Head Or Tails?

But what happens if the coin still stands on it's side after it stops spinning. Deeeep stuff. This was taken using a cheapo Ebay £10.99 glass screwed directly onto the kit lens on my D40.

Spring REALLY is in the air!

So, it's true, Spring is in the air!

Wave Clouds

Spotted this nice wave cloud formation over the Harbour while on my way home earlier on today. They are usually caused by wind shear (where upper height wind may be traveling faster and at a slightly different direction to winds at surface level).

Flip Side Of The Coin

Heads or tails? Tried to capture a coin still spinning on it's side.

Green, Red and Blue - I can see the colours of . . . er . . . doors.

An idea came to me as I was tootling along on my bike, so out went the camera and . . well, there you have it. Obviously I had to do a fair ol' processing for this one, even dabbled about with the dreaded HDR!! (gasps, what have I become???!!) as the original did look very flat and lifeless (they were taken under rather grey cloudy skies). Those doors should look familiar to all you Folkestonians.

More March Mistiness

I would've thought what with all the humidity and mildness during the day but still cold and frosty at night, I'd get to see some photogenic early morning low-lying mists by now . . . but I was only able to capture this rather weak affair this morning. Still was lovely to look at under the rising sun, though.

Sea Fog

Noticed this wall of sea fog forming over the English Channel while I was on my way home from work at 4 pm. By the time I found myself an ideal vantage point at over the hills to the north of Folkestone, the fog was almost upon me. What was striking was the comfort factor as it went from feeling warm in bright sunshine to icy coldness under grey foggy skies in the space of half an hour.

Colourful Sheep

Bloody vandals been at it in the countryside. Unless it's the work of Banksy.

Rainy Sunset

A curtain of rain draped across the sky had ruined what could have been a classic text-book sunset. Nonetheless I managed to salvage something out of it, as you can see.

Deep In My Thoughts

I noticed how the outline of my face looked good on a reflection, so I grabbed my S5600 while the idea was still hot in my head. I took a few, but settled on this two as I couldn't make up my mind which one looks the best. But I love the general idea, all dark and lost which is the whole point of these two photos.

Snowdrops

A nice simple straightforward premise. Taken earlier on today. But one of the two photos has been processed, the other one is unretouched - as in straight out of the camera. Can you tell which is which?

Chad

There was nothing at all on the telly, so I decided to have a play with the camera and got Chad to pose for me. Had to bribe him with Go-Cats in order to get him to be co-operative!

Altostratus Undulatus

Spotted earlier on today. This wavy-like middle layer cloud cover was observed while I was on my way home from work at 4 pm. Usually it's caused by warm air riding over a mass of surface-level cold air. Think of the cold air being like a huge slab of jelly, all wobbly but not going anywhere and the warm air above is causing it to "wave". Usually it's a summer feature which indicates instability prior to a thunderstorm, but for some reason I got to see this cloud feature today even though it is still winter!

. . . And Then Winter Returns

Well, that spring-like episode didn't last long as the vice of winter had tightened it's grip once again. Last night temperatures fell to as low as -5 C away from the coast, this caused flood water on a country lane to freeze over, and where cars drove over that flood water, the splash-back instantly froze as soon as it came in contract with nearby objects - as in this case, a roadside shrub!

Spring Has Sprung!

I took these three crocus photos only yesterday, but it does prove that Spring is now knocking on our doors. Taken at the Clock Tower park area near the town center.

Dawn Sky

Spotted this decent sun rise this morning. Viewed from the back of my house via a bathroom window.

Gorgeous Red Sunset

. . . taken only 20 minutes ago at time of typing this caption! Blimey, after a long period of inactivity photography-wise, finally I'm getting back into the groove!

Spice the Guinea Pig

Well, what's ginger, hairy and something you don't get to see that often? No, I wasn't talking about my ( . . . DELETED). I'm talking about my long time friend, Emma's, pet guniea pig, Spice. This is actually another photography first for me, taking pictures of rodents!

Dawnbreak Over The Harbour

This morning, I tried to get clever and see if I could repeat Wednesday's amazing sun rise photo session, but unfortunately things didn't quite pan out the way I liked. But nonetheless I have extracted some decent captures out of it anyway. The last picture is a "superior" mirage spotted over the Channel. It's caused by light being refracted by a very thin layer of warm air coming off the sea, but the air only a meter above that was much colder.

The Building Blocks Of Life

All taken in the space of today. Even a drab place like the Hotel Burstin can provide a good photography opportunity in the right light. Mind you, did get strange looks by the hoards of holidaying pensioners as they hobble out of the building.

Tangerine Dream

Early this morning at 6.30 am, I looked out through a window and saw this red sky just starting to form. Suddenly it caused my shutter finger to twitch like mad so I grabbed the camera and literally ran down to the beach. It was FREEZING cold . . . but I'm glad I thought about getting myself down there, as the end result is what you are about to see. They were all taken using my trusty Fuji S5600, location was a very cold East Cliff Sands (Folkestone). Very little processing has been carried on all three pictures, apart from a tiny small bit of contrast boost.

The Work Force

Some of the people at my workplace.