First Splash
27 January 2025
An early try at something new – water splash collisions.
I’m trying out a device that controls the timing of water drops, and a flash unit (both bought second hand on eBay).
There’s still work to do on nailing all of the variables, but I’m beginning to get the hang of it.
Panning
17 December 2024
Spotted on an evening photo walk run by Campkins in Cambridge intended to capture Christmas Lights, this is the entrance of the Le Crueset shop. The doorway holds a display of cooking pot lids lit from behind. This shot was a 4 second exposure captured while moving the zoom ring on the lens.
Uncooperative
6 December 2024
An idea I had a while ago, but took a while to get around to.
Originally I’d visualised just the one ‘sulking’ Gerbera, but adding a straight one made the composition much better.
The joke is maybe a bit strained since you need to read the title and the inscription on the bottle to make any sense of it. Otherwise it’s just a very basic still life.
I think it is going to look better as a print.
Tivoli Gardens
25 November 2024
On a Christmassy visit to Copenhagen the weather was not so much seasonally snowy, more often just damp and chilly.
This was brightened by the twinkly lights of Tivoli Gardens, and copious measures of glögg and winter beer.
Leake Street
4 November 2024
A visit to Leake Street, Waterloo at Halloween yielded some good photo opportunities last week.
Leake Street is a pedestrianised tunnel under the railway lines entirely given over to graffiti artists to exhibit their work.
