tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53593378258271943522024-03-13T02:47:15.595+00:00Steve Gledhill's Virtually Grey BlogA place for my occasional musings on photography and a noticeboard for new work.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359337825827194352.post-74067524313835971312017-07-21T19:34:00.003+01:002017-07-21T19:35:40.239+01:00Final Blog Post<div class="entry-content">
I’ve decided that all blog posts that I make in future will be on
just one single blog rather than on any one of the several different
blogs that I’ve used over the last few years. Accordingly there will be
no further entries on this blog. My new, and only, blog location from
now will be on my website <b>– <a href="http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">www.virtuallygrey.co.uk</a> –</b>
where there’s a link on the menu bar at the top of every page to my
VirtuallyGreyPhotoBlog. All of my other blogs will remain accessible
(until either Google or WordPress decide otherwise).</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359337825827194352.post-21084132494073319392017-03-09T21:56:00.000+00:002017-03-09T22:04:21.120+00:00Photo Exhibition – Ashton under HillI was delighted to be asked recently if I would be interested to show
a selection of my 'On Bredon Hill - 2016' photographs at the Ashton
under Hill Open Gardens 40th Anniversary Event on the weekend of the
10th and 11th June this year. I enthusiastically accepted. Ashton under
Hill lies at the foot of Bredon Hill on its eastern edge. I started out
on several of my hikes throughout 2016 from the village.<br />
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four, or thereabouts, of my prints will be exhibited in St Barbara's
Church throughout the weekend. Please see the Ashton under Hill Open
Gardens website for more information:<b> <a href="http://www.ashtonopengardens.co.uk/">www.ashtonopengardens.co.uk</a>. </b>I aim to be in attendance throughout the official opening hours of the event from 1pm to 6pm each day.<br />
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<b><a href="https://onbredonhill2016.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">This is the link to the photoblog of my 'On Bredon Hill - 2016' project.</a></b></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359337825827194352.post-5773166170220135102017-02-15T15:02:00.002+00:002017-02-15T15:44:45.488+00:00Around the lakeThe cottage where we stayed in Northumberland last week is close to a tree-lined lake. A walk around can't fail to find something to photograph, even if it isn't the lake. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Boat House</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ivy on The Barn Door</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spillway</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking Out</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359337825827194352.post-84946239199027753012017-02-15T14:54:00.002+00:002017-02-15T15:03:33.876+00:00Northumberland Coast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Whilst in Northumberland we took a few bracing hikes along the coast ...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beach Streaks and the Farne Islands</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dunstanburgh Spume</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dry Sand Streaks</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Obligatory Lindisfarne Boat Photograph!</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359337825827194352.post-42859321010118612102017-02-15T14:45:00.004+00:002017-02-15T15:47:39.555+00:00Abandonded CarsWhilst staying in Northumberland I came across an almost derelict barn that, subsequently, I found out was used as a hangar for a local landowner's light aircraft. It now houses two abandoned cars - a Ford Capri Ghia and a Reliant three-wheeler. I spent an enjoyable couple of hours taking these photographs - a little different from my more usual landscapes. Additionally there were several animal skulls adorning the walls. I understand that this was used as a film location last summer.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ford Capri Ghia and Reliant 3-Wheeler</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abandoned</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reliant 3-Wheeler</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not very Ghia-like!</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359337825827194352.post-58082874761189221582017-01-15T10:10:00.002+00:002017-01-15T10:12:14.281+00:00Annecy SwanLooking back over work from earlier years occasionally turns up a forgotten delight. This night time photograph of a swan in the town of Annecy in France in 2010 brought back memories of an excellent photo trip.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359337825827194352.post-60400313651873552022017-01-06T09:44:00.002+00:002017-01-06T09:44:32.798+00:00"On Bredon Hill - 2016" - finishedI've now completed my photography project for 2016. My photo-blog of the project is <b><a href="https://onbredonhill2016.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">linked here</a></b>, with the final entry being a reflection on my 52 hikes. These are two of my favourite photographs.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359337825827194352.post-30398167584611181352016-11-30T20:55:00.001+00:002016-12-11T18:49:09.123+00:00The Frost<div style="text-align: left;">
