Photograph of the "week" #067

"When not scribbling away in a sketch book or dabbling on a Wacom tablet i'm invariably fiddling around with exposure settings on my Nikon D90 trying to capture moments in aesthetically pleasing ways. So here we have "Photograph of the week" a (mostly) weekly feature showcasing my favourite photo of the week."

  

Nemo!

Photograph of the "week" #066

"When not scribbling away in a sketch book or dabbling on a Wacom tablet i'm invariably fiddling around with exposure settings on my Nikon D90 trying to capture moments in aesthetically pleasing ways. So here we have "Photograph of the week" a (mostly) weekly feature showcasing my favourite photo of the week."

ELEPHANT!
This is another photostitch image compiled from several shots. I was in a moving vehicle at the time so I thought I would try snapping a series to try and get more background in and give the elephant some context, some surroundings. Ultimately I'm not sure how good it is as a result, once again, after trying to stitch the shots there were lots of gaps but this image does have a lot less editing than some of my previous stitches.

This image was taken early in the morning at Animal Kingdom at Disney World during a family holiday.

Photograph of the week #055

"When not scribbling away in a sketch book or dabbling on a Wacom tablet i'm invariably fiddling around with exposure settings on my Nikon D90 trying to capture moments in aesthetically pleasing ways.
So here we have "Photograph of the week" a (mostly) weekly feature showcasing my favourite photo of the week."
Despite the pointless Petrol Panics sweeping the nation i'm still doing dawn runs down to the Purbecks whilst the good weather persists.
Just like last week this is a shot of some Lambs taken from the side of the road.

Photograph of the week #054

"When not scribbling away in a sketch book or dabbling on a Wacom tablet i'm invariably fiddling around with exposure settings on my Nikon D90 trying to capture moments in aesthetically pleasing ways.
So here we have "Photograph of the week" a (mostly) weekly feature showcasing my favourite photo of the week."
Due to the nice weather i've been doing some dawn runs into the deepest, darkest Isle of Purbecks. I'll make a seperate post with the results of that in a later post but for now here is a quick shot I took from the side of the road.

Usually I miss spring when it comes to seasonal photo oppurtunities but I'm trying to make sure i'm out and about at all times to take advantage this year.

Mupe Bay: Part 2

So, in response to last weeks slight failure of a trip to Mupe Bay i decided to set out once again to make good on my previous intentions.

I got up, ridiculously early on saturday morning, packed my bags with the appropriate kit, some snacks, a bottle of pepsi max and then set off in the car. This time I brought my old Nikon D50 as well as my D90, as backup, with a kit lens attached so if my D90 is busy doing long exposures I can do other shots. I did accidentaly leave my polarizer filter behind sadly which would have been invaluable for some shots but won't make that mistake again.

The journey there was a little concerning, the sky looked a overcast but it soon cleared up when I got to the coast and I was met by glorious blue skies with minimal incidental cloud presence.
(This is going to be a long article so click the link below the map to see the full thing.)

(This map shows my route)

Shooting night into day

A couple of months ago I was linked to an article about a certain kind of photography where the objective is to make a night time shot look like day.
It's a simple premise, a long exposure on a moonlit night that brings out the blue in the sky and still illuminates all the scenery down below. Some of the images created from such a technique are truely impressive.

I've been having a stab at it for a few weeks now but with little success, often just getting my settings all wrong or completely failing to manage to focus on anything. The thoery is you focus on infinity but this is very easy to get wrong as just turning the focusing ring all the way to one side won't do the job.

Anyway, last night, whilst the moon is nearer, fuller and brighter than it has been for last twenty years I finally got some results I'm happy with. Admittedly I think my ISO settings were a bit too high so there's more grain in the images than i'd like but now i'm more comfident with my technique I will happily bring that setting down a bit.(resulting in longer shutter speed times)

Photograph of the week #021

"When not scribbling away in a sketch book or dabbling on a Wacom tablet i'm invariably fiddling around with exposure settings on my Nikon D90 trying to capture moments in aesthetically pleasing ways.
So here we have "Photograph of the week" a (mostly) weekly feature showcasing my favourite photo of the week."

A photograph of one of my son's toys that was sitting on the floor in our lounge as the late afternoon sun beamed down through the garden window. It's quite fun to photograph toys laying around, they're often very colourfull and make for interesting shots, depending on the composition ofcourse.

I think my depth of field was probably a tad too shallow for this image but still.

Photograph of the week #016

When not scribbling away in a sketch book or dabbling on a Wacom tablet i'm invariably fiddling around with exposure settings on my Nikon D90 trying to capture moments in aesthetically pleasing ways.
So here we have "Photograph of the week" a weekly feature showcasing my favourite photo of the week.

This is our cat, his name is Eccles and he's a grumpy ol' sod! (Blast that was almost a good start to a childrens story)

Behind him, just out of focus and snuggled up to the grumpy ol' sod, is little Belle, one of the rescue kittens we adopted last year. Whenever Eccles thinks there are no humans about he'll play and snuggle up with the kittens, frolicing around like he's still young and... fancy-free!

As soon as he realises he's been spotted however he'll bat the nearest cute thing on the nose with his paw and storm off in a huff, he's far to sensible for that sort of thing.

Eccles is also a rescue cat and despite his grumpyness and tendency to bite, claw and wee at things that would rather be left alone, he is, at heart, a lovely ol' sod!

Photograph of the week #014

When not scribbling away in a sketch book or dabbling on a Wacom tablet i'm invariably fiddling around with exposure settings on my Nikon D90 trying to capture moments in aesthetically pleasing ways.
So here we have "Photograph of the week" a weekly feature showcasing my favourite photo of the week.

Technically a photo from last week but still...

Photograph of the Week #006