Photography

Llanbedrog Beach

2013-05-19T20:44:00.001+01:00

Late evening 4th September 2012 on Llanbedrog beach during our camping holiday last summer. Nikon 24mm + polariser and D800 camera with tripod.

Dandelion

2013-05-19T20:36:00.002+01:00

A large dandelion which has grown amongst our red poppy with a three foot stalk!

Swan's Nest

2013-05-17T15:30:00.000+01:00

A clutch of eight eggs closly guarded by the pen (female swan)

Jam Tarts

2013-05-15T15:30:00.000+01:00

Spooning the filling into jam tarts - Nikon D800 + 50mm manual focus and built-in flash 1/15th f8

Kelso Races 8th May 2013

2013-05-08T19:30:00.000+01:00

Horses stream over a fence in front of the grandstands at Kelso Races on Wednesday 8th May 2013. Eventual winer was Bobble Hat Bob, third from left in mid flight, blue hat pink colours.

Shelsley Walsh

2013-05-05T15:00:00.000+01:00

Driver Sue Young in the Gould 4 litre which she shares with her husband Deryk, exits the top "S" on Sunday May 5th 2013. During the day she set some impressively fast times.

A tricky photo as there is only a split second to press the button before the car is past. I pressed on sound rather than sight and was rewarded with a pin sharp image.

Nikon D800, 180mm/2.8 ISO100 1/1250th f2.8.

Worcestershire Beacon

2013-05-04T14:00:00.000+01:00

Worcestershire Beacon, in the Malvern Hills, complete with the summit plinth which celebrates Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.

Caldwell's Icecream

2013-04-27T13:00:00.000+01:00

"Shall I or shan't I" might be the though running through this woman's head as she walks past the latest addition to Peebles' High Street. Nikon 800 + 24mm/2.8 B/W with Orange filter.

Detained

2013-04-26T16:50:00.000+01:00

As a jogger runs past as a man is detained by police in Bonnington Road, Leith, Edinburgh on Friday 26th April 2013.
Shot against the light, Nikon D800 + 85mm/1.8 ISO400

Leith Salerooms

2013-04-25T21:57:00.000+01:00

A man takes a brief pause to examine photographs in the Leith Salerooms' window on Thursday April 25th 2013.
Nikon D200 + 85mm/1.8 at f8

Worms

2013-04-24T23:03:00.000+01:00

A blackbird on the allotment with a mouthful of worms and caterpillars.

Dog's Violet

2013-04-20T14:58:00.000+01:00

Leith Salerooms

2013-04-18T21:48:00.000+01:00

Tony Kerr of Leith Salerooms, Leith Walk struggles to get some air into a vintage echo Cornet made by Besson of 198 Euston Road London.

Nikon D800 + 24mm/2.8 + fill flash.

Lunchtime

2013-04-04T22:24:00.000+01:00

Different ways to spend your lunch-break photographed on The Shore in Leith. Also posted to BlipfotoNikon D800 + 180mm/2.8 at 1/1000th f2.8 ISO 100

Easter Eggs

2013-03-30T14:16:00.000Z

A small selection of the eggs on sale at Harvest Garden in Morningside, Edinburgh, Photographed with the 85mm/1.8 lens at f2 using ISO 400 and white balance set to tungsten to match lighting in the shop.

Jessops

2013-03-28T22:26:00.001Z

I so hope this isn't one of those shops which opens for the holidays and closes again a month later:

Dragon Peter Jones is going to breathe new life into Jessops. He has appointed himself CEO and chairman and reckons to have a turnover of £200m in three to five years.

The Daily Telegraph reported:

"The store opening programme will lead to the creation of some 500 jobs, half of whom will be previous Jessops employees who lost their jobs when the retailer’s 192 shops closed in January. The closure led to 2,000 job losses.

Mr Jones said that the new Jessops is a business which should be able to deliver £80m of revenue in the first year, but that he hopes it will be making £200m of sales within three to five years."

When I worked for Jessops in the 1990s it was a good company employing some very knowledgeable staff.

Jessops the same when I returned in 2003 and when I left in 2007. Then the management renegotiated everyone's contract from assistant manager down and lost lots of good people.
I continued to use them for printing and processing until the end.
Sadly the stock market floatation was a fiasco - remember it was not just ordinary customers who got burnt. The shares opened at £1.50 and finished up worthless.
Effectively the company went bust twice!
How is Peter Jones going to generate £200m in sales and what will be his margin on that figure...........?

Pentland Hills Sunset

2013-03-28T20:00:00.000Z

Late evening in March a few days before British Summer time begins. The Pentland Hills photographed from between Loanstone and Howgate, just as the sun dips down. There was a good covering of snow as there has been for the last two weeks. Nikon D800 + 50mm/1.4 1/125th f16 ISO 200 and polariser.

Police Panda Car

2013-03-25T15:15:00.000Z

A panda car "panned" as it races along Leith Walk at lunchtime on Monday 25th March. Nikon D800 + 50mm manual focus 1/30th f11 Iso 400.