The hard hoar frost last night provided a photographic opportunity not to be missed. I was restricted to home today but 30 minutes in my garden yielded several very pleasing images. There aren't too many days in the year when we get such an exceptional frost.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359337825827194352.post-35635221285352065072016-11-22T14:31:00.001+00:002016-11-23T17:34:46.890+00:00Meeting of Minds - On Landscape 2016I'm just back from attending the 2 excellent days of the second "Meeting of Minds" Landscape Photographers' Conference at Rheged in Cumbria. A most stimulating, informative and, above all, enjoyable time spent with other like-minded photographers. An excellent set of contributors. Thank you to the <a href="https://www.onlandscape.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b>On Landscape</b></a> team for all of the arrangements. Looking forward the next one ... will it be another 2 years?<br />
After the conference concluded on Sunday I decided to stay on for a day and see if I could exercise some of the ideas I'd picked up. I ended up on a short walk/hike alongside a stream feeding into Ullswater where I enjoyed seeking out a few moving water images. And enjoyed processing them once back at home.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359337825827194352.post-15950547920511121702016-11-11T12:53:00.004+00:002016-11-11T12:53:41.464+00:00In Issue 124 of "On Landscape"Four of my tree photographs from Bredon Hill were publish recently in Issue 124 of "On Landscape" in the 4x4 section. <b><a href="https://www.onlandscape.co.uk/2016/10/subscribers-4x4-portfolios-124/" target="_blank">Linked here.</a></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359337825827194352.post-34612125695565333422016-11-11T12:22:00.001+00:002016-11-11T12:22:17.482+00:00Leaf LitterAutumn leaves - who can resist? Not me.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359337825827194352.post-51689539807969809362016-11-10T12:10:00.002+00:002016-11-23T17:36:30.165+00:00To downsize, or not to downsize, that is the question.This week I committed the worst possible photographer's faux pas. My
photo-backpack is always kept fully packed, camera batteries charged, at
the ready to pick up without thinking when I head off to do whatever my
next photo-outing requires. So, when I arrived for a photo-hike on a
cold, frosty and very promising dawn I removed my backpack, boots,
tripod and so on from my car boot, got kitted up, then opened my
backpack to find no camera!!! After a few moments of panic, I remembered
that a couple of days previously I'd removed it to take some shots at
home of our grandson - and failed to return it to my backpack.<br />
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So, not
stolen or lost, but, regretfully, a case of forgetfulness. I could have returned
home to collect it, but that would have been a 40 minute round trip
meaning I'd miss out totally on the promising sunrise. So, making a
virtue out of necessity, my contingency plan swung into action. I always
carry a pocket camera (a 6 year old Canon S95) in my backpack as a fallback in the
event of equipment failure or for occasions when carrying a lots of kit
just isn't practical. So, I left my back pack and tripod in the car and
hiked several miles unencumbered. Just my pocket camera for company.
What a revelation. Whilst the camera is just 10MP compared with my usual
24MP full frame camera (Sony A7II), it shoots in RAW and is a very
capable camera with a 28-105mm equivalent zoom. I quickly found that
there's an unexpected freedom and pleasure when hiking light. And
equally quickly I found that I was taking the same photographs I
imagined I'd be taking with my full frame gear. On return home I
processed my images and found to my delight that I'd achieved a similar
hit rate to that which I achieve with my full frame equipment.<br />
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There are, however,
two downsides to this revelation. The dynamic range of the little
camera is significantly smaller than I'm used to, and smaller than I
often need, and the smaller pixel count means the maximum size of images
is smaller than I'd really like. But I must ask myself, what do I
really need? Nowadays I produce far fewer prints than I ever did, and
those are invariably smaller than in the past. And most of my work is
now seen via the web on computer screens and tablets rather than in print
form, for which far smaller pixel counts are more than sufficient.<br />
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So, I
thoroughly enjoyed hiking unencumbered by a load of kit. And, I found
that I can achieve (almost) everything required for prints of A4/8x10
size, and at a push A3/12x16 and absolutely everything for posting on
the web. And stitching images allows far larger prints. I need to give
some more thought to whether my faux pas will give rise to me changing
what I carry for my photo-hiking projects. My ageing Canon S95 has shown
me once again the pleasures of lighter hiking. I'd already downsized a
few years ago from hiking with a 5x4 film camera and all of the weight
that entailed. I'm now thinking one of the latest compacts with higher
capabilities might be a serious proposition.<br />
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But, if I downsize does
that stop me being a 'serious photographer'? Hmmm ...<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359337825827194352.post-66373151441658710932016-10-27T21:54:00.001+01:002016-10-27T21:58:43.441+01:00TED Talk about Clouds - updateOver three years ago (6th August 2013) I wrote the blog post (repeated below) about Gavin Pretor-Pinney's TED Talk about clouds. At the time it had been viewed over 200,000 times. I've just taken a look and the count is now 1,189,793 times.<br />
