Looking at – and seeing – the world
November 3, 2019 13 Comments
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Early morning supermarket. The sign is electric. And so is the fence. Well, this is south Bristol …
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Technique: TG-5 at 80mm (equiv); 800 ISO; spotmetering; Lightroom, starting at the Camera Vivid profile; south Bristol; 24 Oct 2019.
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November 1, 2019 16 Comments
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Large flocks of Starlings roam the flatlands of the Somerset Levels in autumn.
Other recent bird pictures are here: 1 2 3 4 5 .
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Technique: Z 6 with 70-300 Nikkor lens at 70mm; 1600 ISO; Lightroom, using the Camera Dramatic profile; Court Farm, southeast of East Huntspill, on the Somerset Levels; 25 Oct 2019.
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October 30, 2019 4 Comments
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Other images in this Early Morning series – from both rural and urban settings, and from Kenya too – are here: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 .
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Technique: TG-5 at 100mm (equiv); 800 ISO; Lightroom, starting at the Camera Vivid profile; south Bristol; 19 Oct 2019.
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October 27, 2019 8 Comments
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Autumn begins and, as always, its welcome. For one thing, sunrises are getting later in the day – I’ll be photographing in the dark soon! And there are always the colours and mists of autumn, and the certain – and perhaps reassuring – feel of the year getting older.
Other images in this Early Morning series – from both rural and urban settings, and from Kenya too – are here: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 .
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Technique: TG-5 at 100mm (equiv); 400 ISO; spot metering; Lightroom, starting at the Camera Portrait profile; south Bristol; 17 Oct 2019.
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October 5, 2019 19 Comments
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Dawn mists rise above Lake Nakuru, central Kenya; January 1978. The large, white birds with huge bills in the foreground are White Pelicans. In the lake behind them are the trunks of trees that, flooded by the lake, have been killed by the high concentration of sodium bicarbonate in its waters. Cormorants (the same species as in the UK) perch on these dead trunks, and a nest of sticks is also visible.
This lake is over a mile above sea level and so, particularly after a clear night, the whole place can be pretty chilly by first light – standing around taking pictures, waiting for the sunrise, we were well wrapped up! At altitudes a little above this – and right on the equator – frosts can occur.
Other images in this Early Morning series – from both rural and urban settings, and from Kenya too – are here: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 .
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Technique: Vivitar 400mm telephoto on Olympus SLR, mounted on a tripod; colour slide film.
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August 24, 2019 4 Comments
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Early morning, North Moor.
Other images in this Early Morning series are here: 1 2 3 4 5 .
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Technique: Z 6 with 70-300 Nikkor lens at 200mm; 800 ISO; Lightroom, starting at the Camera Portrait v2 profile; North Moor, southwest of Wookey, on the Somerset Levels; 2 Aug 2019.
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August 17, 2019 7 Comments
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Looking into the distance as a day begins.
Other images in this Early Morning series are here: 1 2 3 .
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Technique: Z 6 with 70-300 Nikkor lens used in DX (= APS-C) format to give 450mm; 800 ISO; Lightroom, starting at the Camera Landscape v2 profile; looking out towards Hay Moor from Swanshard Lane, on the Somerset Levels southwest of Wells; 2 Aug 2019.
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August 11, 2019 6 Comments
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Looking up a hill after a rain shower – looking up along a gutter in fact – towards a van almost silhouetted by the harsh winter light.
The first image in the Outer Suburbs series, with context, is here: 1 . Subsequent images are here: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 53a 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 . Each will open in a separate window.
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Technique: TG-5 at 25mm (equiv); 200 ISO; Lightroom, starting at the Camera Monotone profile; south Bristol; 7 Feb 2019.
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August 10, 2019 2 Comments
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Looking into the distance as a day begins.
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Technique: Z 6 with 70-300 Nikkor lens used in DX (= APS-C) format to give 450mm; 1600 ISO; Lightroom, starting at the Camera Portrait v2 profile; looking out towards Hay Moor from Swanshard Lane, on the Somerset Levels southwest of Wells; 2 Aug 2019.
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July 20, 2019 8 Comments
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The view into the distance, into another world perhaps. I say this because, years ago, when I was braver, more reckless and probably more romantic than I am now, I was lucky enough to spend a lot of time in very wild places, in Arabia and in Kenya, and to some extent high up in the Western Alps too. And I remember being totally drawn and excited by the dim twinkling of far off lights seen through the blues of dawn and dusk – both from the ground and from aircraft. I felt I was looking into another world, seeing something almost magical, with feelings both of excitement and awe.
But of course, in walking, motoring or flying to those twinkling lights, reality reasserted itself, the magical became mundane – and it was only when I looked back behind me, back towards where I had been, that I could see the magic once more … ha! >>> such is life >>> such is the reality of things!
But, even now, all these years later, and when I can infuse enough blood into my alcohol stream, looking deeply into far off blues – the vast calm indigos of John Fowles – still gets to me. A little bit of the magic is still there, and I am most grateful for that.
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Technique: Z 6 with 70-300 Nikkor lens at 300mm; 400 ISO; Lightroom, starting at the Camera Landscape v2 profile; looking east from Queen’s Sedge Moor, on the Somerset Levels; 5 July 2019.
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