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The perils of using an ND filter.

Posted on July 13, 2018 by

In October last year (see this post) I wrote about using a ten-stop neutral density filter at a rather surreal stretch of coastline near Aberdaron on the Llyn Peninsula. As waves came in I used exposures of several seconds to … Continue reading →

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….. and later that same morning……….

Posted on July 2, 2018 by

Having exhausted most of the wood warbler possibilities (see previous post) and with over 400 images to examine and process, my mind turned to other things. It was still early in the morning and just a few miles away it would … Continue reading →

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Spirit of the woodland.

Posted on June 27, 2018 by

The wood warbler has always been a special bird for me. I recall an early May morning at Ynyshir reserve when a wood warbler would perch on a the end of low branch and sing its gorgeous song. Its whole … Continue reading →

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Help! Am a turning into a twitcher?

Posted on May 5, 2018 by

Earlier this week I headed down to Kidwelly near Carmarthen. Having arrived there I checked the Pembs Bird Blog – as I regularly do – to find that a green heron had been found near Narberth, only about 25 miles … Continue reading →

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A Norwegian coastal cruise (Part 2) and some thoughts on photographing the Northern Lights.

Posted on April 22, 2018 by

Was there anything else? Oh, yes…….the northern lights! Unless conditions are absolutely perfect, a moving ship will be rocking backwards and forwards and from side to side, with engine vibration to add to the photographer’s misery.  There wasn’t any prospect … Continue reading →

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A Norwegian coastal cruise (Part one)

Posted on April 21, 2018 by

In March I did the unthinkable….. went on a cruise.  You’ve probably seen the ‘Northern Lights Cruise’ adverts featuring a stunning photograph of the Aurora set in a spectacular Norwegian landscape. Closer inspection revealed that almost all these promotional images … Continue reading →

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An inscrutable visitor from the Arctic

Posted on April 7, 2018 by

This snowy owl was first reported from St. Davids Head on the Pembrokeshire bird blog on Good Friday, and then again on April 3rd. It seemed to be elusive, to say the least. But the forecast for April 5th was … Continue reading →

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My annus horribilis

Posted on January 24, 2018 by

It is probably not the done thing to blog about one’s failures. Like the Christmas circular letter a blog will normally only contain details of the writer’s achievements. There have been successes over the last year for me to look … Continue reading →

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With Seasons Greetings…..

Posted on December 24, 2017 by

With seasons greetings to all, and best wishes for the year to come. This is actually the view from our kitchen window. Jane had already suggested it as a Christmas card and when some snow fell a couple of weeks … Continue reading →

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The slow death of Adobe Lightroom.

Posted on November 13, 2017 by

I made a very hesitant transition from film to digital during the period 2006/7. Photoshop was THE digital processing software in those days so I coughed up my £400 and dived in. It was HORRIBLE. Photoshop was designed for graphics … Continue reading →

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