Broom

BROOM

This photo was taken on the banks of Loch Lomand, Scotland last Spring.

I positioned myself lower than the branch so that I could include the blue sky as a background against the yellow flowers.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 24-105mm f4 IS

Focal length 100 mm f2.8 macro

Exposure 1/250 sec @ f5.6

ISO 100

Lex

Millport Crocodile Rock

CROCODILE ROCK - MILPORT

This is a popular attraction with visitors to Milport on the Isle of Cumbrae. The rock has beem painted to resemble the head of a crocodile, and at high tide the effective, as the area around the rock is covered by water. Though as you can see in the photograph at low tide childern are still drawn to it.

Camera canon 1D

Lens 24-105mm f4 IS

Focal length 30mm

Exposure 1/250th sec @  f8

ISO 100

Lex

Waterfall

WATERFALL

I came across this small waterfall while walking in the Lake District, England.

It was an overcast day which helped to reduce the shutter speed and allowed the flow of water to blur, but as I had left my tripod in the car I had to use a nearby rock to steady my camera.

Lesson to be learned always take the tripod, it might be a bit more weight, but next time there might not be a rock close by.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 24-105mm f4 IS

Focal length 96mm

Exposure 1/3 sec @ f16

ISO 100

Camrea steadied on a rock

Lex

I am Watching You

I AM WATCHING YOU

This is just one of those photos that you come across while out for a walk. I was just fortunate that I had my camera at the ready when I noticed this donkey had turned its head round whenit heard me comming along the path.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 70-200 f4 IS

Focal length 200mm

Exposure 1/180th sec @ f11

ISO 400

Lex

Frosted Trees

FROSTED TREES

The night before this photo was taken it was very misty and bitterly cold. The next morning I awoke to what was a beautiful clear crisp morning, with the countryside covered in a thick frost.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 24-105mm f4 IS

Focal length 35mm

Exposure 125th sec @ f8

ISO 100

Lex

Black Rock Cottage Glencoe

BLACK ROCK COTTAGE - GLENCOE

Black Rock Cottage in Glencoe, (also known as The Glen of Weeping). A small single track road that leads to the Glencoe Ski Center passes by the door of this cottage which must be one of the most photographed cottages in Scotland.

Camera Canon 350D

Lens Tamron 18-200mm

Focal length 18mm

Exposure 1/30th sec @ f16

ISO 400

Lex

Tables By The Pool

TABLES BY THE POOL

This is a view of the tables as they were setup for the wedding party. Lighting was from a roof window that was diffused through the lattice work of linnen material that was suspended from the ceiling. This created a nice even light over the pool and surounding area.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 24-105mm f4 IS

Focal length 24mm

Exposure 1/30th sec @ f16

ISO 100

Lex

Italy Pisa

LEANING TOWER - PISA

The Torre di Pisa or Leaning Tower is one of Europe's most famous and photographed towers. Building of the tower started in 1173 but wasn't finished until the late fourteenth century. The cylindrical tower, has eight stories, six of them with open galleries and is 54 meters tall. Inside the spiral staircase has 294 steps leading to the top of the tower.

Camera Canon 350D

Lens  Tamron18-200mm

Focal length 22mm

Exposure 1/60th sec @ f16

ISO 100

Lex

Gondolas on the Grand Canal

GONDOLAS ON THE GRAND CANAL

A view along the Grand Canal, the widest canal in Venice and divides the city into two parts, the canal is slightly longer than 2km long, and has an average depth of 4 metres.

Venice has aproximately 150 canals connected by 409 bridges, every bridge that you see is connecting two islands of which there are 117.

Camera Nikon E5700

Focal length 8.9mm

Exposure 1/500th sec @ f8

ISO 100

Lex

Roses

ROSES

Taken against a plain white background. Multi exposure merged in photoshop, lit with a single desk lamp.

Camera Canon 350D

Lens 18-200mm

Focal length 35mm

Exposure 1 sec @ f16

ISO 100

Manfrotto tripod

Lex

Santa Maria della Salute

Santa Maria della Salute.

Santa maria della Salute is situated on the Dorsoduro quarter across the Grand Canal from St Marks Square. The No 1 vaporetto (water bus) stops close to Salute, also if you are brousing in the art galleries of the Accademia area Salute can be reached on foot.

