Stormy Weather

Took myself down to the beach for some wave photography action this afternoon. Despiting skies being grey, dark and laden, the camera handled the poor lighting surprisingly well!

Incidentally, the second and third image got shown on a regional news programme on BBC!

November Sunset

I stopped to capture this nice looking sunset while I was on my way home from work at 4 pm.

Summer's Last Final Gasp

This tired looking fella appeared from nowhere to rest on my finger. I was in my greenhouse workplace at the time, but I didn't rate his chances very much once I let him go. Now, the clever thing with this photo is that it was taken on a . . . . mobile phone. I will be honest and admit that the photo has been touched up slightly on my computer but I was impressed with the image quality of the photo straight out of the mobile.

A Showery Sunday

Went for a bike ride earlier on today which turned out to be a rather damp and cold affair. Nonetheless it enabled me to get those photos.

The Tea Break

Two of my workmates during a tea break at work. Just liked the way the morning sunshine gave it that aura.

Autumn Glow

Came across this just as I was leaving the workplace at 4 pm.

Now that we're back onto GMT, that causes the sun to set an hour earlier, which nicely coincides with knocking off time at work.

Convective Cumulus

Spotted this line of thermal induced convective cumulus as they rattled in from the English Channel. A wide-angle lens was attached to my D40 to get this shot.

Electric Forest

Let there be light! Yesterday evening, I, my sister and my two nephews (Martin and Jack) took ourselves over to Bedgebury Pinetum which is located right on the Kent/Sussex border. Out of the whole shedloads of photos I've taken, I considered these eight to be the best pick of the bunch.

Autumn Dawn

Captured this nice hued sunrise this morning at my workplace.

Waterspout!

Spotted this funnel cloud as it descended from a cumulonimbus cloud over the Strait of Dover this afternoon.

Cold Sunrise

Captured this very brief but decent enough sunrise while on my way to work at 7.15 am this morning.

The First Sting Of Winter.

We experienced the first "proper" frost of the season. And earlier than usual as we don't normally get to see that kind of thing at these parts (the Kent Coast) until mid-November. I had to wait until my work's 10 am tea break before I could be let loose with the camera. At this point I got very lucky with this isolated patch of frost that had somehow survived the mid-morning warm-up, but it was because it was very heavily shaded.

Thundery Sunset.

A weak shelf cloud combined with the setting sun gave me this moody thundery-looking sunset.

DIY Dimension

Popped into a local DIY shop, had the camera on me so I couldn't resist taking some abstract shots. Can you guess what the second shot is?

Answer: It's a row of metal kitchen bin taken at close up zoom range.

Not At Home

Funny to think that this was once someone's home.

Flights of Fancy

Stumbled across a kite flying session at the local park while on a bike ride. As you can see by the background it was a gorgeous warm and sunny day, amazing since we're in mid-October!

The last image was processed in a way to give it that fantasy dream-like flight look about it.

Up The Tubes

Spotted this right outside my house earlier on this morning. I like the strong primary colours in this one, also shows how gorgeous the weather was being at the time.

Journey's End

Went for a little bike ride earlier on what was a fine and bright afternoon and came across this. Bit maudlin, I know. Also lots of processing was involved in this one.

Dew On Web

One of the many reasons why Autumn is my favourite time of the year.

Odd One Out

Came across this box of well-ripened tomatoes at my workplace, and couldn't resist making something out of it. I have taken a similar thing in the past, but this one is the improved "planned" version.

Mid-Autumn Sunset

A well overdue stunning sunset, taken from my hobby room window half an hour ago at typing this caption. The photo itself is completely unprocessed.

Lovely Weather For Ducks

As we head deeper into Autumn.

Candyfloss Sunset

Gorgeous hued sunset, as viewed from my west-facing hobby window 15 minutes ago of typing this caption.

September Sunset

Captured this half decent sunset only half an hour ago at typing this caption.

Spooky Mist

Captured this gorgeous striation-type ground mist while on my way to work at 6.45 am. Located just off Cheriton (near Folkestone).

Fog Panorama

Fog panorama over South West Kent, taken at 7 am this morning. This is a composite photo involving 7 photos stitched together (hence the subtle joins - not as easy as it looks, even though I had the camera set manually at the same shutter speed and aperture).

(Click on image to view original size).

Putting The World To Rights.

Nick and Alan Wyatt's (long time friends) two boys having a discussion about something.

This is the result of a photo shoot of this morning's.

September Sunrise

At last, what seemed like ages, I finally got to see a decent sunrise. This Folkestone Harbour scene was captured just as I was leaving for work this morning.

Nebulous Dawn

Came across this murky sunrise while on my way to work this morning. It does look like gunsmoke drifting over a WW1 battlefield.

Saffy and Pepper

A ladyfriend (Emma)'s two new baby bunnies. Photos were taken on a bright afternoon.

Pup

Next door has got themselves a new Jack Russell pup. Not sure what his name was, but . . . all together now . . . awwwwwww!