FIRE dancer

Bonfire night entertainment 

Entertainer playing with fire at bonfire night event 

I think if the Health and Safety squad got involved this guy would be out of a job or wearing fire proof clothing / face mask / behind reinforced glass / steel toecap shoes / using torches attached rather than flames 

To get this shot I think the camera was about "0.3 seconds and with flash on 2nd curtain ( Low ISO )

I could have done with a tripod but really other than steam railway enthusiasts , nobody really carries them round ...... (That's not a criticism just an observation)

DOG walker

Of all the pics of  an 8 - 0 victory this one stands out because of the guy in the background


Never really noticed him really till I came to process the pictures


It just says everything to me about grassroots footie


I also noticed some people had scaled a cliff face to avoid the turnstile fee

DIWALI parade Chester

 

Happy Diwali

........Although I'm not too well informed with this festival it was great to see so many participants enjoying the festival and smiling throughout . The parade went from the town hall to the town center and back 


More pics will be  in " The Leader " next week

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