Posts from the ‘Trees’ Category
Sunset, deer, parks and the Pacific.
Here are a few more – bit of a rush – sunset in Arcata after the rains, the Pacific Ocean from Route 1, a deer in a local park in Garberville and the odd view – enjoy!
Redwoods, US Towns and Elk!
Another trip to the Redwoods, this time with time and a tripod as it is dark in there! Also a few of a town we stay in. Also, on a trip to see friends in the outback we came around a corner (already reduced to a few MPH because of road conditions) and there were a few Elk, then more and more so we kept quiet and still as the bull has big antlers and would think nothing of attacking the odd car…
Plus one taken at night – there is no light pollution (no mains power for miles so no street lights) at all apart from the lights from the house so millions of stars and the Milky Way are visible!
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- Garberville at Sunrise
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- Garberville at Sunrise
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- Garberville at Sunrise
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- Redwoods
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- Redwoods
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- Redwoods
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- Redwoods
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- Redwoods
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- Redwoods
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- Redwoods
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- Wild Elk
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- Wild Elk
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- Wild Elk
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- Rubecea
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- Pacific Ocean
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- Stars
California!!
Here we are in Northern California – a few redwoods and the coast range of mountains – more to come!
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- Redwoods
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- Redwoods
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- Redwoods
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- Redwoods
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- Redwoods
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- Redwoods
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- Pacific Coast
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- Pacific Coast
Outdoors and in
With mixed weather this week I have been picking single flowers from the garden, and photographing them in the studio. Also been on a couple of walks in and out of woods and along the river Tamar with the sun spotighting a field and a tower. A mix of straight mast and bendy tree with white daisies below was a nice challenge. Into the woods and the Anti vibration mechanism on the new lens worked well plus for a change I uped the ISO to 500 with hardly any degrdation! More at Flickr
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- cyclamen
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- Tamar-Valley
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- Tamar-Valley
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- Japanese Anemoneas
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- Fuschia
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- fence
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- Fuschia
Triple Wammy!
Todays post has three sections. I have been trying to use what facilities I have – lenses, weather and more – I live at the top of a hill with nothing higher than us to the North Atlantic – another way of saying that it is WINDY! I often say, ‘can’t photograph today as it is too windy’, so to counteract that and with the aid of a variable Neutral Density filter and flash gun or multiple exposure I have tried to counter the wind. Secondly whilst waiting for a new zoom I have been making myself use prime lenses for everything which has proved a good relearning curve! Finally the new Nikon 28 – 300 arrived; meant for travel use when I need to change from zoom to wide angle quickly it was fun to just go for a walk to see what it would do and it is wonderful – heavy as it is a FX lens and solid with crisp optics. More of the same at Flickr
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- New Lens Woods
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- Windy Japanese Anemoneas
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- Windy Japanese Anemoneas
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- Windy Lily
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- Garden Rubbish
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- Thistle
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- Teasel
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- New Lens old Tractor
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- New Lens Wood
A few more Flowers
I have bee uploading onto Flickr – Roses have got great acceptance from Princes Grace Rose Garden Group! Any way, I have been trying to work out what to do lens wize as my 18 – 200 is not doing what I want and so I have been only using prime (none variable) lenses – quite a challenge but FUN! I grew the Arum Lily, it was a very late planting and has done better than the first one I grew!
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- woods
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- woods
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- rose
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- woods
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- Arum
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- rose
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- Arum
Buy my photos on line!!
Cyclamin
Finally I have built a new site for me!! www.tamarvalleyphotos.co.uk
This has the current exhibition photographs which are available for purchase, or just to enjoy!!
Spring in the woods
Not so much wonderful photographs more wonderful countryside! Enjoy! All pictures are available as enlarged pribts – up to almost 4 foot. More images at www.flickr.com/photos/reflexrover
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- Catkins
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- Primrose
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- Daffodils
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- River Tamar
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- Blossom
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- River Tamar
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- Daffodils
Snowdrops – Spring begins!!
The first day of sunshine for a while, and the snowdrops are wagging their heads! Because of the neighbours fence the sun does not quite reach the snowdrops anymore, so, a gold reflector was used which gives a really warm feel, an evening light! How many more oportunities there will be I do not know, the tree under whose protection they grow is about to have a haircut so they may get stood upon or hit by flying logs – I hope not!! Last year the neighbours tree cutters dragged all the branches across them, ruining the surrounding natural background and the flowers….. Maybe next year will be OK!
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- Snowdrop
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- Snowdrop
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- Snowdrop
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- Snowdrop
Out and About
Although vision is still blurred I have managed to get a few photos – the magic of modern cameras (these are from a point and shoot and I did!), some of these are the ice on the side of the River Tamar which almost seems fluid as the tide ebbs and flows. And one is to show that spring is just around the corner………
