Thursday, January 03, 2013

Back up to speed in 2013


Happy New Year!  What a strange year 2012 turned out to be, absolutely tonnes of change for me since riding my motorcycle around Iceland, hence the embarrassingly woeful blog count.  However, I am now settled into a new home, with a new car, a new job and a new PC to aid my main new year resolution - to get back taking photos, exploring, shooting new things, blogging as much as possible (including the few things I have photographed over the last few months) and generally getting back to it.   Who knows we might even see a new piece of photographic kit joining the bag this year!


Starlings swarming past the full moon
ISO 1600, 400mm, f/8, 1/160s, -0.6ev, noise reduction
After walking through muddy fields in search of inspiration for a couple of hours, it was when we arrived back to xmas base camp that we had the pleasure of witnessing this spectacle.  Thousands of starlings swarming overhead with a haunting sound of a million feathers in the night air.
 



Autumnal Robin spying its prey
ISO1250, 330mm, f/5.6, 1/500s, -0.6ev, noise reduction, cropped
 

Night station
ISO800, 34mm, f/8, 8s, -2ev, noise reduction, cropped
Waiting on a foot bridge for a steam locomotive to pass through, I like the colour and composition of this shot.  Unfortunately for the reader, the steam loco was just good fun rather than a photo opportunity!
 


 
Winter fisherman
ISO100, 100mm, f/4.5, 1/1000s, -1ev, cropped
A fisherman bags his reward for fishing on a bitterly cold day, the stark winter trees reflecting their subdued colours in the still water. 
 
 
 


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