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Im not a horticulturalist or what ever they call themselves these days niether do i like photographing objects that move with the slightest breeze but there is something captivating about a carpet of blubells in the woods, i have been trying to get out for a month to the local woods ideally at sunrise, but the oportuinty hasn't risen. i went out at lunchtime on tuesday in a vain hope to capture something of what was wilting very fast and being smothered by the vasst and fastly grwoing new shoots of the greenery arround. this is what i found.

Current Mood: anxious

Fancy a trip to Dorest? he said, what for? i said, The Durdle Door he said, but the light is awful and the forecast is rubbish i said, we can go anyway just to see how far it is he said.

Do you know the wayi Said ? yes
On arrival at Ringwood (1/2 way), which way now? So we stopped and checked the map as i was unsure weather to go through Bournemouth onto Poole and then down or all the way round it down the minor roads, after a quick consultation i announced " I know where we are going" Refering to which of the above 2 choices to take, on arrival at Swanage via Corfe Castle clearly being able to see the sea it was evident we had taken the wrong turn, "I know where we are going" he quoted my earlier saying..... back track a few miles and soon we arrive at the Cliff edge at Lullworth, all the gear out of the van packed up like mules, have you packed the spoon for the tea? i said, check, water check, stove, check cups, check milk n sugar check, off we went down a very steep hill 20 mins later arriving at one of the most awsome natural coves i have ever seen, all set up and ready to go. Fancy a tea? he said, yes please. stove out, water on  cups ..... wheres the tea bags?   i think they call it karma. 
 any how enjoy the picture
Comments always welcome.

Current Mood: bouncy

Results of a recent trip out, and a very nice day it was, as always Accompanied by the great jfridlington .
The Clifton Suspension Bridge, a grand Structure design by Mr Isombard Kingdom Brunel at the megre age of 24 years young, the first stone was laid in 1831, with the project being abandoned in 1843 with only the towers complete, Brunel died aged 53 in 1859 and shortly after the bridge was completed as a memorial to him and finally opened in 1864. Now a toll bridge it nets approx £5500 a day in revenue at 50p a time that's a lot of cars, which makes photographing with out cars almost impossible.




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On A busy Sunday afternoon where better to take an hours drive with your mate to the busiest pier so you can try and take a photo without people in it as the sun sets, after a more than a little composition help from jfridlington  as i couldnt seem to get the shot i wanted straight, when in doubt shoot it wonky!

a pleasant afternoon had by us both even if the cups o tea were small and a little slow arriving (also the most expensive tea i have ever bought) kind of ( jon's round)



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Current Mood: anxious

Photography is all about timing, you wait till everything is just right the subject is ready and then the only thing left is the right lighting ......
so being 30 mins late for dusk is a real problem if you want a good sky with your subject......another failed trip to spinnaker tower... but all is not lost
a quick trip across a field, hedge, brambles and jfridlington's 2 soggy feet later. and you end up with something like this.

Current Mood: mischievous

A weekend off they don't happen often so my self and jfridlington took advantage of what the met office promised to be clear skies and a partly cloudy day, alas we were lied to AGAIN !
it was a long drive to Liverpool only to find out that the met office have a disclaimer on their website which basicly allows them to forecast complete fabrications with no obligation to be factual in any way.
so we made the best of what we had
 Let me know what you think of Mersey Land and the surroundings



































































Just to make the day go by we drove home via Wales and Bristol
stopping off
for a dusk shot of the Cliffton suspension bridge.


















Thanks and appreciation go to Jonathan for driving 700 miles in 28 hours

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Strolling along the beach looking for a decent landscape to shoot i randomly shot this, and with a little help from a friend who had recently been on a photoshop course managed to turn this little number out.. your  thoughts please



Thanks again to jfridlington 

Well its been a busy few months and haven't had chance to post anything for a while so i do have some pictures to post but will start with the most recent last night saw a return trip to Halnaker windmill, after many visits with shots being either out of focus or nosiy or too dark, i think jonathan and i have finally cracked it. well i damn well hope so because carrying all our equipment up that hill its a chore, even though we cheated twice.
one night we were chatting and i looked at jon and said is that a chinnok chopper i can hear?
after a few seconds we concured and went back to chatting, few mins later saw it brow the hill in the distance it was flyign very low it was heading in our direction  it flew straight for us at about 30ft above the ground it disappeared into the valley below us and then suddenly rose from behind the windmill about 20 ft of the ground the tail opened and it lower down almost landing some lights changed colour and then it rose tilting backwards almost going upside down and flew off in a large circle back over us before disappearing into the distance wher it came from....harmless but quite frightening too.

So as you can see from picture number 1 key thing is for a long shoot its good to have some comforts around you, and as it turned out it was going to be a long night.
















 as we arrived a light shower came over the top of us and then the sun set producing some amazing colours and a rainbow i took several shots with the rainbow very clear in them all excpet for this one which has the best cloud colour you can see the rainbow just!















As light was fading fast it was essential to get the camera on the windmill so i could get it in focus for later but decided to be cheeky and push my luck which paid of with the next picture it needs little else in the way of a description.















If  anyone would like a copy of any of my pictures to use as a desktop picture please leave a comment asking for one and i will forward you the image without the copy right stuff.

Enjoy and check back soon for more posts.......



wayne

Current Mood: cheerful