I had a go photographing myself with stars. The trick is to have a long exposure for the stars (in this case, ISO 3200, 15 seconds, f4) plus a flash photo for me (or anything else you’d like in the foreground.) I set the flash to half power. If the person moves before the 20 seconds have finished, you might get stars and/or the horizon showing through. I want to…
Sunday photos: sunbeams and a dead bush
Autumn has arrived. It’s getting quite chilly at the top of the mountain and I drive part of the way home through the clouds. On Saturday I showed a winter school group around the observatory and didn’t finish until 16:45. It was getting quite close to sunset when i drove past the Caldera and found this sketeton of a codso bush.
Photos of the week: baby pine trees and bracken
Baby Canary pine trees are a completely differnet colour from the mature, green trees. They’re a lovely pale blue. Now, in late autumn, the bracken has turns shades of gold and brown. I think the combination is beautiful, particularly when it’s all wet. And near the top of the pine forest there’s the dark green of the codeso bushes too.
Sunday photos: a snail
I found a snail on my balcony one evening. The light was fading and the breeze bounced the stalk arond, so none of the photos are critically sharp. And then I had some fun tweaking the photos with GIMP. Which do you prefer?
Sunday Photos: an alleyway
I took five photos of the same alleyway. Just as an exercise. I wanted to see what difference it made. Which do you prefer?
Sunday Drawings: Chai Latte
Chai Latte continues to be gorgeous, so much so that I kept getting the urge to draw her, even though I know perfectly well that I can’t draw. The first one turned out very much better than I expected. No-one’s going to put my efforts in a gallery any time soon, but it was fun. I just finished 6 days of tour guiding, so I had another go while…