Animals
Let’s macro Stewie..
Let’s macro Stewie.. Between us for Christmas last year, with the money people gave hubby and I, we decided to treat ourselves to a new lens. The burning question was do we buy a wide angled lens or a macro one. Well we went around the camera shop, Jessops (sadly now departed) and sought their […]
Architecture
Bateman House
Bateman House Taken: 18th May 2013 Location: Bateman’sHouse Camera: Canon EOS1100D F Stop: f/7.1 Exposure: 1/60 sec ISO: 100 Focal Length: 27mm Max Aperture: 4 Wildflower Gardens Taken: 18th May 2013 Location: Bateman’sHouse Camera: Canon EOS600D F Stop: f/8 Exposure: 1/60 sec ISO: 100 Focal Length: 24mm Max Aperture: 4
Articles
Umming and arring
Umming and arring Yes I have been doing a lot of that lately… especially after seeing the excellent work of Photographers like Serge Ramelli and Trey Ratcliffe when they create their HDR masterpieces. Yes they use Photoshop and Photomatix to get their excellent photographs.. but for the likes of me it is Lightroom, Photoshop Elements 10 […]
Dogs
Puppies…
Puppies I can’t believe that in just a few weeks, Stewie and Dumpling will have reached the ripe old age of 1 year. It only seems like yesterday, that we went to Swanley and brought them home. Well the above picture is of Stewie.. now when I have the camera out.. Stewie poses like a […]
Interiors
Boudoirs of Scotney
Boudoirs of Scotney Taken: 4th May 2013 Location: Scotney Castle Camera: Canon EOS1100D F Stop: f/3.5 Exposure: 1/2 sec ISO: 3200 Focal Length: 18mm Max Aperture: 3.625 Taken: 4th May 2013 Location: Scotney Castle Camera: Canon EOS1100D F Stop: f/3.5 Exposure: 1/30 sec ISO: 250 Focal Length: 18mm Max Aperture: 3.625 Taken: 4th May 2013 Location: Scotney Castle Camera: Canon EOS1100D F Stop: f/3.5 Exposure: 1/30 sec ISO: 160 Focal Length: 18mm Max Aperture: 3.625
Landscapes
Looking towards the house…
Looking towards the house.. Taken: 21st April, 2013 Location: Wakehurst Place Camera: Canon EOS1100D F Stop: f/8 Exposure: 1/60sec ISO: 100 Focal Length: 20mm Max Aperture: 3.625
Miscellaneous
Weekly Photo Challenge: Culture
Weekly Photo Challenge: Culture Whilst everyone is showing cultures of the world, my contribution to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Culture comes from a picture I took in London last year by the Tower of London. And it is British Culture and the youth of today… padded jacket and baggy bum jeans. Mind you it would make a […]
Monochrome
Rochester Cathedral
Rochester Cathedral Taken: 6th May 2013 Location: Rochester Camera: Canon EOS1100D F Stop: f/9 Exposure: 1/100 sec ISO: 100 Focal Length: 27mm Max Aperture: 4
Places
Twisted Boughs
Twisted Boughs Taken: 6th April 2013 Location: Nymans Camera: Canon EOS 1100D F Stop: f/5.6 Exposure: 1/50sec ISO: 160 Focal Length: 35mm Max Aperture: 4.375
Portraits
All that is gold…
All that is gold…. Doesn’t move.. this guy stood there without movement.. we stood and watched him for ages and you could hardly see him breath.. in fact it was quite spooky watching him. Taken: 6th May 2013 Location: Rochester Sweeps Festival Camera: Canon EOS600D F Stop: f/5.6 Exposure: 1/160 sec ISO: 200 Focal Length: 125mm Max Aperture: 4.375 Taken: 6th May 2013 Location: Rochester […]
Reblogs
Coming Soon: Photography 101
Reblogged from The Daily Post: Here, we focus on the art and craft of blogging — sharing tips to write more and better, hosting writing challenges to push ourselves and polish our craft, and establishing a space to interact with and learn from others. Everyone’s “blogging process” is different, from our approach and content to […]
Transport
Canary Wharf DLR
Canary Wharf DLR Taken: 6th May, 2012 Location: Canary Wharf DLR Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ-48 F Stop: f/4 Exposure: 1/160 sec ISO: 160 Focal Length: 9mm Max Aperture: 3.359375
Wildlife
My left side please
My left side please If you don’t mind could you take my left side as it is far better than my right side…. Taken: 3oth March, 2013 Location: Hall Place Camera: Canon EOS 600D F Stop: f/5.6 Exposure: 1/400sec ISO: 100 Focal Length: 280mm Max Aperture: 5
More Articles
Ightham Mote – revisited yet again
Ightham Mote – revisited yet again One of the places that we love to visit is Ightham Mote… we have been there 3 times and each time we walk away thinking that we want to return.. Whether it is the surroundings or not I don’t know, but there is something about that place that is […]
As spring has sprung
As spring has sprung I thought I would post a tulip.. to celebrate the fact that the sun is shining and spring is here.. at long last. Taken: 28th April, 2013 Location: Ightham Mote Camera: Canon EOS600D F Stop: f/6.3 Exposure: 1/2500sec ISO: 800 Focal Length: 55mm Max Aperture: 5
Pretty Petals
Pretty Petals Taken: 21st April, 2013 Location: Wakehurst Place Camera: Canon EOS600D F Stop: f/11 Exposure: 1/125sec ISO: 100 Focal Length: 60mm Max Aperture: 3
Rhododendron
Rhododendron Taken: 21st April, 2013 Location: Wakehurst Place Camera: Canon EOS11o0D F Stop: f/4 Exposure: 1/800sec ISO: 100 Focal Length: 60mm Max Aperture: 3
Reworking Nymans Ruins
Reworking Nymans Ruins Back in November 2012 I made a post about Nymans Ruins. I did that particular HDR using Corel Paintshop Pro… even though I liked it at the time, one thing that didn’t seem right was the detail. However today I have reworked the same photo, using Nik Software HDR Efex Pro 2. […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Up
Weekly Photo Challenge: UP The above photo was taken at Ightham Mote back in the Summer of 2012… As you walk around the house you come to a section where there is a gap in the roofing.. and where the two sides meet. Hubby took this photo looking up towards the sky… Weekly Photo Challenge: […]
Off to the tower with you..
Off to the tower with you… Well today was the day to play around with the Color Efex Pro 2 part of the Google Nik Software I purchased and downloaded the other day. Well I wanted to see how well it works and there was nothing better than to try it out with a photograph […]
Secluded
Secluded When you arrive at Bateman’s, once going through the visitor centre you look down at Bateman’s House which is set within vast woodland. I just love the way that the house looks as if it is surrounded by woodland but once you get nearer to the house you can see the vast space surrounds […]
Man-made rock formation
Man-made rock formation Taken: 5th May 2012 Location: Wakehurst Place Camera: Canon EOS11o0D F Stop: f/7.1 Exposure: 1/50sec ISO: 100 Focal Length: 18mm Max Aperture: 3.625
Wakehurst Place
Wakehurst Place From Wikipedia Wakehurst Place is a National Trust property located near Ardingly, West Sussex in the High Weald of southern England (grid reference TQ340315), comprising a late 16th century country house and a mainly 20th century garden, managed by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. For the National Trust’s 2008–2009 fiscal year Wakehurst Place […]
