Photography…mostly.

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  • Fields of Clackmannanshire summer on iPhone

    Fields of Clackmannanshire summer on iPhone

    These were shot on an iPhone 4 in 2010 and are a good demonstration of how the iPhone camera (and others) have transformed photography. Its only weakness was wild swings in colour temperature from shot to shot, for which I corrected in this collection. These were taken around the rolling fields in Clackmannanshire at the foot…

  • Poppylocks snow frolics

    Poppylocks snow frolics

    An early November snowstorm in that cold winter of 2010 brought bliss for Poppy. She does enjoy tearing around, burying her head in the snow and snorting the stuff up her hooter (a nose for my readers in farther bits of the earth).                

  • Squirrel, rain and garden colour

    Squirrel, rain and garden colour

    A local squirrel distrubed from peanut collecting duty by a full frontal Poppy bark-fest scampered to a nearby wall and hung upside-down. Later-on the rain drenched flowers made intense colour and texture photographs.                              

  • Summer photographs from the garden

    Summer photographs from the garden

    Another batch of colour and detail with summer photographs from the garden in late summer. Mother nature can look glorious when you get close to the bugs and flowers.                                         More flower detail

  • Cherished item 001

    Cherished item 001

    I know the photo omits the spit and polish of a Vogue magazine cover shot, thats because this is a work-a-day tool that had ‘some work done’. Its a Dualit Combi 2+1 toaster which I bought in 1997 for a very very princely sum. I’m embarrased at the amount I spent on a toaster. I could…

  • Banish the rain

    Banish the rain

    I can’t help publishing these garden macro photography shots of various garden flowers and insects. Using my oldest most treasured lens, a Canon 100mm f2.8, which renders very pleasingly.                           More butterflies bees and bugs

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