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I often photograph the sky - it's always available, often interesting
and sometimes fascinating. Gavin Pretor-Pinney founded the <a href="http://cloudappreciationsociety.org/"><b>Cloud Appreciation Society</b></a> to
which many sky watchers, like me, submit photographs. I've been lucky
over the last few years to have several of mine published on the CAS
website. Recently Gavin gave a talk about clouds at TED Talks in
Edinburgh which, the last time I looked, has been viewed over 200,000
times. Do watch it, <b><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/gavin_pretor_pinney_cloudy_with_a_chance_of_joy.html">linked here</a></b>,
it's well worth all of the 11 minutes. I was delighted that he used one
of my cumulonimbus photographs as one of his illustrations.<br />
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If you've not yet come across <a href="http://www.ted.com/"><b>TED</b></a> I
would encourage you to take a look. The short talks on and about every
subject under the sun are splendid, challenging, inspirational, thought
provoking, funny, infuriating, ...
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359337825827194352.post-75667859440456750032016-10-15T19:55:00.003+01:002016-10-15T22:01:19.438+01:00Levadas - MaderiaWe're just back from our second visit to the Portugese island of Madeira - a steep sided (and hopefully) extinct volcano located about 300 miles from the Atlantic coast of Morocco. The island's agriculture is supported by the capture and distribution of rainwater by well over 1000 miles of levadas or rainwater channels. That's a lot of levadas given that the island is only about 300 square miles (800 square kilometres). They have been built over the last several hundred years and deliver water from around the island to where it's needed for agriculture. Many of the levadas have paths by their side so can be walked, and as they're almost on the level they are mostly very easy. Except that, because they run around the contours of the very steep volcano, in places they have precipitous drops - often without guard rails for protection. And here and there they flow through tunnels, some of which are easily long enough (many 100s of meters or more) to require a good torch. So, not for those a little unsteady on their feet or who don't have a good head for heights, or who would feel claustrophobic hiking through very dark restricted height tunnels.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359337825827194352.post-34760966884280405062016-07-10T20:10:00.000+01:002016-07-11T17:04:41.364+01:00Website Updated - New Images from USA & Bredon HillI've just updated my website with images from my recent visit to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and The Cascade Mountains of Washington State - <a href="http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/2016-wyoming-and-washington" target="_blank"><b>linked here</b></a>.<br />
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And I've added a few images to my "On Bredon Hill - 2016" - the one image per hike page - <a href="http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/on-bredon-hill-2016" target="_blank"><b>linked here</b></a>. I've now completed 32 Bredon Hill photo-hikes so far this year. My blog of this photography project which contains up to several images from each hike is <a href="https://onbredonhill2016.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><b>linked here</b></a>.<br />
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<b><br /></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359337825827194352.post-20755302932011032172016-06-12T19:33:00.001+01:002016-06-12T19:33:20.255+01:0027 hikes on Bredon Hill so far this year ...I've now completed 27 photohikes on Bredon Hill since starting on 1st January. After each hike I post a few photographs from the day on my Bredon Hill blog - <a href="https://onbredonhill2016.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><b>linked here</b></a>.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359337825827194352.post-45878959125381969142016-06-12T19:05:00.001+01:002016-06-12T19:08:58.615+01:00Circumhorizon Arc ...I recently returned from a road trip that took in The Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, Seattle and the Cascade Mountains of Washington State. Whilst staying in Chelan I was lucky to see a spectacular Circumhorizon Arc just above the horizon directly below the sun. I photographed it (of course) and sent it to Les Cowley who runs the superb website Atmospheric Optics. He immediately let me know that it was a particularly good example and that he’d use it for a forthcoming “Optics Picture of the Day (OPOD)”. He posted it this afternoon, here are the links:<br />
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Webesite Home Page: <a href="http://www.atoptics.co.uk/index.htm">www.atoptics.co.uk/index.htm</a><br />
OPOD - it’s here for the next few days: <a href="http://www.atoptics.co.uk/opod.htm">www.atoptics.co.uk/opod.htm</a><br />
Permanent location if you miss it as the OPOD during the next few days: <a href="http://www.atoptics.co.uk/fza118.htm">www.atoptics.co.uk/fza118.htm</a><br />
