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

HDR Rubix cube from Fisheye Lomography camera

Ok Proper and normal pics after this as it is in danger of turning into a HDR blog , I really don't want that

MMA and MUAI THAI CAGE FIGHTING in HDR .... Stick with it

A while back my mate Al told me a story of a friend of his :

His friend  was busy scoffing down slice after slice of his 24th birthday cake


After several slices he was told by his mum not to eat any more or he would be sick 




I can only assume that now being 24 the friend thought he was old enough to make his own decisions and as he could eat more cake , he would , ignoring the advice of his mum

Creepy house HDR from Disposable camera

I really should get a life and not just be messing about on this new toy ... ( I have done other things as well this afternoon / evening ) but now I have found out how to use the program I'm just getting a little carried away .


So it seems that to get a very sharp image you need 3 differently exposed images ( Arguably in RAW format and on a tripod ) 


While I accept this is true the above image is a before and after HDR image I took in Victoria ( Vancouver Island , British  Columbia , Canada ) about 5 years ago  with a disposable camera that I only had developed about a month ago ( See below post )

Disposable camera pics post

Well I am a fan of budget photography and really this is a good case for that . YOU DO NOT NEED A FANCY UP TO DATE CAMERA AND EDITING SOFTWARE TO MAKE GOOD PHOTOS !!! . 

The disposable camera was probably £3 ish , the developing was £4 and the software was a free download . So that's £7 TOTAL for a HDR Image !!!! 

The original image was dragged into Photoshop ( Elements ), lightened and saved , darkened and saved , then both with the original were dragged into Luminance HDR 2.0.2( Freeware )


Enjoy your photography and don't think you need money to take good snaps. It can actually be more rewarding and challenging trying to do it on the cheap

The free software can be downloaded here

 Free HDR software download

I take no responsibility if there are any viruses or whatever associated with this . I only provide the link for research purposes . The software is at no cost but feel free to donate via Paypal as some people have gone to a lot of time and effort to develop this software


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Ok so these are my first ever attempts at HDR

Since getting home from work I have been trying to get my hands around a new free software called Luminance HDR . At first I had no idea what I was doing but after about 2 1/2 hours of frustration and really hating the technique I kinda got it . The above images are literally my first ever attempt . I took 3 exposures of the humble Marmite jar ( My first attempts I was not impressed with ) !

 I then manipulated the car image in Photoshop so I could get 3 different exposures

 Now I have a clue what I am up to expect some more ....

Alternative desktop background download Windows XP

Click on image and right click save as for an alternative background

 Looks qualiteeeee

Original XP Post 

My New Nephew

Baby Luke 10 days old holding his dads hand

Luke age 2 or 3 days

Congratulations to my twin brother Scott and Aimee on the birth of Luke,  June 1st 2011

After an internet embargo by my bro until most family and friends have seen the little man I can finally post a couple of pics . What a cutie! Now my other Niece and nephew Hannah and Matthew have another cousin to play Monopoly with , ( well maybe not straight away )

Freedom of the county

Soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh ( Royal Welch Fusiliers ) Top of town Denbigh on parade to commemorate their Freedom of the County ( Denbighshire )

Lomography fisheye film camera reel # 5