Category: Landscapes
Damselflies at Dawn (II)
Maybe it was getting up at 4:30am two days ago to take photos of damselflies in Grantchester Meadows, but my body clock’s a bit messed up. Went to bed at 2, still awake at 3, playing piano didn’t help, so at 4 I cycled to Fen Ditton meadows in search of more damselflies to photograph. I didn’t find as many this time, but got some artier photos of the beautiful...
Read MoreDamselflies at Dawn
4:30am, stirring after 2hrs sleep. Greg calls – “Want to come photograph damselflies?” Sure. Cycling to Grantchester meadows 5 mins later at sunrise. Wading through the nettles on the riverbank, start spotting lots of black wing-tips. Snap snap snap. As it warms up 3 hours later, dozens of damselflies fly around you as you stir the nettles. Sunrise over the River...
Read MoreExhibition at CB2 Restaurant
I used to dine at CB2 restaurant regularly with friends when I was a graduate student, and had often said that I should try to get my photography exhibited at the restaurant. Well, I finally got round to asking earlier in the year, and got an instant acceptance. However, confused bookings meant I’d have to wait a few months before a slot was available for me. This afforded me...
Read More5am on a Misty Morning
I left a party at 5am, to find that it was VERY misty and cold outside. Unlike any sane person who would have headed straight to bed, I was feeling inspired about my photography thanks to a new friend, so I went down to the King’s backs to try to get some atmospheric photos. These were taken with my new Canon 50D – the better ones had the camera resting on a bean-bag,...
Read MoreSunset around St. John's
The Cripps Building at sunset Reflection of trees at sunset, over the River...
Read MoreSweden
I travelled to Sweden again this year for more Acrobatic Rock’n'Roll training with other members of the Cambridge University Rock’n'Roll Team. This team, we spent a day in Stockholm at the beginning, and a day in Vasteras at the end. Unusually for me, I didn’t take that many scenic/touristic photos, perhaps because I was with a group of friends. Or possibly...
Read MoreLondon Red Bull Air Race
A friend hosted a party the night before the Red Bull Air Race, and his apartment in London’s Docklands had a fantastic view over the race course the next morning. You wouldn’t have seen images of aeroplanes flying low and fast over central London a few years...
Read MoreO2 Millennium Dome and Canary Wharf at Sunset
Views of the O2 Millennium Dome and Canary Wharf, from an apartment balcony in London’s...
Read MoreEssex Marshes on New Year's Day
I went to spend New Year’s Eve with a group of friends, one of whom lived in Maldon, Essex. The morning (afternoon) after, as we weren’t far from the coast, some of us decided to visit the Essex Marshes. While it was quite overcast and grey, it still made a pleasant location for a walk along the coast, even with the low tide exposing the vast mud flats and beached...
Read MoreAn Insight Into Photostitching
The first step in creating a photostitch is to take the photographs. For this photostitch (The River Cam in the Mist at Magic Hour), I wanted to create as large an image as possible, so set my camera to maximum zoom – this would lead to more photographs being required to cover the subject matter. I then fixed the camera’s shutter speed, aperture, focus, and white...
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