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Saturday in photos

admin — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:23:27 +0000

A walk…

…..harvesting leeks….

… and another walk. (Not sure why today was holding-the-camera-sideways day).

And representing the other two kingdoms of life

admin — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:27:56 +0000

Fungi:

and a spiky green plant of some kind:

Moss

admin — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:19:57 +0000

A charming young dog.

A couple from the weekend

admin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:54:20 +0000

I don’t often do the Flower Macro Thing, but I wanted to play with some off-camera flash this weekend. This is one of the foxgloves that’s seemingly grown from the flagstones outside the back door, nuked with one strobe from above through a diy mini softbox. I quite like the abrupt flash falloff toward the bottom, even though I would normally try to avoid it.

And a fungal specimen from the garden..not sure if this is a sign of a healthy lawn or not. Setup as before, but lit from below to show the gills.

A couple from this weekend

admin — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:22:06 +0000

Both taken with the Tair-11 135mm f/2.8. 20 aperture blades leads to very pleasing bokeh.

The bees were going mad for the sage flowers, which just appeared this weekend. I always think of this poem when watching bees:

Next I’ll speak about the celestial gift of honey from the air.
Maecenas, give this section too your regard.
I’ll tell you in proper sequence about the greatest spectacle
of the slightest things, and of brave generals,
and a whole nation’s customs and efforts, tribes and battles.

However, Max was in a less industrious mood.

Red Row Nature round up

admin — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:31:56 +0000

Just a couple of random observations from our daily strolls round the field… new pine cones forming:

.. and a mushroom the size of your head….

Both taken with the legendary Super Takumar 50mm f/1.4, about which I’ll have more to write soon.

Cat and can

admin — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:55:37 +0000

My cat, Angie, investigates a bright green watering can while keeping one eye on me. I love the contrasting colours of the deep green watering can and the tabby cat. Taken with a Super Takumar 50mm 1.4 wide open.

Beach Bird

admin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:55:50 +0000

Taken on Scotland’s West coast, my birding friend tells me that this is probably a pipit. He kept returning to this tuft of grass and looking out. I love the way that the sand, grass, sea and sky have made white, green, dark blue and light blue blurred horizontal bands in the background. Click on the image to see this print in my Etsy shop.

Two seagulls

admin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:41:20 +0000

Taken near Arisaig on the West coast of Scotland. These two guys sat on a rock about 100 feet offshore and watched us walk along the beach. Click on the print to see it in my Etsy shop.

Grey Heron

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:27:05 +0000

Taken on the island of Skye off the West coast of Scotland. This beautiful heron was fishing in a stream on a beach. He took off when I tried to get closer, but in the end I like the shot of him in flight the best. Click the image to see this item in my Etsy shop.