My hope for a spring continues, but till then these pictures keep me dreaming of a summer to come!!
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Memories of an English Summer – Roses
Nothing probably epitomizes an english summer more than roses. Roses in all shades, hues and fragrances dot the myriad gardens around Britain. Here are a couple from my garden from 2012.
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Memories of a Summer – Azalea
With winter refusing to go away (and threat of more snow in March!!), I thought I’d share some pictures of a warming Azalea from last summer.
Azaleas belong to the Rhododendron family of plants that thrive in soils that are non-alkaline, which in the UK means special compost etc. The plants flower from late spring to early summer and lend a splash of much-needed colour in gardens.
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Anatomy of a Hibiscus – Part 1
One of my pride and joy has been able to sustain an oriental hibiscus plant (indoors) through the vagaries of British weather, and in return I’m blessed with vibrant red hibiscus flowers 3-4 times in a month, sometimes more. Here is a study of a hibiscus flower in original (untouched or processed, exported from Lightroom), B&W rendition (processed in Silver Efex Pro), processed using Color Efex Pro filters to bring out detail.
I like the picture as it was from the camera (untouched). Why process a picture if it doesn’t really add anything more to the photograph?
Thanks for stopping by, and please do leave a comment on what you think?
Technical Details
Nikon D7000 (Manual Mode), ISO200 SB600 Speedlight External Flash in Slave mode at right angles to lens Sigma 105mm/f2.8 macro lens 1/100 sec, F32 to ensure picture sharpness and black background Post-Processed (where done) using NIK Software LightRoom plugins.
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Nemo Science Centre, Amsterdam
NEMO is a science centre in the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It is an iconic structure that is shaped like a ship, that also celebrates glorious dutch maritime history. The building has been designed by the famous Italian architect Renzo Piano.
All photographs have been post-processed by the use of NIK Color Efex Pro 4.0 filters to enhance contrast and detail. Click on any of the pictures for a larger view on Flickr.
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Fishing Buoys
A dash of colour on an otherwise dull day at Sheringham, Norfolk. Fishing buoys on hooks.
Sherringham, Norfolk, England
Sheringham is a small picturesque town in North Norfolk. This picture shows the town towering over the sea defence walls protecting the town from flooding.
Sundial – Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Gonville and Caius College – the fourth oldest college in Cambridge (Estd: 1348) has a very interesting six-sided sundial on one of the gates. The exact time I took this picture was 1:54PM GMT, and interestingly the sundial shows a time that is just an hour off.
Is this due to difference in local and GMT? Or was I looking at the wrong sundial? A later visit may answer that question.
Fishing on a cloudy day
Fishermen at Cley-next-the-sea beach. Norfolk, England
Trinity College, Cambridge in HDR
Of the 31 constituent colleges that make up the University of Cambridge, none is more famous than the Trinity College. Apart from being the largest constituent college in Cambridge (or Oxford), members of the college have won more Nobel Prizes (32 of a total of 75 awarded to Cambridge University members) than any other institution in the world! The college itself is one of three royal colleges in Cambridge (St. Johns and Kings College being the other two). Trinity was established in 1546 by King Henry VIII of England, but it was under the leadership of Thomas Nevile, that the college was designed and built. The list of notable alumni of Trinity makes impressive reading, from Isaac Newton, Lord Tennyson, Ernest Rutherford and Niels Bohr to Jawaharlal Nehru, Amartya Sen and Bertrand Russell, and definitely worth a visit on days the college is open to visitors.
The following pictures of Trinity College, were all shot in sets of three and then merged into HDR using HDR Efex Pro from NIK software.
Technical Details
Nikon D7000 Tamron 18-250 f3.5/6.3 Lens Adobe Lightroom 4.1 with HDR Efex Pro from NIK software
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