Tuesday 31 May 2011

Model Shoot

No, not glamour model (now there's a challenge), but the effect of making real life look more like a scale model. The first image makes good use of the "Tilt and Shift" effect, the art of warping the depth of field effect to such an extent it "fools" the eye in thinking you're looking at a scale model instead of the real thing. The second image might as well have been a still out of Half Life 2, but it's the stairway at Sainsbury's car park.

Sunday 29 May 2011

The Light At The End Of The Tunnel

A HDR of a tunnel just off Cheriton, Folkestone.
This is what I do,I used a small tripod to keep the camera steady (this is an HDR involving five identical shots but each had different exposure settings and were all merged together as one HDR image).
I've become quite quick off the mark when it comes to taking photographs like this, I eye up the location, program the camera, set it down to where I want it, press the shutter button, job done in 10 seconds and I quickly move on before the local chavs catches on.

Thursday 26 May 2011

The Caves

The Zig Zag path located between The Leas and The Lower Sandgate Road.

Wednesday 25 May 2011

Bone Dry

The drought-like conditions continues at Folkestone as we nearly complete the 51st day without any significant rainfall. The Sports Ground taken earlier on today.

Tuesday 24 May 2011

Jet Stream

Remnants of a long since decayed squall line.

St Eanswythe Church

Results of an early morning wander through the town.

Monday 23 May 2011

Sunflowers

Oh I know they're not called sunflowers, but they should be called that!
Spotted them while on a bike ride earlier on this morning.

Sunday 22 May 2011

Yeah Baby!

Results of an impromptu photo shoot. This is Elliot, a friend's three months old baby.

70013 Oliver Cromwell

As it passed through the Warren earlier on today. The third photo shows one of the newer Javelin class train sets.

Friday 20 May 2011

Dappled Skies

Noticed this lovely skyscape while walking through the town to get the newspaper earlier on this morning.

Thursday 19 May 2011

Football Team At Training

I was the "official" promotional photographer for Folkestone Athletics. These are some of the players in training.
Despiting the very dull and overcast conditions, I was very surprised on how sharp and blur-free these photos came out. I used my Nikon D40 on this occasion and the camera and lens coped very well with the poor lighting.

Passing Through

‎'Scuse me, just passing through . . . The Orient Express stopping at Folkestone West while on way to Dover.
If this speedlink ferry thing ever does get the go ahead to stop at Folkestone Harbour, it would make complete sense to restore the old Folkestone Harbour branch and bring the Orient Express back to where it belongs.

Tuesday 17 May 2011

On The Edge

Further evidence we need some rain. Badly.

Monday 16 May 2011

Doom!

I thought this HDR photo of an abandoned gents taken earlier on today reminded me of a certain computer game (and one of my favourite games at that)

Saturday 14 May 2011

A Run Of Blue Skies

As well as this Spring turning out to be the driest and warmest for 30 years, it is also the sunniest - as this run of photos taken from my hobby room proves . . . and they are all in one consecutive run (four days on the trot with no breaks).

The Grid

Looks like a still out of "Tron". It is a metal grill-type fence set in front of a brilliant clear blue sky.

Great Greatstone

Results of an early morning trip to Greatstone.

Thursday 12 May 2011

The Secret Hideout

Yet another HDR shot of an abandoned garage near Hythe. This shot comprised of six identical shots (but all varied exposures) merged into as one "super" image. I do like that First Person Shooter computer games effect HDR seem to be so good at creating. That "glare" in the middle part of the photo was strong sunlight shining through a gap in the roof. It was that which provided the illumination alone!

Fluff and Princess

White cats, strong sunlight and backgrounds all seem to go together so well. The first image, of Princess, was actually the result of an accidental overexposure but I like the way it turned out.

Wednesday 11 May 2011

Banner Cloud

Sea fog being forced upwards as it came up against some cliffs. Taken at 8 am this morning.

Tuesday 10 May 2011

A May's Morning

Capture this morning's decent-enough sunrise using HDR.

Monday 9 May 2011

Sunlit Cobblestones

Captured the early morning strong sunlight while walking through the town.

Sunday 8 May 2011

Altostratus Undulatus

Usually appears when moist and warm upper air try to shift the cooler and drier surface air but instead the warmer upper air rides over it and this cloud layer just happened to have got caught up in it. Think of warm water sitting on top of chilled cooking oil and you stir that warm water around (but not the cooking oil below). This cloud effect is usually very short lived as the warmer upper air finally wins out, or the sun heats up the cooler surface air and the lot breaks down.

Sleeping Beauty

One of my sister's two maine coon kittens having an afternoon nap.

Saturday 7 May 2011

Unusual Abode

Spotted this interesting looking building while on a stroll along the beach.

Marching Onwards

A group of kids went on a sponsored walk to get new gear for their up and coming football team. I was their "official" photographer for the day.