Everything must go!

The trip to Bournemouth Air Festival didn't quite go to plan, so no shots of Spitfires or the Red Arrows as a nine. RIP Flt Lt Jon Egging. With my tour to Europe and North Africa only a week away I'll be trying to keep my camera kit charged, ship-shape and empty of shots. My folder of discarded shots has been stacking up a little lately and as I've not been too active posting (and probably won't be the whole time away) I thought I'd just post them all up...

The Watchers

ISO100, 16mm, 1/25s, f/8, -1ev, de-saturated, levels, curves, dodge/burn

Wedding #5

A selection of shots from my last wedding a couple of weekends ago..

Simplicity

ISO1000, 105mm, 1/200s, f/4, -2ev, noise reduction

7 Spot Ladybird on a reed, with rain drop

ISO100, 105mm, 1/640s, f/4, -1.6ev, transparent lighten blur

Sunlit window-ledge flower

Off to Bournemouth Air Festival this weekend, always up for budget friendly free events!

Local birds

ISO1250, 560mm (400mm + 1.4x teleconverter), 1/1000s, f/8, -1ev

Noise reduction, cropped

A family of Grey Wagtails feeding in a town centre stream

ISO1600, 400mm, 1/500s, f/5.6, -1ev, noise reduction, cropped

A new born Moorhen waves its "wings" for attention.

ISO400, 380mm, 1/2000s, f/5.6, +2/3ev, noise reduction

A chorus-line of finches.

Note: high shutter speed is because I was photographing them flying on and off of the lines, but decided upon a static shot in the end instead.

Playtime

A toy train steams out of Bristol.

I'm absolutely not a fan at all of false tilt-shift photos, but I found it vaguely amusing so have decided to share it anyway. It was originally part of an extreme wide Bristol panorama that I didn't deem worthy...

Hometown Tornado

ISO1600, 35mm, 1/800, f/8, -2/3ev

noise reduction, dodge/burn, selective curves, desaturated

Probably the best kind of Tornado to have sweep through your home town, todays lunchbreak challenge finally left the macro lens packed away in the bag for once.

Just past her 3rd anniversary since being constructed in 2008, she spent today ferrying passengers between London and Bristol as The Cathedrals Express to help pay off her construction bill of £3million.

Chippenham station isn't without interest either. It is a grade II listed building, with much of it still dating back to the 1850's when it was a major station, being just one stop away from the Swindon Great Western Railway works.

Old photo of Chippenham rail yard (uncredited):

Things have been somewhat downgraded these days, but it did win the prestigious Station Excellence Award in 2005.

Green fly

ISO1600, 105mm, f/3.2, 1/160s, -1ev, noise reduction

Simplicity, a clean colourful background and a sharp point of focus make for my next blog worthy photo.

Off to Bristol (br-iz-ol) this afternoon, so with a little luck, a bit of spare time and the weather playing ball you might just get something a little different next post!

Macro Clearance