Camera Nikon E5700

Focal length 8.9mm

Exposure 1/500th sec @ f8

Lex

Statue

STATUE

This photo was taken while wandering around in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 24-105mm f4 IS

Focal length 67mm

Exposure 1/20th sec @ f4

ISO 800

Lex

Venice Grand Canal 2

VENICE GRAND CANAL

This was taken looking into the mouth of Grand Canal, while on holiday in Venice. The dome on the left is Santa Maria della Salute, and the steeple in St Marks Square is just visable on the right of the picture.

Camera Nikon E5700

Exposure 1/530th sec @ f7.6

Focal length 31.9mm

ISO 100

Lex

Loch Morlich Rocks

LOCH MORLICH ROCKS

A cold November morning at Loch Morlich set in the Cairngorms. The reddish colour of the rocks and the twisting shape along the shore, leading to the Cairngorm Mountains in the distance, is what drew my attention.

Camera Nikon E5700

Focal length 8.9mm

Exposure 1/20th sec @ f6.3

Lex

Frosted Berries

FROSTED BERRIES

Taken during the recent cold weather, I came across these berries in a hedgerow. Backlite by the morning sun and filled by a burst of off camera flash.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 24-105mm f4 IS

Focal length 105mm

Exposure 125th sec @ f8 (Manual)

Flash 580EX set to 1/64 power

Lex

Glasgow Old & New

GLASGOW OLD & NEW

The Tolbooth Steeple is an imposing medieval landmark at Glasgow Cross, once the hub of the city of Glasgow. The steeple is all that remains of a much larger Tolbooth building which included a debtors prison as well as the town clerk's offices and the council hall. Built in 1636, the 126ft-high steeple is one of the most prominent landmarks in the area.


Camera Canon 1D
Lens 25-105mm IS
Focal length 28mm
Exposure 1/60 sec @ f16


Lex

Glasgow Street

GLASGOW STREET

A street scene taken in the grounds of Galsgow University , during last years World Wide Photo Walk.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 24-105mm IS

Focal length 24mm

Exposure 125 @ f11

Lex

Glasgow Bridge Underside

Glasgow Suspension Bridge - Underside

This photo was taken from the Clyde walkway under the suspension footbridge.

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Lex

Glasgow River Clyde

GLASGOW - RIVER CLYDE

This photo was taken from the rusting bridge that I entered into the "2 Things Cahllenge" for Sunday 28th Feb, http://2thingsphotochallenge.blogspot.com/ . It was a calm summers day, though there was some clouds building out to the west.

Camera Canon Ixus

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Lex

Portaferry

PANO WEEK

The last pano for this week was taken in Portaferry, Ireland. This was the view from the window of the Portaferry Hotel, looking over Strangford Lough to strangford.



Camera Canon 1D
Lens 24-105mm f4 IS
Focal length 24mm
Exposure 1/180th sec @ f8
ISO 100

Lex

Sunset

PANO WEEK

This sunset was taken on the island of Benbecula, Scotland.



Camera Nikon E5700
Focal length 8.9mm
Exposure 1/160th sec @ f5.0
ISO 100


Lex

Head in the Clouds

PANO WEEK.

Today's pano was taken in Austria at the Hintertux Glacier 3250 metres above sea level, looking towards the Italian border.

Camera Nikon E5700

Focal length 15mm

Exposure 1/500th sec @ f8

ISO 100

Lex

Grassmere

PANO WEEK

Today's panorama was taken at Grassmere.

Grasmere is in the heart of the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Within easy reach are the towns of Ambleside, Keswick, Hawkshead, Coniston, Bowness and Windermere.

Grasmere was once the home of the famous poet William Wordsworth; today you can visit two of his former homes - Dove Cottage and Rydal Mount. Also in the centre of Grasmere is St. Oswalds Church, the churchyard of which contains the Wordsworth family graves.


Camera Canon 1D
Lens 24-105mm f4 IS
Focal length 24mm
Exposure 1/15th sec @ f22
ISO 100


Lex

South Uist

PANO

Following on from the last couple of weeks where there has been a theme to the photos, I thought that this week would be panoramas.

The above was five photos that were taken on the island of South Uist, Scotland. These images were merged together using Photoshop CS3.

The camera was set to manual and the setting were as follows

Camera Canon 350D
Lens Tamron 18-200mm
Focal length 42mm
Exposure 1/60th sec @ f14
ISO 100


Lex