with the Fisheye that is….
Winter has returned so no yomping in the hills today – what can the fisheye do along the canal ? – worth a try.
Continue reading “Fishing the Canal”Fishing the Canal
Dark Satanic Mills
And did those feet in ancient time,
Walk upon Englands mountains green:
And was the holy Lamb of God,
On Englands pleasant pastures seen!
The Huddersfield Narrow Canal
The Huddersfield Narrow Canal is an inland waterway in northern England. It runs just under 20 miles (32 km) from Lock 1E at the rear of the University of Huddersfield campus, near Aspley Basin in Huddersfield, to the junction with the Ashton Canal at Whitelands Basin in Ashton-under-Lyne. It crosses the Pennines by means of 74 locks and the Standedge Tunnel.
Continue reading “The Huddersfield Narrow Canal”Sunset
Left the daily exercise until late in the day today in the hope of a decent sunset – a little colour but nothing special.
Continue reading “Sunset”Close Gate Bridge
Close Gate Bridge is a 17th Century packhorse bridge over Haigh Clough just west of Marsden in the Peak District. The bridge formed part of the mai packhorse route across the Pennines from ther Colne Valley to Rochdale. The bridge is a grade 2* Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Continue reading “Close Gate Bridge”Above the clouds
Looking back through a few recent drone images I came across a couple I had missed where the light and clouds combined to produce a couple of interesting images, one above the clouds and the other as the clouds lifted above the Chew Valley and Dove Stones Reservoir.
Continue reading “Above the clouds”Almost Spring Like
At last a decent day and a chance for a hike in the hills, I mean lockdown exercise of course, and no lingering with the camera ….
Alphin Pike (469m) and the Wimberry Ridge give splendid views down to Dove Stove Reservoir and across to Saddleworth Moor. Millstone Grit and Peat – typical of the Dark Peak.
Continue reading “Almost Spring Like”ISO Invariance
So this is new to me and I am not sure I fully understand all the physics behind it. All my previous cameras have not been ISO invariant, that is to say to minimise noise you needed to make sure the image was not underexposed by using an appropriately high ISO. Using a lower ISO and underexposing an image and then pushing the shadows in post would create a noiser image than using a higher ISO and “proper” exposure. Pretty standard stuff and well understood.
Continue reading “ISO Invariance”After Clouds, Sunshine
If ever there was a metaphor for the troubled times that we are living through this must surely be it.
Continue reading “After Clouds, Sunshine”Chuffin Cold !
“It’s a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds’ cries” – The West Wind by John Masefield
Well that’s as maybe but I can tell you an east wind in February on top of Standedge is chuffin cold ! – best suited for winter photography said my new book, true, but it didn’t mention the need for crampons !
Continue reading “Chuffin Cold !”A Little Inspirational Help
Lockdown 3 coupled with some typically British weather has entailed a lot of YouTube.
Continue reading “A Little Inspirational Help”£6,499 too far
An important aspect of my photographic interest is wildlife, an interest that requires long lenses and good field craft. The field craft I am ok with but my relationship with long lenses is a long story.
Stepping back a few years my go to wildlife kit was the Canon EOS 7d mk ii and the venerable Canon 500mm f4 big white. On the Canon APS C crop body this gave me an effective focal length of 800mm a good focal length for birding and coupled with the Canon 100-400mm zoom on a Canon 5d mk iii a good all around wildlife kit, all be it with one major problem, well actually 2 major problems, size and weight (those 4 items alone weighing in at 6.43kg).
Continue reading “£6,499 too far”Light at the End of the Tunnel
Happy New Year – A little light at the end of the tunnel – portents perhaps of a return to some semblance of normality although some way to go and Tier 4 restrictions to endure in the meantime.
Year-end Walk
So 2020 comes to an end and many will be wishing good ridance to it. Travel restictions have meant that photographic opportunities have been few and far betwen this year and frankly the weather hasn’t helped either. Who knows what 2021 will bring but one thing is for sure, climate change is having a dramatic impact on the weather, it seams that dry crisp winters are a thing of the past to be replaced with seemingly endless drab grey days and rain. A final year-end walk and a final couple of photographs.
Continue reading “Year-end Walk”The Wreck
The Wreck on the hill – Lajares
A Quiet Summer
The Pandemic drags on and opportunities to get out and about to photograph the wildlife have been few and far between. A brief foray to Suffolk & Norfolk yielded little with many of the popular sites overwhelmed with holiday makers that should have been abroad staycationing instead – so just a couple of images – hopefully autumn and winter will bring a little more activity and perhaps a little more enthusiasm on my part.
Continue reading “A Quiet Summer”Horton Plains National Park
8 March 2020
An early start this morning so as to be at the entrance to the park not long after dawn and to catch sight of the endemic Sri Lanka Woodpigeon at its well kown roosting site, before they flew for the day, this being the only real chance to see this species on the trip.
Kandy
3 March 2020
En-route to the central highlands of Sri Lanka we had a quick stop-over in the former capital Kandy.
Polonnaruwa
1 March 2020
A break from the wildlife today as we decided to visit the archaeological relic city of Polonnaruwa.
Polonnaruwa was the 2nd ancient kingdom of Sri Lanka, it was established in the 10th Century when the Chola Dynasty (Tamils) from southern India invaded Anuradhapura the then capital.
Sigiriya
29 February 2020
A morning visit to Sigiriya, probably the most visted site in Sri Lanka.
