Pictorialise

Curves

2008-07-09T12:08:00.002+01:00

Eyes of the boy

2008-06-02T16:18:00.001+01:00

Montpellier Gardens

2008-05-22T17:17:00.002+01:00

Here we are using path through the gardens for the diagonals project.

Leaf

2008-05-18T23:04:00.003+01:00

Quite a contrasty shot to show of the diagonal veins on this leaf.

Sticky-willy

2008-05-18T22:54:00.004+01:00

Lots of other names for this barbed covered plant such as Everlasting Friendship, Goose Grass and Kiss Curls to name a few. Chosen this plant for the diagonals project for obvious reasons.

Odeon Cinema, Cheltenham

2008-05-13T23:54:00.004+01:00

The Odeon Cinema in Cheltenham was closed in September 2006 due to competition from a new multiplex and since has been standing empty. Its an Art Deco structure with these two nymphs above the main entrance. It looks likely that the building is to be redeveloped into a night club or demolished, everything is still in the air.

The corner of this building made an excellent composition for the diagonals project. The strong directional lighting has aided here, additionally the corner lies on a third.

More info on the cinema available here...
http://www.albanyward.com/Cheltenham
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk

Jay

2008-05-12T19:46:00.010+01:00

Here in this image, we can see the Jay in profile with its kill ( the young chick ).

Jay

2008-05-11T23:46:00.004+01:00

Not often I get to photograph a Jay. A pretty bird with iridescent blue wing bars. A very shy bird that caught my attention when I saw its distinctive white rump as it flew into this tree. This particular individual is actually feeding on a young chick.

Image posted by request

2008-05-10T21:05:00.002+01:00

Bradford & Bingley

2008-05-10T21:00:00.003+01:00

First image for the Project 21, diagonals, I've chosen a focal length of 17mm on a full frame camera to create these converging diagonals on this building.

Project 20 "Horizontal & Vertical lines" part 2

2008-05-09T14:53:00.005+01:00

Birch Tree trunk with very distinctive bark - Pitville Park gardens

Horizontal lines in Cheltenham flower gardens

Garage Door

Some Cheltenham regency steps :)

Project 20 "Horizontal & Vertical lines"

2008-05-08T22:57:00.010+01:00

Iron railings near Piville Par

Pillars of Piville Pump Room

Beauty Behind Bars

Rob, the manager of the British Heart Foundation Bookshop with his hard to miss shirt.

A meander around Cheltenham produced the images above. More to come tomorrow.

Holly Blue

2008-05-06T20:41:00.004+01:00

Holly Blue, first one this year. Very petite butterfly. Another points project image.

Grey Squirrel

2008-05-06T20:39:00.003+01:00

Another points image, here we have the grey squirrel. Healthy looking too.

Central Tower, Gloucester Cathedral.

2008-05-05T19:00:00.004+01:00

Gloucester Cathedral, Central tower. I have delibrately not corrected for the distortion in this shot which would make for a very bland image imo.

Project 16 "Defining a point" continued

2008-05-04T18:58:00.007+01:00

Flowers on an old brick wall

Walkers beyond the arch

Another plant, Another wall :)

Window in Black & White.

Four additional images for the "defining a point" project. These were captured on a sortie to Gloucester Cathedral yesterday.

Two Deer

2008-05-03T10:29:00.003+01:00

For the relationship between points we have two Deer, depth of field was kept shallow by use of a large aperture. Here both Deer lie on the upper third. The Deer on the left is looking in the direction of the second Deer so that your eyes naturally rest on the deer on the right which is making eye contact with the observer. Therefore the second Deer is the stronger point in this image. This image fits the bill for the project 18 "relationship between points".

I am amazed this shot even came out! Shot with a canon 100-400mm lens @ 390 on a canon 40D. Light was really low so shooting at 1600 ISO F5.6 but could still only manage 1/30s whilst hand holding, goes to show the effectiveness of image stabilization. Could not shoot further as a car happened to scare the deer away.

Moth Orchid

2008-05-02T18:41:00.006+01:00

Another one for the points project, here we have a Moth Orchid. May be too big for the points project? Well I like it :D

Blue Bells

2008-05-01T12:29:00.001+01:00

This is another bluebell shot from Sunday, I've had some fun bring out the main flower here with some photoshop work which has added to the feeling of depth in this shot.

Frosty Fungi

2008-04-30T23:43:00.004+01:00

Third in our "points post", I present this Fungi covered in frost. In the full size image, the crystals of ice can be made out individually. I've overlayed a black and white version of the image over the colour original which has resulted in this almost monocromatic finished image.

Simple Daisy

2008-04-30T23:31:00.002+01:00

Making a point out of a Daisy.

Celandine

2008-04-30T20:53:00.006+01:00

Continuing with the course, we have section 3 elements of design. The first project in this section is "defining a point". This will require 6-12 images that are of a "classic" point picture.

This is my first image, a rogue lesser celandine ( member of the buttercup family) hiding in a well tendered flower bed.

Blue Bells

2008-04-29T23:55:00.002+01:00

A shot from the weekend, nothing like bluebells in the woods.

Still / Moving

2008-04-28T00:10:00.003+01:00

The final shot in the contrasts assignment required that both contrasts were contained in the same image. This I have achieved in the above picture. Shot hand held on a wet day has produced a static lady under a blue umbrella reading a tourist map, the effect of motion in the surrounding people was created by using a very slow 1/4 second shutter speed.

Soft

2008-04-28T00:08:00.001+01:00

Snow on cherry blossom, lovely:)