Pineapple

2013-03-20T15:20:00.000Z

A pineapple photographed using monochrome mode on a a Nikon D800 with green filter. Sidelit with a Nikon SB700 speedlight triggered using the camera's remote flash as a commander unit (Nikon CLS System). Remote flash set to manual mode 1/64th full power, remote flash to TTL -0.7.

Hundleshope Heights

2013-03-13T14:00:00.000Z

View from Kirkhope Law to Hundleshope Heights photographed with Nikon D800 and 50mm manual focus. I used the monochrome picture control mode and set the filter through the sub-menu to orange, just as I would with a film camera.

Genesis Speedlight

2013-03-02T16:30:00.000Z

Calumet's new Genesis Wireless Speedlight, above is the Nikon version wirelessly triggered by a D800, image taken with 85mm/1.8 lens with additional light from a Nikon SB900 also triggered wirelessly by the pop-up flash. A Bargain at less than £150.00.

Dollar Law View

2013-02-27T16:30:00.000Z

Dollar Law View on Wednesday 27th February 2013, Nikon D800 + Manual focus 50mm/1.4 and Polariser

Double Click to View Large

Leith Walkers

2013-02-18T20:59:00.000Z

A selection of people on Leith Walk at Lunchtime today. Nikon D200 + 180mm/2.8

Kathy Henry

2013-02-17T11:58:00.000Z

Kathy Henry, overall winner of the Tweeddale Photographic Society annual print competition.
Her prize was presented on the occasion of the group's annual dinner at The Tontine Hotel, Peebles on Saturday night.

Nikon D800 + 50mm/1.8 + SB700

Café Culture

2013-02-15T15:00:00.000Z

A group of men enjoy some winter sun outside Café Truva on The Shore in Leith.
I liked the contre-jour highlighting the smoke, these lighting conditions only lasted for a moment or so before the sun when behind a cloud and the men moved off.
Further down the street many people were sitting out at cafés on the warmest day of the year so far.

Nikon D200 + 180mm/2.8

Photography

Llanbedrog Beach

Late evening 4th September 2012 on Llanbedrog beach during our camping holiday last summer. Nikon 24mm + polariser and D800 camera with tripod.

Dandelion

A large dandelion which has grown amongst our red poppy with a three foot stalk!

Swan's Nest

A clutch of eight eggs closly guarded by the pen (female swan)

Jam Tarts

Kelso Races 8th May 2013

Horses stream over a fence in front of the grandstands at Kelso Races on Wednesday 8th May 2013. Eventual winer was Bobble Hat Bob, third from left in mid flight, blue hat pink colours.

Shelsley Walsh

Worcestershire Beacon

Worcestershire Beacon, in the Malvern Hills, complete with the summit plinth which celebrates Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.

Caldwell's Icecream

"Shall I or shan't I" might be the though running through this woman's head as she walks past the latest addition to Peebles' High Street. Nikon 800 + 24mm/2.8 B/W with Orange filter.

Detained

Leith Salerooms

A man takes a brief pause to examine photographs in the Leith Salerooms' window on Thursday April 25th 2013.Nikon D200 + 85mm/1.8 at f8

Worms

Dog's Violet

Leith Salerooms

Lunchtime

Different ways to spend your lunch-break photographed on The Shore in Leith. Also posted to BlipfotoNikon D800 + 180mm/2.8 at 1/1000th f2.8 ISO 100

Easter Eggs

Jessops

I so hope this isn't one of those shops which opens for the holidays and closes again a month later:

Pentland Hills Sunset

Late evening in March a few days before British Summer time begins. The Pentland Hills photographed from between Loanstone and Howgate, just as the sun dips down. There was a good covering of snow as there has been for the last two weeks. Nikon D800 + 50mm/1.4 1/125th f16 ISO 200 and polariser.

Police Panda Car

A panda car "panned" as it races along Leith Walk at lunchtime on Monday 25th March. Nikon D800 + 50mm manual focus 1/30th f11 Iso 400.

Pineapple

Hundleshope Heights

View from Kirkhope Law to Hundleshope Heights photographed with Nikon D800 and 50mm manual focus. I used the monochrome picture control mode and set the filter through the sub-menu to orange, just as I would with a film camera.

Genesis Speedlight

Calumet's new Genesis Wireless Speedlight, above is the Nikon version wirelessly triggered by a D800, image taken with 85mm/1.8 lens with additional light from a Nikon SB900 also triggered wirelessly by the pop-up flash. A Bargain at less than £150.00.

Dollar Law View

Dollar Law View on Wednesday 27th February 2013, Nikon D800 + Manual focus 50mm/1.4 and Polariser

Double Click to View Large

Leith Walkers

Kathy Henry

Café Culture

A man takes a brief pause to examine photographs in the Leith Salerooms' window on Thursday April 25th 2013.
Nikon D200 + 85mm/1.8 at f8