Every spring I try to take pictures of Daffoldils, which to me are the surest sign yet that the cold, wet and miserable winters are truly behind us and a (ever hopeful) good summer is to follow. The following photo was shot in daylight using a flash and high aperture to achieve a black background and enough depth of field to cover the whole flower!
Technical Details Nikon D7000 with 105mm Sigma f/2.8 macro lens ISO200, f/10, 1/250 second, built-in flash Processed in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
Golden plumes of decorative flowers captured in golden sunlight!
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ISO200, 1/1000 second, f/5.0 with a 105mm f/2.8 Sigma macro lens. Nikon D7000.
Happy New Year all! I’ve spent almost 2 months without taking a single photograph but have resolved to change this in 2015! First up, an unusual bloom for this of the year in England. These flowers are those of the Kalanchoe genus, succulent tropical species from the old world which decided to bloom in January here in Cambridge (I suppose that being on a window sill in the bathroom helped!).
Photographed using a Nikon D7000 Camera with a Sigma 105mm f/2.8 lens. ISO 200, f/22, 21 second exposure using a remote shutter release cable. Post-processed in Adobe Lightroom 5.7.
The parish church of St. Mary Magdalene is a late 11th century Norman church in the village of Ickleton, Cambridgeshire. The church always presents a peaceful and tranquil sight. Inside the church are frescos dating back to the 12th century.
Photographed with my phone on the 16th of December, 2015.
I have been tardy lately and not been near a camera. I suppose the weather here in Britain isn’t particularly conducive for outdoor activity! Going through my collection of pictures I found this one which to me provided the much needed warmth in these cold, dark and grey days.
Originally shot at the Eden Project and more recently processed in Adobe Lightroom.
A glorious sunset over the Pacific Ocean from the Torrey Pines state park near San Diego!
I used my friends kindly loaned Canon 60D with a 40mm prime lens for this shot. Marginally processed in Adobe Lightroom.
Home grown foods are tasty, and some have very pretty flowers too – like these purple bean flowers. This is the first year I’ve grown these and now I harvest more than half-a-kilo of delicious fresh purple beans every two days!
It is that time of the year again! Autumn – when gigantic spiders make their way into the house and make webs in every available nook and cranny! And this one below (garden cross spider) made a huge web (almost a metre in diameter) between my beans and tomato plants.. Shudder!!!
There is this rose bush in my garden which struggles to survive every year regardless of what I try to do make it feel happy. But year on year it produces one or two of these really vibrant flowers in autumn! Just one of two roses sadly before the winter frosts kick in.
Technical Details:
Nikon D7000 with a 105mm f/2.8 Sigma macro lens
f/18, 1/250 second, ISO200
Remote slave flash SB800
This year I grew cosmos plants for the first time (from seed that too).. and they’ve now grown to a height of about 2 metres!! Lovely pink flowers held up on thin stalks. The height of these flowers means that they’ve opened themselves up to being photographed from underneath against the backdrop of the blue sky (as below).
Technical Details:
Nikon D7000 with 105mm f/2.8 Sigma macro lens
ISO200, 1/100sec, f/13 manual mode
PP in Adobe Lightroom 5.5
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