Landscape Photography

Transparent laptop

James — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:28:20 +0000

Here’s a bit of a fun entry to the YakYak photo competition. This week it’s “Transparency”.

Pink Flower with Raindrops

James — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:14:30 +0000

I went to a BBQ yesterday, and predictably it rained quite a lot. Between showers the sun came out and I took this picture of a nice pink flower with some raindrops on it. I like the way the bold colours on the flower contrast with the darker colours of the background. I also like the gentle blurring of the background.

I’ve started cropping my images down to 6in x 4in proportions and then resizing the longest side to be 640 pixels (the original is still at full size). This should produce more normal looking photos. I might try and modify the Livejournal Crossposter and the RSS feed code so that the image is shown in the post too. Currently the template has an ‘image’ field for the picture which I use, but which isn’t present in the RSS or LJ crosspost pages.

Port Channel Marker

James — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:38:23 +0000

This is a red port channel marker on the banks of the Humber at Burton upon Stather, outside Scunthorpe. The day was warm but overcast which fitted well with the worn look of this light.

Rainbow

James — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:36:30 +0000

Never managed to successfully photograph rainbows before. I think this image is a fair attempt at doing so. I like the way the rainbow shoots out the trees like a laser beam.

My back garden

James — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:24:38 +0000

A bit of a fun shot showing the view out my back window. I might experiment more with this, I like the way the rectangles in the window turn the image into a series of tiny photos that each have their own composition.

Tractors

James — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:45:55 +0000

Here is a row of old tractors, taken at the Messingham Fair in 2009. I was also able to take a photo of one of the tractors as it was driving around.

A red tractor at the Messingham Fair

Macro Electronics Photography

James — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:07:38 +0000

I’m building an arcade cabinet based on the MAME emulator. While making it I have been taking photos to document the progress, and while in the middle of trying to fix yet another PC problem I started noticing interesting shapes on the PC electronics.

Here is a closeup macro shot of the underside of a PC’s motherboard. The dots are where the PCI slots poke through the circuit board. I like the way the camera’s lens distorts the regimented lines of dots into something quite abstract. And sometimes the unfamiliar takes on a familiar twist, as is shown by this collection of surface mount resistors that bear some resemblance to a small housing estate or village.

Macro shots don’t have to be just about insects, carpets and flowers

This is an edited repost based on a post I made on my main blog.

Late night arson

James — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:31:53 +0000

I went to visit my parents this evening and took my camera with the intention of photographing the really nice shot of Rochdale that can be seen from the top of the M62. However, when I arrived at the safest place to stop on the A672 near the giant transmitter tower I found a much more interesting shot. The heather covering the moor near the Windy Hill transmitter was on fire; deliberately according to someone else who was watching it. The smoke was so dense and thick that driving through it made my eyes start to sting and following the road difficult. In places the fire was burning almost up to the road side.

For sale: Four door hatchback, slight fire damage

James — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:44:37 +0000

Here’s another photograph from Wiltshire. I spotted this burnt out car by the side of the road after yesterday’s photo from the Kennet Long Barrow. It looks like a stolen car that was set on fire. The insides were completely burnt away with nothing but the metal left.

Kennet Long Barrow Wishing Tree

James — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:36:59 +0000

While on a New Year trip to Wiltshire, we went to visit the West Kennet Long Barrow, an excavated burial mound. On the path up is a wishing tree covered in various hanging items. Everything from bits of cloth, ribbons and underwear to socks and watches. Here’s a photo I took of some of the things hanging from the tree’s branches.