Seagulls following our boat along the fjords in Norway. I was pleasantly surprised how the shots came out — all nice and sharp with bright highlights around the edges of the wings.
All Canon 400D, 1/1250sec, f/9 or f/10, ISO 400, focal length 50mm. No cropping on any.
Passengers admiring the view on the Balestrand to Fjærland ferry.
Canon 400D, 1/100sec, f/9, ISO 100, focal length 17mm
The Flåmsbana train at the station in Flåm. It’s the same train as shown here.
Canon 400D, 1/125sec, f/8, ISO 200, focal length 10mm
Another landscape from Norway, this time from the Sognefjord, near Balestrand.
Canon 400D, 1/500sec, f/10, ISO 400, focal length 11mm
On the ferry towards Fjærland/Mundal in western Norway.
Canon 400D, 1/125sec, f/9, ISO 100, focal length 11mm
My attempt at some landscape photography… this is Aurlandsfjorden as seen from the village of Flåm in western Norway.
Canon 400D, 1/80sec, f/5.6, ISO 100, focal length 24mm, tripod
I have just returned from a week in Norway, so will be posting a few images from there over the next few days.
This is my favourite shot of the trip; I just think it’s funny how the couple seem so disinterested in the amazing waterfall that their train is passing.
It’s Kjosfossen on the Myrdal—Flåm line, and I underexposed by two stops to get some detail in the waterfall.
Canon 400D, 1/200sec, f/11, ISO 100, focal length 20mm
At first glance it looks like this building has a complicated intercom, but actually it’s just stencilled onto the wall. Luckily the doorbell is real.
Canon 400D, 1/100sec, f/7.1, ISO 400, focal length 44mm
I like the repetitive pattern and colours on this Oxford Street shoe display.
Canon 400D, 1/60sec, f/5.6, ISO 400, focal length 44mm, cropped slightly
I’ve used a semi-transparent Vivid Light layer (in Photoshop Elements) to accentuate the scratches on this phone box.
Canon 400D, 1/200sec, f/10, ISO 400, focal length 70mm
I am away for a few days again, but just before leaving I realised I didn’t have enough images lined up to cover the days I was away. Being short of time, I set myself a little challenge — to get the required shots in one lunchbreak. So the next four shots were all taken in the space of half an hour last Monday lunchtime.
Here I liked the way the three people on the advert appeared to be peeping over the hoardings.
Canon 400D, 1/200sec, f/10, ISO 200, focal length 70mm
St James’ Park, Newcastle. These guys are probably dreaming about scoring the winning goal for (or against) Newcastle.
Canon 400D, 1/100sec, f/9, ISO 100, focal length 20mm
The players’ tunnel at St James’ Park, home of Newcastle United.
Canon 400D, 1/600sec, f/8, ISO 1600, focal length 20mm
At Wallsend, Newcastle, very near to where Hadrian’s Wall ends.
Canon 400D, 1/320sec, f/11, ISO 200, focal length 24mm
I couldn’t spend a week along Hadrian’s Wall and not take any photos of signs… this is at Brocolitia, temple of Mithas. The little red heart had been cut out and stuck to the roadsign by someone.
Canon 400D, 1/200sec, f/10, ISO 100, focal length 24mm
Another image showing walkers on the Hadrian’s Way path.
Canon 400D, 1/640sec, f/6, ISO 400, focal length 70mm
Hadrian’s Wall somewhere between Vindolanda and Wall; and the sign welcoming you to the village of Wall.
Both Canon 400D
Top: 1/250sec, f/10, ISO 200, focal length 24mm
Bottom: 1/100sec, f/7.1, ISO 100, focal length 70mm
At one point on our Hadrian’s Wall walk, we were surrounded by this particularly inquisitive herd of cows.
Canon 400D, 1/320sec, f/11, ISO 200, focal length 24mm
This is somewhere on the Hadrian’s Wall path between Wall and Heddon-on-the-Wall. If you look carefully you can see rain coming from those clouds in the distance.
Canon 400D, 1/320sec, f/13, ISO 200, focal length 64mm, brightened slightly in Elements
I spent last week walking the Hadrian’s Wall path, all the way from Bowness-on-Solway to Wallsend. Most of the time the weather was overcast and, because I couldn’t carry a tripod or keep stopping to wait for better skies etc, all of the following shots are handheld and on-the-go.
These first three are fairly typical views of the Wall, and were all taken en route somewhere between Once Brewed and Brocolitia. The middle shot is of Milecastle 37.
All Canon 400D and focal length 24mm
Top: 1/160sec, f/8, ISO 100
Centre: 1/200sec, f/10, ISO 200
Bottom: 1/160sec, f/8, ISO 200
Freddy Eastwood has finally left my team, Southend, and joined Wolves. He’s been the club’s biggest star for a long time, scoring 62 goals in 129 games.
This was taken at a match at the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff in 2005.
Canon 300D, 1/1000sec, f/5, ISO 400, focal length 250mm
My final archive image for now; this is also from Hora in Mykonos last summer.
Canon 300D, 1/125sec, f/8, ISO 200, focal length 25mm
This is the Church of Panagia Paraportiani in Hora, Mykonos, Greece.
Canon 300D, 1/250sec, f/11, ISO 200, focal length 35mm
A café in Hora on the holiday island of Mykonos, Greece, last summer.
Canon 300D, 1/250sec, f/11, ISO 200, focal length 55mm
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