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It was spectacular - the first time I’ve ever seen one.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359337825827194352.post-24224954469166270212016-03-10T21:14:00.001+00:002016-03-10T21:37:02.600+00:00Now on Day 12 of my "On Bredon Hill - 2016" projectToday I completed my 12th hiking and photography outing "On Bredon Hill - 2016" since starting on 1st January this year. By now I must have covered about 80% of the public and permissive path on the hill and have so far published 50 photographs on my project blog: linked here: <b><a href="https://onbredonhill2016.wordpress.com/">https://onbredonhill2016.wordpress.com/</a></b>. So I'm just starting covering some ground for the second time which is where the challenge comes - to find new images from where I've been before. This will be partly facilitated by the changing seasons, by my aiming to walk in 'the other direction' and at different times of the day and of course in different weather and light. In addition to the photographs from each day's hike I select just one from each day and post it on my website here: <b><a href="http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/on-bredon-hill-2016">http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/on-bredon-hill-2016</a></b> - 12 in all so far.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359337825827194352.post-82200132476031371782016-02-09T21:59:00.000+00:002016-04-06T17:57:31.227+01:00Image Aspect Ratios and Camera DesignI'm a photographer who is in no way wedded to any particular aspect ratio. I will trim my images to whatever I consider suits them best, whether or not they fall to one of the recognised ratios or some non-integer ratio. But, I resent losing pixels. In particular, square format images have to be sliced
out of an already elongated 3:2 ratio image - 1/3 of the sensor's pixels
having to be ditched.<br />
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Easily selectable aspect ratios of maximum pixel count in digital cameras raises some questions about higher-end camera design. I've been mulling this over for a while and concluded that some fundamental changes to camera design would be enormously beneficial.<br />
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First a few statements of the obvious:<br />
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<li>Sensors are rectangular with width greater than height.</li>
<li>One always has to turn a camera through 90 degrees to take a portrait orientated image.</li>
<li>All cameras are designed to handle most easily in landscape format orientation.</li>
<li>Some alternative image aspect ratios may be available via menu options but they are limited and clumsy to select.</li>
<li>All lenses throw a circular image around a rectangular sensor.</li>
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It's the last of these statements that suggests a far better approach to camera design and handling. Cameras ought to be able to take advantage of the full image circle by having a circular sensor to capture all of the image data. In-camera software should enable easily selectable aspect ratios (predefined or infinitely variable) via a simple dial option which accordingly masks the EVF and screen. There are many positives to this but there are two of real significance:<br />
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<li>Utilising the full image circle means that the maximum possible image
size (pixels) would always be available for every selected aspect ratio
within the image circle.</li>
<li>Portrait oriented images could be made whilst the camera remains in the comfortable 'horizontal' position.</li>
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Clearly this requires a new approach to some significant aspects of camera body design, but not lens design. Larger sensors would be required because they would now need the full image circle to be accommodated rather than the 3:2 rectangle. And consequently the EVF and screen would need to be square so that the selected aspect ratio is shown at its maximum size whilst masked.<br />
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Additionally, the in-camera software should offer the photographer the
option to save the full circular image raw data along with the crop
decision made at the time of capture. This would allow an alternative
crop decision to be made later. Amendments to processing software to
accommodate this would be required. No doubt, Adobe and the like would
oblige!<br />
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An innovation such as this would be a huge step forward which, for some (probably many) serious photographers, would be irresistible.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359337825827194352.post-66514312630625098492016-01-21T15:42:00.000+00:002016-01-21T15:43:00.595+00:00My new Photo Project: On Bredon Hill - 2016After completing my last photography project in September of last year - Photohiking The Thames Path (<b><a href="http://photohikingthethamespath.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">linked here</a></b>) I've been looking around for a new one which involves far less driving. Bredon Hill is a short distance from home and is where over the last 30 years I've occasionally walked. I've decided to see how I can portray the hill throughout 2016, taking about a hike a week throughout the year: all weathers (perhaps not torrential rain), all seasons, any time of the day and night. At the time of this post I've completed my first 4 days. As with my Thames Path project I've set up a blog where I'll endeavour to post some photographs from each day's hike along with just a few words reflecting the day.<br />
