Month: June 2013

Ephemeral

The ephemeral beauty of a dandelion seed head. All that is needed is a puff of wind to send the seeds floating to begin their adventurous journey. Many won’t make it, but those few that do will continue this cycle for the rest of us to admire and enjoy.

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A dandelion seed head.

 

Chirk Aqueduct and Viaduct

As seen from Pontcysyllte aqueduct. The aqueduct is not visible in this picture but the arches that can be seen are of the railway viaduct over the Dee.. This viaduct was built between 1846-8 by Henry Robertson. The viaduct stands 100 feet tall and towers about 30 feet over the Chirk aqueduct that carries the Llangollen canal.

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The Chirk railway viaduct

Photographed using a Nikon D7000 camera fitted with a tamron 18-250mm lens. Single-shot HDR conversion using NIK HDRefex pro.

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Navigating the Llangollen Canal

The Llangollen Canal is a UN World Heritage Site built in parts from the late 18th century and includes two aqueducts (at Pontcysyllte and Chirk).

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Navigating a narrow bridge near Pontcysyllte on the Llangollen Canal

Photographed using a Nikon D7000 with a Tamron 18-250mm lens. 3 shot bracketed HDR.

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River Dee in HDR

As seen from the Pontcysyllte aqueduct near Llangollen, Wales. The road bridge on the river is the one used to access the aqueduct.

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River Dee flowing under the Pontcysyllte aqueduct

Photographed using a Nikon D7000 and a Tamron 18-250mm walkabout lens. Processed from 3 bracketed exposures in NIK HDR Efex Pro.

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Llangollen in HDR

Just last week I made a mad dash from Cambridge to Chester and then on to Llangollen to visit some family. As I wasn’t anticipating a day of photography, I left all my lenses barring the walkabout Tamron 18-250. Llangollen is a pretty little town in North Wales probably best known for the Llangollen steam railway and the Llangollen canal that passes over the River Dee on the Pontcysyllte aqueduct.

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Llangollen on the Dee

A standard 3 shot bracketed HDR image processed in NIK HDR Efex Pro. Photographed on a Nikon D7000.

Welsh Poppies

The last couple of years have seen these orange poppies flowering in my garden and I know I never planted these! These are the Welsh Poppy (Meconopsis cambrica).

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Welsh Poppy (Meconopsis cambrica)
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Welsh poppy

These are obviously wild flowers but they’re certainly not unwelcome in my garden!

Both pictures photographed with a Nikon D7000 and a Sigma 105mm f/2.8 macro lens.

Strawberries and Cream

I believe the picture explains the title of this blog entry…

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Photographed using a Nikon D7000 with a Sigma f/2.8 105mm macro lens (f/5.0, 1/800). Selectively converted dull green background to black in Adobe Lightroom 4.4

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