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Saint Mary Cathedral

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:00 +0000

This is Saint Mary Cathedral in Austin, Texas. It gave me another chance to step out of the torrential rain I experienced whilst there. I hovered for a moment outside with the camera, as there was a service about to start, but I was politely welcomed in and encouraged to take pictures.

And before anyone asks, this isn't a HDR it's just toned and sharpened in Lightroom and CS3.

Untitled

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:00 +0000

This was taken whilst I was on holiday in France. Having spotted this barn across the road from where we were staying I snuck in one early morning as the sun was rising to get some shots. I had to slot the mini-tripod into a crack between two crumbling bricks to get the whole space into the frame.

The Texas State Capitol #2

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:30 +0000

I've spent the last week working in Austin, Texas. My second visit this year. I went on another photowalk yesterday and had to keep diving inside to avoid the thunderstorms. After about fifty straight days of temperatures of 100F I think everyone here is a little thankful for the rain.

This is the ceiling of The Texas State Capitol building that's right here. I took a photo of the outside previously, but this time I spent longer strolling around inside.

Everyone takes this shot, although I did do it with the camera lying on the floor and firing from a remote, which drew some stares.

Just a Giraffe

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:39 +0000

I've just returned from a week in France which was very enjoyable and well needed, but passed too quickly. I've got a bunch of images I'm happy with and will gradually post them here.

This one was taken on our trip to Chateau et Parc Zoologique de la Bourbansais in Pleugueuneuc. With all the cloud up in the sky and a bright sun I managed to over expose the background. After a little Lightroom & Photoshop tweak I now have one of my favourite animal shots.

Don't Forget To Stop And Smell The Flowers

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:00 +0000

Staying with the flower theme, because I seem to have taken quite a few flower pictures recently. This one is another from my trip to Blackgang Chine on the Isle of Wight.

I'll definitely be stopping to "smell the flowers" soon as I'm off on holiday again. Think I'll stay away from cliff edges this time though.

Annoyingly, Canon didn't announce anyhthing like the 60D (or will it be a 7D?) today, just a bunch of Powershot updates. Apparently we have to wait until 1st September for their next offering.

Bugger.

The Cosmos

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:29 +0000

I spent the day today walking around Wisley Gardens. This shot was taken just as we were leaving. I shot straight into the sun, as you can probably tell. This flower, the Cosmos was everywhere and it's gorgeous.

Sun God

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:42 +0000

This was taken at The Garlic Farm, on the Isle of Wight, last week. If you ever get the chance, go, it's a wonderful place with a great cafe serving great cakes and a shop selling everything with garlic!

Having not had the camera out for some time, other than for kids birthday parties, I was reminded how much it is not like "riding a bike". I was flailing all over the place with under exposure, over exposure, forgetting to reset the ISO and generally not taking particularly good photos. Like anything, photography is something you have to continue to work at to produce good results. But at least with a digital camera you can flail around to your heart's content without it costing you anything but your time.

Don't Send Horses To Perform Medical Procedures

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:00 +0000

Having a week off work has obviously given me some well needed time with the family, but also some time with the camera as well. Lots of the results have been of kids or kid activities, but I quite liked this shot. Taken at Blackgang Chine you can probably guess who it is, but the title?

UNTITLED

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:00 +0000

Crawling through the archives again. I'll leave this one to your imagination.*

(*I'm going to be in so much trouble for posting this.)

RGB

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:41 +0000

Having very little else to post recently I thought I'd change the aging Ferrari image to another Ferrari image, but with a little more colour this time. This is also the same car as in this image.

Ferrari F430 Spider

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:50 +0000

Staying on the car theme, this was taken at the weekend when I was lucky enough to go on a Scudrunners trip down to Cliveden. There must have been nearly 60 Ferraris and Lamborghinis leaving Hyde Park at about 9.30am on Sunday morning. Even when you're not a car nut that's pretty hard to not be impressed by.

I may post some from from the meet.

112

Sun, 31 May 2009 20:28 +0000

This was taken during my week in Austin, Texas. The classic Citroën was parked in the same place, every day, with the wheels slightly turned. Apparently it did work.

Warhorse

Mon, 25 May 2009 09:00 +0000

This was taken at the Austin City Art last month whilst I did a ten mile walk around the city. Here's the artist's stone2furniture.com/.

The Texas State Capitol

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:23 +0000

I've spent the last week working in Austin, Texas. Tomorrow I'm going to spend some more time just walking around the city with a camera and soaking it up. This week I've mostly been in an air conditioned office or eating too much food.

This is The Texas State Capitol building that's right here.

Flare

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:18 +0000

Just a shot I took a few weeks ago whilst walking along Great Eastern Street. Had to post something to get rid of the damn Fish!