Mynediad Blog rhif 100 !!!!!!!!!!! .... Eisteddfod Wrexham 2011

Rhaid imi gyfadda yn gyntaf ers imi gadael ysgol mae fy'n Nghymraeg 'sgrifeneddig i wedi mynd yn warthus ( Doedd o ddim yn wych yn y dechrau ond dwi'n trio)!!

Fel wahaniaeth gan fy mod i wedi bod yn yr Eisteddfod Genhedlaethol yn Wrexham heddiw ( Ac wedi llosgi yn yr haul rhyw ychydig ) dwi am ceisio gwneud y flog hwn ( RHIF 100 ) yn wahannol ac yn Gymraeg !!! 


Dwi'n barod wedi anfon y lluniau gradd "A" i'r Evening Leader ( papur newydd lleol ) gan ei fod yn gwneud llawer am yr eisteddfod yr wythnos yma ( erthyglau a lluniau ). Uwchben yw rhai o'm lluniau gradd "B" doeddwn i ddim yn digon hapus i'w hanfon


Gobeithio bod pawb o'r tros 17,000 o bobl mwynhau yn yr haul heddiw ac mae gen i'm fusedd wedi ei croesi am y tywydd am weddill y wledd

POP HWYL




( This blog posting was written in Welsh as a tribute to the National Eisteddfod being held in Wrexham this week . I did wonder what my 100th blog post would be )

Rhyl Airshow 2011

I don't normally put old photos up but these are what I took as a spectator on the beach at last years Rhyl Airshow . It is a fantastic free event and will be on again the weekend of 6th and 7th August . If you are anywhere near I fully advise going . What a fabulous free event . The link below will take you to the show homepage

( I'll posting some pics of it myself in a couple of weekends )


RHYL AIRSHOW WEBSITE

Fingers crossed for good flying / parachuting weather

#1 Camera Modification

My first attempt at a Camera modification . Bought a cheap 35mm camera , attached fishing wire so I can re-set the shutter trigger without winding the camera/ film on a bit like a Lomography camera

Needs a bit more work to stop the shutter sticking , ( if you look closely you can see the wiring where the metal shutter creates a circuit that sets off the flash.......

I used a Rambo knife to drill a hole in the side for the fish wire . I will be posting results when I have used a reel of film . This camera really is a heap of junk so I will probably have to tape everything up to stop light creeping in

1930's Coronet camera bought for £1 from a car boot sale

Enlarged view through viewfinder you should be able to make out the window

I hope this bad boy works because I have already have several rolls of film on order for it  ( the film costing wayyy more than the camera ) . If and when I can afford to get the film processed I will post the results


The shutter still works will just need to clean it up a little but that's what you can expect from a camera that was made before the 2nd world war 

Update couple of pics I have taken with the camera and home developed

So the camera does work but It is quite a struggle to keep it still and operate the shutter mechanism ( especially on a windy beach)

Cage fighting event Muai Thai and MMA Liquid Wrexham 17.07.2011

A few snippets from the evening

Fight Card and results Wrexham Liquid caged event 17 July 2011

Bout 1 Paul Evans Vs Matt Vernon ( WIN)
AC Muai Thai Chester        Russ Williams Will Killow Caerwys

Bout 2 Will Cains  Vs John Thomas ( WIN)
Stockport              Team Kilbride Wirral

Bout 3 Arwel Morris ( WIN ) Vs Chris Titley
Class Kicks Buckley and Ruthin                Gladiators Shrewsbury

Bout4 Alan Davies ( Draw) Vs Alex Royles ( Draw)
Taz Muai Thai         AC Muai Thai Chester

Bout5 Jay Williams Vs Jack Seymore (WIN)
Team Kilbride Wirral     Alex Gym Mold

Bout6 Mark Evans Vs Mahmut Icer ( WIN)
Russ Williams Caerwys  Russ Williams Wrexham

Bout7 George Sampson Vs Matthew Williams (WIN)
              Swansea Gym              Team Xtreme MMA Wrexham

Bout8 Liam Conwell ( WIN) Vs Grant Adams
Team Kilbride Wirral     Russ Williams Wrexham