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We recently returned from a photo road trip with four friends from the US. We met in Glasgow then headed off to Oban and the ferry to Lochboisdale on South Uist. Working our way north over the next few days through North Uist, Benbecula, Berneray, Harris and Lewis we were delighted not to be assaulted by the worst of weather that we were really only half prepared for. Indeed the weather was largely benign making for all round excellent and varied photographic conditions. We departed Tarbert for Uig and then spent a couple of days on Skye where the good weather continued.<br />
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Enjoying a drink at 10pm in the bar of the Lochmaddy Hotel someone rushed in shouting "they're out, they're out". It was the Aurora Borealis. I couldn't have arranged it better if I'd tried!<br />
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My images from The Hebrides are <b><a href="http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/hebrides-skye-2015" target="_blank">linked here</a></b> on my website in the Hebrides and Western Scotland gallery. A few of those images and some from Edinburgh and beyond are <a href="http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/new-black-and-white-images" target="_blank"><b>linked here</b></a> in my New Images gallery.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359337825827194352.post-70469091193854104982015-08-23T15:17:00.002+01:002015-08-23T15:18:30.765+01:00Completed - My 'Photohiking the Thames Path' project.<span style="font-size: large;">Just a short post here to say that after almost 2 years, last week I completed my 'Photohiking the Thames Path' project. It has a blog all to itself (<a href="http://photohikingthethamespath.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><i><b>see here</b></i></a>) where I've been posting photographs from each of the days I've hiked along with a short commentary on the day. I've just made my final post there reflecting on the last 2 years.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359337825827194352.post-10553517878089953512015-06-26T08:55:00.001+01:002015-07-03T08:22:29.272+01:00Trulli<span style="font-size: large;">We recently spent two weeks in Puglia - the heel of Italy. Trulli (singular - Trullo), the small conical roofed buildings, are a distinctive feature of the region, particularly around Alberobello. They date back to the 16th and 17th centuries when they were the homes of the poorer families. They still serve as homes, some having been made particularly luxurious. But there are many in various stages of neglect or dereliction. The conical roof has an interesting history. In this region of Italy there was a roof tax - similar to the window tax in Britain. But Puglians were smart - the conical roof could be very rapidly removed whenever there was a roof tax inspector in the region, thereby avoiding the tax. And then rebuilt promptly after the roof tax inspector had departed. <a href="http://www.trullipuglia.com/Trullihist.htm" target="_blank"><b>More information here.</b></a></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359337825827194352.post-78682169078864094962015-03-18T21:07:00.000+00:002015-03-18T21:10:15.784+00:00Website Update + New CameraTwo days ago I completed my 20th day hiking The Thames Path. The latest photos and blog entry are <a href="http://photohikingthethamespath.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b>linked here</b></a>. And I've now updated the New Images and Home Page images on <a href="http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b>my website</b></a> to reflect the progress I've made so far. I've covered 125 of the 184 miles - but as I hike in both directions it's really 250 of the 368 miles.<br />
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I recently sold my aging but excellent condition darkroom equipment and traded in my Canon 7D and lenses (after 5.5 years of excellent service) to help with the purchase of a new Sony A7II and two Zeiss zoom lenses. So far so good, superb image quality and excellent dynamic range which to me is highly important. The images f<b>ro</b>m Day 20 were my first with the A7II after a few days playing with the camera at home to get familiar with its huge range of configurable settings. I'm getting there ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359337825827194352.post-73399245479710450362015-02-28T21:02:00.000+00:002015-03-18T21:12:07.381+00:00Suffolk with a Point & ShootFor a short while I'm without my DSLR - it's been traded in for a new one and I'm awaiting delivery. So whilst I staying in Suffolk for a few days I've been using my superb little Canon S95. I've had it for several years and know just how good it is. Here is a small selection which demonstrate that if one doesn't need large images, say greater than about A4 in print or for any web use, then there's almost no need for a camera of more than about 10MP. The two St Edmundsbury images are stitched from 6 and 7 handheld images.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Nave Ceiling - Lavenham Church</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">St Edmundsbury Cathedral - Bury St Edmunds - The Choir</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">St Edmundsbury Cathedral - Bury St Edmunds - Altar and Crossing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wicken Fen - Old Water Pump</td></tr>
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