BEACH Halloween Crow / Raven

This bird followed me for a while along the beach then sat on the fence post . I don't normally ( Actually never ) put 3 similar pictures together but I like the flow of these images  

Images are as shot , only shrunk to size no colour/ contrast adjust or cropping

HAPPY Halloween

Few creepy pics to celebrate HALLOWEEN

First pic is lit with a mobile phone on the other side of the door . Other pics are long exposures and a remote flash to get a multi exposed image

( The room was pitch black to acheive this effect )

Bit of grain added in Photoshop  for ambience

FORYD Bridge

Arriva bus crosses Foryd harbour bridge in Rhyl North Wales

The harbour looking extremely calm , must be this time of year 

Come to think of it just over a year ago I was photographing slabs of ice floating down river and into this harbour . Lets hope for a slightly more mild winter this time round

It's pretty amazing how one landmark can look so different if you catch it at the right time

SMALLEST owl in the UK

Bumped into this little guy today . He is a rescue owl and the smallest breed of owl that exists in the UK

Not sure if he wanted to leave his comfy perch at the time as he did a 'dirty protest' immediately after leaving his cage

BOGGLE eyed tenner

Just bought some boggle eyes from a craft center in Chester 

£10 note Charles Darwin and HRH The Queen have so far got the treatment

I'm gonna have fun with these eyes 

Shame they are not self adhesive ! I have banged the images through a couple of filters so nobody can accuse me of taking photos and copying money

EXTENSION tube macro ring

You lookin' at my eye ?.. ( cannibal the musical reference ) 

Matches that I still have from The Viking Lounge in Juneau Alaska ( Happy Days )

Just had an hour or so Play with a Extension tube macro ring . After initially nearly having a heart attack thinking I had ruined a decent lens by clamping this on I was relieved when I managed to suss it out and have a go with it . I will be experimenting and will give a bit of a review soon .......

Self portrait

Self portrait taken with my mobile phone waiting for a train at the newly refurbished Prestatyn Railway station this evening . Winter is on its way

TV LEGEND David Dickinson

Cheap as chips . This weekend I met ,snapped and shook hands with daytime legend David Dickinson . My student self would be so proud

CYMRU AM BYTH

Having to work today I got the privilege to cover and watch the first half of the Wales Semi final game against France at Mold rugby Club then the second half at Wrexham Rugby Club . I think this pic sums the  day up 

Its great to see all ages enjoying the sport together

Well done lads you have done your country proud

CYMRU AM BYTH

Roll on 6 Nations !!!

( Iso 100 0.5 second shutter and flash on 2nd curtain , levels and contrast adjusted slightly in Photoshop )

"Little Photo" App #2

I've been quite busy with work and other commitments recently and am taking my time with the film pics ( Quality over quantity ) 


Snapped a few pics on Rhyl Prom this morning using my Samsung Galaxy S and the Little Photo app . What a great little thing , I'm not really impressesd with the quality of image from camera phones but the filters on the app seem to add a little something to what could be otherwise very flat images

Wild Roaming horses of Llanddwyn Island

 Shot with Canon 40d and Lomo Lomography Holga plastic lens

 Shot with Canon 40d and Lomo Lomography Holga plastic lens

Fabulous weather on Llanddwyn Island .  Can't believe it was this late in the year with the Indian summer we are having . These horses were really placid and must be very used to people as they were not at all bothered about people getting close and taking photos , true professionals I think! The weather this day was wholly different to the last time I visited


Few more pics of the island at sunset :

View from old pilots boat house or lifeboat station . I think the harsh weather conditions have caused the door to fall off

Llanddwyn lighthouse at sunset

St Dwynwen's Cross , bench with 13 century poem on it ( The bench is not that old ) and lighthouse on Llanddwyn island

Little Photo App for Android phones

Found this great application for my camera phone last week . Available for free on Android it has some great filters to add a bit of something to your phone cam pics . You can even upload old pics to put through the filter . Great stuff I have really enjoyed using it this week especially the Lomography filters

Other review and download info available on following link

ANDROID MARKET LITTLE PHOTO APP

I probably need to set it up properly but so far the only issue is that it shrinks the image size  

(I have not adjusted light , contrast or vignetting in Photoshop that was all done in the application . You can also purchase the full app with more features  )