Bout9 Nick Barratt Vs Jarred Southwall(WIN)
Swansea Gym           Team Xtreme Wrexham

Bout10 Shaun Sant Vs Rod Summers Jones (WIN)
AC Muai Thai Chester  Russ Williams/ Will Killow Caerwys

Bout11 Steve Wright VS Josh Roberts (WIN)
Swansea Gym         BANE MMA @ Russ Williams WXM

Bout12 Craig Allen Vs David Williams (WIN)
Swansea Gym   Team Xtreme Wrexham

Bout 13 Brett Healey Vs Pietro Menga (WIN)
                       MMAfia          MMA Academy Liverpool

Cage fighting event Muai Thai and MMA Liquid Wrexham .

Great cage fighting event yet again this evening , will be sorting and posting more over the next few days . This is one of my fave pics of this evenings event . The fighter on the left had won and went over to show his respect to his opponent whilst he was getting treatment ........ Now you don't see that in football . I have published this MMA image in tone mapped HDR . Hope you like more to come

Acrobatic jump from one of the fighters on his birthday !!

Summer League final 2011

Summer League Denbighshire . As far as I am aware the Summer League is the only football league in the UK where players MUST come from the town / village that they play for . More info on the league available here : Summer league home

Peacock fluffed up

Peacock at Ruthin Castle . Will post link to story when it appears online

What a fabulous looking bird 

UK Passport Photos and ID Cards

NOT great examples of passport poses

I recently got asked to do some passport photos of my niece and nephew . I wasn't sure how to get the dimensions right but found this great Passport photo maker online : PORTRAIT BOOTH


With a little cropping correction you can get up to 8 passport photos for the price of a 6 x 9 photo ( 38p at today's price )


 UK Government guidelines for passport photos available on this following link : UK Gov guidelines on passport photos


I don't want to sound patronising ( That means talking to people in a condensing manner ;) ) , but unless you really know what you are doing there are many photo booths and pro photography studios that will take these pictures at a relatively low cost . Going to these places may take the stress out of being delayed or denied passports / Visa's because the quality of the image or dimensions are incorrect . It may however be a good alternative for NUS / NUJ / NUF cards that may not need such strict adherence to guidelines 


Have a go and see for yourself

Bangor City vs HJK Helsinki UEFA Cup Round 1

What a scrum .....

Away fans celebrate goal 

Bangor playing HJK Helsinki . Bangor will now go through to the round 2 with a 3 goal deficit


Bangor did have several refereeing decisions go their way but with many ( and legitimate ) calls for pushing / shoving / rugby tackling in the area falling on deaf ears . Good luck in the 2nd round

Llangollen International Eisteddfod 2011

Small flavour of the children's peace message and Parade of Nations this year in Llangollen  2011


The International Eisteddfod has been going in Llangollen since 1947 and plays hosts to many nations over the weekend in various competitions and events . The highlight for me is easily the parade through town . Always drums booming and music playing with a great crowd to cheer the performers on . If you get the chance you really need to do it at least once to get the experience of it . It can get quite emotional with people from all different races and backgrounds mingling with each other before, during and after the parade

Catterpillars

Bit of a mess around with some Macro shots ( Don't really do macro that often but you do get nice images if you have a decent subject ) . Anyways these little buggers have absolutely decimated the cabbage leaves this year . There are literally hundreds of them chomping their way through leaf after leaf . 


I did see a Robin nearby when I was taking photos . I'm sure he'll not go hungry with this much food about for him .

Seals off the coast near The Nova Prestatyn

Leaving the gym on Saturday I decided to go have a wander along the sea wall as the weather was so nice


Looking out I saw something that looked like the back of someones head bobbing up and down in the water . On closer inspection I saw it was a seal , ran to get my camera from the boot of my car and luckily managed to get this shot before he was way too far out to get anything other than a spec in the sea


In all my time spent on and around the sea wall this is the first time I have ever seen them here let alone get a picture . ( The seal was way beyond the distance where I could get a really decent shot of him but just close enough to get an ok crop ) . Walking further up I saw two seals together . I hope this is a sign of things to come and will certainly be keeping my eye out for more in the future