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  • 1May 5, 2012

    White Mill revisited & flash diffusion experimentation

    Due to the poor weather there has not been many sightings of butterflies or damselflies, so revisted White Mill to take some more macro shots of bugs. I also took the opportunity to try out some different flash lighting set ups on my Olympus T28 twin macro flash system, in ..read more

  • 0May 1, 2012

    Latest video – Dorset & Hampshire Butterflies 2011

    As it says in the title I have just finished & uploaded to my You tube account a video of my favourite selection of butterflies taken in and around Dorset & Hampshire last year using Fuji Sensia 100 & 200 slide film.

    You can also view the video ..read more

  • 0April 26, 2012

    White Mill

    I have visited White Mill over the last few weeks, which always seems to be a good place to find bugs to macro. This time around the weather has been unseasonally cold so I think the emergence of beetles etc has been put on hold (or hiding away) so most ..read more

Landscape
  • 0March 17, 2012

    Lulworth Cove infrared shots

    Early last year (March time) I shot a roll of infrared (IR) Rollei 400 film at Lulworth Cove, with the recommended ISO setting of 12. Rollei is a black & white IR film, 1 of the few left on the market, with black & white now being the only option ..read more

  • 0March 11, 2012

    Farley Mount & Corfe Castle

    At the end of last year and the beginning of this year, I visited Farley mount & Corfe castle (maps of locations at the end of the post) to take images of the monuments at sunset. All shot on Fuji Velvia 50 slide film using my Olympus OM 24mm F2 ..read more

  • 2March 4, 2012

    Kimmeridge

    In the middle of February I took a visit to Kimmeridge Bay on the Dorset Jurassic coast, taking along the E620 digital camera again. I used both digital lenses that I own, the  Olympus 14-42mm F3.5 lens & Olympus 70-300mm F4 lens. Pretty much immediately came across this pipit on ..read more

Wildlife
  • 0April 7, 2012

    Hurst Castle

    Recently visited Keyhaven nature reserve, and took a walk along the spit to Hurst Castle. Along the way took photo’s of a couple of different bird species with the E620 & Olympus 70-300mm F4 digital lens.

    A few Dunlins (Calidris alpina)

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    F11, 1/640, ISO 320 & exposure compensation -0.3

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    F13, 1/500, ISO 320 ..read more

  • 0April 1, 2012

    Stanpit Marsh Nature Reserve

    Visited Stanpit Marsh nature reserve several times over the course of the winter season, and this is a selection of the birds found there during that time all taken on the Olympus E620 & Olympus 70-300mm F4 digital lens.

    A Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) in flight, at f5.6, ISO 800, 1/250. (Image ..read more

  • 0March 20, 2012

    Roydon Wood

    I visited Roydon Wood on Sunday with the purpose of shooting springtails with my Olympus film camera (results pending development). On the way there the local radio station weather report mentioned the possibility of ‘rogue showers’. One of these rogue showers arrived, whilst sifting through leaf litter looking for the ..read more

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