I missed 2 days postings since I was in Aberdeen visiting my brother and sis-in-law. The first thing to say about that was that I should be drummed out of the photobloggers league; our excellent hosts arranged for us to go to see Heidi Talbot in a local venue and it was a superb gig...
Here are 2 more Oban views from my Oban visit last week. The first one is another handheld HDR image from the 5th floor of the Royal Hotel on its fire escape which I posted yesterday. This was taken with the very wide angle 10-20 giving an effective 16mm focal length on the Canon 40D....
While at the conference in Oban last week I tried a quick handheld HDR image of the fire escape and inner view of the hotel we stayed in. The range of dark low down and brightness high up in the image made it difficult to get a good exposure without HDR. The beauty of the...
After a mega busy week which has prevented me from posting here, I had a particularly pleasant experience last night. Some of the people I photographed came together for a night in “Arta” in Glasgow’s Merchant City. It was great to see the people who came along and it really reminded me what a great...
I have discovered a pathetic side to my nature. I arrived home today to find that “Ecos travel guides” have sent me a copy of their new Madeira guide. I was contacted recently by their editor, Cesar Barba Villarraza and asked if I would mind them using 2 of my images for the guide. I...
I’m regretting giving up the chance of a portrait Matthew – next time you are up here I’ll go for it. There, you’ve got it in writing! 🙂
These are great photos – I think I agree with your comments re the portrait format, but the landscape portrait is a lovely one.