Tripping The Light Fantastic

Went on a short trip to Lympne Port wildlife park with my Big Camera to take photos of a light trail.

Nate meets Santa

Went on a photo mission to a light trail at Port Lympne (a nearby wildlife park) where it had a Santa's grotto. My little nephew Nate was an absolute star. 

PS: No AI enhancements or brushing/editing were used, just a light bit of manual post-processing. 

Feeling Festive.

Have put some more decoration up in the living room.

Second Star To The Right And Straight On 'Til Morning

A year ago I took a "Rays Of Hope" photo using my smartphone. I returned to the same location at East Cliff Sands (Folkestone) this morning with the same idea to mind, but this time with my Big Camera (Nikon D7000) and 10 mm wide angle lens. It wasn't until I viewed the photo on my PC afterwards when I noticed the second "star".

Again, no AI enhancements. Just a bit of manual post-processing to bring the photo out a bit.

Harbour Lights

Braved the biting cold wind to revive my photography mojo at Folkestone Harbour this evening.

Lover's Sunset.

While on a photography mission at the Folkestone Harbour Arm, I quickly captured this last minute surprise coloured sunset on my iSamsony smartbone.

PS: Not photoshopped and no AI enhancements. Just dropped down the exposure on the camera app but the drawback with using the fake zoom on a smartphone is the auto sharpening/pixelation effect. But timed it right with the random courting couple. 

Heiligenschein

The glow right in the middle of the grass area is a heiligenschein. Shows up when sunlight directly behind the observer is refracted inside millions of tiny dewdrops on grass and shone back to line of vision, the same principle applies to car headlights shining onto road signs made up of tiny tiny glass crystals giving them the appearance of glowing in the dark.

Mid-week Photo Session

 

An old school friend came to stay with me for a couple of days. He tried to get me out of my comfort zone by getting around my town and then Dover, I took it as an opportunity to get my photography mojo flowing. I won't lie to you, I need therapy to get over this therapy

Lest We Forget

Remembrance at Folkestone Harbour. This is where thousands of troops got onto cross-channel boats on way to battle fields at France during The Great War.

Many of them never came back.

Fireworks From High

 

Tried to capture some fireworks going off from above my house on this Guy Fawkes night, but these are the best I could come up with. The Delta Flyer did a good job with keeping still to take 1.6 secs long exposures considering a fairly brisk wind aloft, but was tricky to get the timing right. Need to be at an organised event. 

Pennywise

 

I know this part of Folkestone is a bit scary . . .

Return To Winter

 

As we are about to revert to GMT with moving clocks back an hour.

Dog Days

Did this for a local shop owner who has become a friend to me.

DIY Headache

 

Working in my hallway and Hobby Room 2 has given me an idea for this doodle.

Another Night Flight

 
Just taken the Delta Flyer towards the beach from my back yard as I hoped the full moon and partial cloud cover would give the night sky a bit more texture than the last time.

Night Flight

Took The Delta Flyer on a quick straight-up & down flight over Folkestone on this calm moonlit evening. I got it facing east (Dover way). 

Out At Sea

This morning I quickly sent my Delta Flyer out to sea to capture a paddle boat "Waverly" slowly being on her way to dock into Folkestone Harbour. Just a shame it was under grey overcast skies, could have done with the sunshine of yesterday's but at least conditions were dead calm which is unusual for October. 

A Miniature World

 
Attended a model railway exhibition at the Leas Cliff Hall here at Folkestone today. It fired up both my inspiration and photograph mojo.