mm, 1/100s (auto from aperture priority), f/5, ISO 400

Friday 29th July 2011

Pond skaters are more colourful than I thought!

250mm, 1/200s, f/6.3, ISO 800

Wednesday 13th July 2011

This one's for Steve! Just to prove that it's not all about the bugs now, there's still experimental fun to be had.

50mm, 1/250s (auto from aperture priority), f/7.1, ISO 800

Wednesday 22nd June 2011

The 'Fairy Pools', a very picturesque series of cascades where the water runs down from the Cuillin Ridge to Glen Brittle.

18mm, 0.6s, f/16, ISO 100

Monday 20th June 2011

At the Kilt Rock viewpoint on Skye, looking South. The high ISO was a mistake, I forgot to change it back after snapping a quick picture of a twite.

35mm, 1/60s (auto from aperture priority), f/11, ISO 1600

Sunday 19th June 2011

Cascades on the descent from Ben More and Stob Binnein near Crianlarich. This was hand held but it just about worked. I like that the people are in it for perspective, but it isn't a particularly great shot, just one of the few I snapped on an enjoyable day out in the hills.

18mm, 1/10s (auto from aperture priority), f/20, ISO 400