I took a walk from Kingston Bridge to Teddington Lock and back this afternoon. The light was fantastic and I got some great shots of the wildfowl.
Sadly, I can only choose one photo, so despite having some other great shots (which you can see at the Flickr set and include this gull flying under Kingston Bridgeand this pair of great-crested grebes looking over a jetty) I pick this one of a mute swan flying down the Thames.
It's the sort of shot I've wanted to capture for ages, and the light on the wings and water spray is just right.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/2000)
Aperture: f/5.0
Focal Length: 218 mm
ISO Speed: 100
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Sunday 7 March 2010
Mute swan flying over water
Mallard Ducks in flight
Taken at London Wetland Centre just before sunset.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 100
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Friday 5 March 2010
Illuminated Vase Close-up
Taken with LED torch illumination.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.6
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 400
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Thursday 4 March 2010
Red liquid in glass
I forgot to reset the high ISO from yesterday's work, but I could always suggest that the grainy effect was planned — slightly odd having grainy liquid — maybe they're bubbles?
Oh well, I might try some more of these at some point. Still like the general effect.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 192 mm
ISO Speed: 1600
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Tuesday 2 March 2010
Grey heron in flight
Seen over one of the ponds in Horton Country Park on a beautiful sunny nearly-spring morning. Another photo that deserves viewing full size.
Other shots of this heron, plus a flying crow and a coot on the water can be seen in today's Flickr set.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 200
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Monday 1 March 2010
Robin in tree
This lovely little robin was singing in a tree in Horton Country Park. Gorgeously set against the blue sky on a sunny March afternoon. This photo deserves to be seen full size.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1600)
Aperture: f/5.0
Focal Length: 209 mm
ISO Speed: 200
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Sunday 28 February 2010
Crow in flight: silhouette
Caught this crow flying at sunset.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Wednesday 24 February 2010
Cascade
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.077 sec (1/13)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 22 mm
ISO Speed: 800
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Sunday 21 February 2010
Butterfly
Just one of the butterflies I photographed at Wisley today.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 92 mm
ISO Speed: 400
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Saturday 20 February 2010
Mallards in flight
Practicing taking photos of birds in flight. Not a perfect shot, but I like the near-silhouette of these mallards against the cloudy late afternoon sky.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 200
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Crested Grebe
OK …. so I’ve been rubbish at this whole daily photography thing… but I have managed a weekly photo walk.
This is the best image from today
Saturday 6 February 2010
Horse
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 200
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Wednesday 3 February 2010
Crow on chimney
Very grey day, not hugely inspiring, but I spotted this crow up on a distant roof and liked the bird sitting amongst the metal lines and brick.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
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Tuesday 2 February 2010
Chess Set: White King
Another chess set with a nicer board, same concept as yesterday.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.02 sec (1/50)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 46 mm
ISO Speed: 100
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Monday 1 February 2010
Chess Set: White King
Practicing with aperture and shallow depth of field. The white king stands alone in the centre of the chess board.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 100
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Sunday 31 January 2010
Canada Geese
Saw these two alert geese wandering around in yesterday's afternoon sun at the London Wetland Centre.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 100
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Saturday 23 January 2010
Weekend Photos
Mallard duck procession
While I was photographing this pair of swans, a flotilla of mallard ducks got in on the act.
I deliberated focused on the second duck from the front. I love the vibrant green and yellow and the birds' reflections.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 400
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Thursday 21 January 2010
Blue tits on feeder
I think I'm getting better at photographing the birds that visit our garden. The light today was really good, with the sun illuminating the feeders.
The birds are so hungry at the moment that they'll come down within seconds of you standing still. I was able to stand in the garden (so not trying to shoot through glass) and snapped blue tits, great tits, a robin and a female house sparrow (you can see the complete set here).
I picked this snap of two blue tits on one of our feeders. The lower bird has already got hold of a seed, while the bird above is probably waiting for a turn where the food is.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 400
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Wednesday 20 January 2010
Rose in Winter
That snow-covered rose from two weeks ago is still hanging on.
Here it is on a rainy day.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.05 sec (1/20)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 400
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Tuesday 19 January 2010
Blue tit
Probably the best of the shots I took today given poor settings and the fact that I've managed to mess up the focusing screen a little. Fortunately, I can still take shots but I've had to order a new screen from the States. :(
Unfortunately there is a little purple fringing on the photo, which I didn't have time to edit out.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/5.0
Focal Length: 209 mm
ISO Speed: 400
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Sunday 17 January 2010
Montage… the computer thinks it’s one image.
This is my cheat, its photo shopped into one image, honest. I’m thinking it makes up for the missed photos last week???
Reeds by Ice at sunset, a tufted duck and a grey heron. All taken in that last hour before sunset. What a gorgeous light it gives. Gotta remember that for future pictures.
Ruddy Duck
As the light faded over the London Wetland Centre I caught this male ruddy duck having a flap in the water.
It's not the sharpest image due to the lens which tends to soften images at 300m, the ISO setting, and the fact I couldn't easily set a faster shutter speed.
