The nation demands firewood… and I’m there to produce it. Well, this isn’t me – I’m busy taking photos, but a bit of rain isn’t going to stop our production line.
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Misty morning on the River Test
Taken towards the end of last year on my pocket camera at Mottisfont, Hampshire.
Misty morning at Hursley
A layer of low mist across the cricket pitch at my place of work.. Yes… I work in I.T. and we have a cricket pitch… and a bar!
Not my finest angle….
I haven’t taken a self portrait for a while. Although this was just experimenting with my Canon S100 (which is generally very good in low light), and while not the prettiest of pictures, I like the effect.
Photoshopping a Colleague
This was the result of playing around in Photoshop. I had taken the photo of my colleague using a Canon S100, but it didn’t come out particularly well (very grainy), so while attempting to make it even more grainy, I ended up doing this instead… Not everyone’s cup of tea!
Sheep
There are many varied tasks as a countryside volunteer. One of them includes shepherding sheep! We didn’t do too badly, with only one of the sheep remaining outside the box. We were rounding them up for some treatment to the lambs.
Pig Love
We recently visited “The Edible Garden Show” at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire. There was many things to see, and advice to be had, but my favourite part was the small holding section with pigs, goats, hens and ducks. As we were there in the afternoon, it seemed to be when most of the pigs were having a siesta. These were my favourites.
Poshing it up a bit.
I’ve generally avoided borders round pictures, but have been experimenting with the print facility in Lightroom, and I’m starting to see that they can really enhance a picture. Only trouble is, that I will now want to put a border around everything! This photo was taken in The New Forest on my Canon S100.
Bluestar 6
A group of us recently embarked on the “Bluestar 6”. A pub crawl from The Forge in Otterbourne, to The Monksbrook in Chandlers Ford. The name comes from the fact the pubs are on the Bluestar bus route (although not the number 6, and The Monksbrook is about 2 minutes of the route) and there are 6 pubs. Simple really. Here are some of my drinking colleagues going through the underpass…
… and The Otter pub
Canon S100
I’ve been on the lookout of a compact camera for a while. I love the SLR but sometimes it’s just a pain to carry around. I’ve got addicted to using RAW though, so I needed a camera that would support that format. I finally decided on a Canon S100. It’s being replace with the Canon S110, so prices have dropped (a bit!). I’ve only had the camera a couple of days so here are a few trial photos.
My favourite of these is the Eastleigh College bag. Not because it’s an interesting picture, but because it was taken in a lit room, ISO1600 and no flash, and with a bit of help of the Noise Reduction in Lightroom it’s cleaned up beautifully.
I have high hopes for the camera.
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