More wall, more flowers

Occasionally, I come home with nothing, but as often as not I come away from a shoot with more than one image, and the best of the bunch then gets published on here. But the "also-rans", once processed, then languish on a hard drive somewhere, probably never to see the light of a display again. So maybe I'll just post something for the sake of it... like this one from yesterday.



24-70mm f/2.8 AF-S Nikkor. 1/160 second at f/5.6. Matrix metering. ISO 160



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10 years gone: A celebration.

10 years have come and gone since I started this blog, and 978 posts later I have managed to amass 9 followers (thank you, each and every one; much appreciated). I would also like to thank (don't worry, this won't take long), all the visitors who have taken the trouble to drop by, wherever you are.

Here's to the next ten.


24-70mm f/2.8 AF-S Nikkor. 1/125 second at f/5.6. Matrix metering. - 0.67 EV compensation. ISO 400



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Daisies and poppy #1

300mm f/2.8 AF-S VR Nikkor. 1/1600 second at f/5.6. Matrix metering. Tripod and remote release. ISO 160




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Runnin' down to the station

The golden age of the railway has long gone, and the reason a local station survived the swinging axe of Dr. Beeching in 1963 was the fact that at that time it featured a four track layout. It is on a main line system but somewhat neglected, as shown by the rusted-away passenger lift bell in the top image. The lift itself has not worked for many years and thus prevents some disabled people from using the rail network at this stop. All this is not such good news for those that travel by train, but a whole wealth of subjects for my camera.


24-70mm f/2.8 AF-S Nikkor. Matrix metering.

Bell: 1/250 second at f/5.6. -0.67 EV compensation. ISO 400
Rusted girder: 1/1600 second at f/2.8. -0.33 EV compensation. ISO 200
Stairs: 1/160 second at f/11. -0.33 EV compensation. ISO 500



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Iris

Apart from the obvious pulling power of super-telephoto lenses I also like to exploit their other attributes. Although they don't have the ability to focus very close they are more than useful in using shallow depth of field for pictorial effect.



300mm f/2.8 AF-S VR Nikkor. 1/320 second at f/4. Matrix metering. - 0.67 EV compensation. Tripod and remote release. Mirror Lockup. ISO 160



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Trees

                                              Trees on the first day of summer, King's Wood, Challock, Kent.



24-70mm f/2.8 AF-S Nikkor. 1/50 second at f/2.8. ISO 500. Matrix metering.



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