Not bad, though. I like the broken reflections in the ripples he's created and the pose itself.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 800
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Saturday 16 January 2010
Quizzical Gull
The waterfowl along that stretch of water are pretty tame — probably because they feed on scraps from passers-by, despite the notices telling people not to feed them — and so I was able to snap a number of swans, geese and gulls.
This little fellow was perched on a wooden post in front of someone's barge, and had the most delightful quizzical look on his face as he tilted his head back and forth.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 154 mm
ISO Speed: 200
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Bubbles
This was a test using some new kit. Its one of those moments where the photo isn't great but all the bubble photos were duff… and trying to sort out life kinda got in the way.
Things I’ve learnt… gotta work out how to use my new kit, gotta work out that whole lighting thing… mmmm … why did I agree with myself to show my learning???
Thursday 14 January 2010
bread
OK so this isnt the worlds most exciting picture but I was playing around with appature and depth of field. Trying to see how much of a depth of field I could get with something relatively small
Abandoned hat
I missed taking a photo yesterday, with my great excuse being that I've just started a photography course (despite not taking my camera to the first class!)
Anyway, back on track with today's photo.
I often see assorted bits of winter clothing when out walking in the woods. Someone drops a glove, hat or scarf and another kind soul drapes it over a branch in case the owner comes back to collect it.
They rarely do, it seems.
This white and pink woolly hat easily stood out on a grey, wet morning. I snapped a few pictures of it, this being my favourite as much because of the blue-white light, probably caused by water droplets on the out of focus tree branches behind.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 88 mm
ISO Speed: 800
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Tuesday 12 January 2010
Robin in tree
This robin was very obliging and sat in the same place for at least ten minutes while I took photos of him.
Not surprising really, as he is probably singing to defend his territory and possibly starting to think about attracting a mate.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 400
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Monday 11 January 2010
Leaning Snowman
Very quick snap of a neighbour's snowman, leaning either due to the snow beginning to melt or after having been pushed.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 200
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Sunday 10 January 2010
Abstract
I'm loving this light painting. Serendipidy gave me a solid red centre.
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Blackbird
A blackbird feeding from our back garden before nightfall. It's not the clearest photo because of the fading light and the fact that I took it from behind glass and without a tripod.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.02 sec (1/50)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 800
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Saturday 9 January 2010
Willow by Water
This was the first time I got to go out and enjoy the snow, the snow hadnt stopped me getting to work. A weekend dawn walk.
Shovelers in Flight
It would have been great to get an even closer shot, but given how difficult it can be to catch birds in flight with any degree of clarity, I'm quite impressed with this.
My ongoing theme of golden backgrounds also continues here.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/2000)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 400
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Friday 8 January 2010
Snowy Tree
Exposure: 1/1000
Aperture: f/5.0
Focal Length: 41 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Not a good day if this is the best picture
What can I say, its not been the best day for pictures but the contrast on this slightly out of focus metal star has some interest and texture against the wood in the background.
…. Bring on the weekend and not having think about that work thing.
Thursday 7 January 2010
Hungry Caterpillar Mug
It may not surprise you to learn that I hadn't taken any photos today... until about 10pm.
This was my attempt to find some inspiration at the same time as wanting a cup of tea. It is my favourite mug, if that counts, though it's certainly not my best photo.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure:1/25
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Winter Trees
I love how the sun on the snow looks. One of the few photos I took today.
VLUU L100, M100 / Samsung L100, M100
Wednesday 6 January 2010
Snow-covered rose
The rose bushes in our front garden are still determined to continue flowering, albeit slowly, despite the fact that it's now January.
This rose is even standing up to the snow that fell today.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 200
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Snow day 06-01-10
OK, so with so much snow having fallen today, today the image had to be one of snow
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Tuesday 5 January 2010
ooooo…. new boots
I was trying to take a picture of my new boots, but this little head stopped me. I think he demanded for a photo to be taken of him.
Camera: Canon 500D Digital
Exposure: 1/4 sec
Apperture: f/4
Focal length: 24mm
ISO: 1600
Robin in Back Garden
I managed to snap this after having sat as still as possible in a near freezing garden for about half-an-hour.
The light was fading and I only had my standard 18-55mm lens with me, so I think I did reasonably well with this one.
Some birds were coming closer but they just wouldn't keep still :)
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.067 sec (1/15)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 400
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Monday 4 January 2010
Horton Country Park pond
Taken at around 9am, an hour or so after sunrise, in Horton Country Park.
A fairly thin layer of ice had covered most of this small pond, and small trees from behind had cast shadows over the surface.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 100
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Sunday 3 January 2010
Wisley Gardens Glasshouse
I love the impending snow clouds, the reflection of the great glass structure in the water, and the colours of the foreground plants.
I didn't really need such a high ISO on this, but I'm pleased with the result nonetheless.
Post-processing included a modest upping of saturation.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 1/3200 sec
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 800
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Saturday 2 January 2010
London Wetland Centre
I just love their look.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 400
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