Shooting hoops with Flora
It’s been a beautiful day here, and we thought we’d give Flora a run around with the jumps, hoop and weave poles in the garden. Then we got the camera and reflectors out. And then the fun began. She’s usually moving so quickly through the jumps and hoop in particular that you don’t see a [...]
Kestrel in the garden
I haven’t posted in a while so I’ve got some catching up to do. Here are three pictures I captured of a kestrel in the back garden. I was playing frisbee with Flora and Keith, as I call him, landed on the fence and then dropped into the garden. Keith kindly waited while I went [...]
Red sky at night…
…shepherds’ delight. Red sky in morning…. barn on fire. So they say. Penelope coerced me into going out for a walk despite the 18 mile cycle home. She mentioned that there was some sort of dust cloud coming over from the Sahara that promised a spectacular sunset. 20 minutes later, armed with cameras and a [...]
The many shapes of Flora
A few of the more amusing shots from Sunday’s test. It’s amazing what poses you can capture with a reasonably high frame and a decent sized memory card.
High speed Flora
Penelope and I took advantage of some breaks in the cloud to go out and test a camera (Nikon D300s) against my Olympus. We were looking for a high speed subject to test the focus in particular. Flora seemed like the obvious choice. Anyway, it was great fun, and Flora was pretty tired afterwards. A [...]
Last post before Patagonia?
I haven’t posted for about a month but for the right reason. Penelope and I have been planning our honeymoon in Patagonia. That and a ridiculously busy time at work. It’s going to be pretty cold in Patagonia and it looks like the weather in the UK is trying to prepare us for it. It [...]
Faith restored – Flora in the water
After being a bit disappointed with some of the waterfall pictures last weekend I’ve had my faith somewhat restored in my camera kit. It was the focus tracking that has impressed today. We walked over to the King’s Head in Wadenhoe and stopped for a bit of splashing around in the mill pond en route. [...]
Squatters! Well, swallows actually. Erm House martins in fact!
There are a number of swallows’ and house martins’ nests in the surrounding area and on Monday morning I got a rude awakening. At 4:30am I heard the dawn chorus particularly clearly. I got up bleary eyed and saw a pair decided that the gutter support by the window would make an ideal nesting site. [...]
Fun in the sun (and the river)
Penelope, Flora and I went on a brilliant walk with Paul, Anna and Bear across the River Nene. It was a mega hot day so we stopped off for a swim in the river, it was great. Flora’s a real swimmer now and seems to love the water. Then on to the Kings Head in [...]
Flora with a borrowed lens
I hired a lens to play with (Olympus Zuiko 35-100mm). It arrived today so I took it out for a test run with one of my favourite subjects, Flora. Given these early pictures I’m very impressed with the lens, only question is whether I can get the most out of it. I’ve got it for [...]