Richard Hardwick Photography
My journey with a digital camera
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Archive of "Photography" Category
Mass Photo Gathering
I’ll be attending the Mass Photo Gathering in Trafalgar Square organised by I’m a Photographer Not a Terrorist. I’m meeting the some of the guys from the Amateur Photographer forums there.
Pinhole Exeter Cathedral
I spent a couple of hours in Exeter wandering around with the pinhole adapter. I received some funny looks from people and several comments letting me know I didn’t have a lens on the camera. It was a lot of fun to use.
Canon EOS 40D, Pinhole AdapterGolden-ringed Dragonfly
I nipped down to Hartland Fishing Club to have a look for dragonflies this morning. I found several but this was the first time I’d seen a Golden-ringed Dragonfly and I’m quite pleased with the results.
Canon EOS 40D, EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USMBlue Tit
It’s been ages since I did any photography and was getting withdrawal symptoms. Spending an hour in the garden feeding and watching the birds did the trick.
Canon EOS 40D, EF 400mm f/5.6L USMMontbretia
I had an hour in the garden with the camera and noticed one of the Montbretia flowers looked good against the background of scrub:
Canon EOS 40D, EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM
Pinhole Cottage
I’ve always enjoyed playing around with Holga and pinhole cameras. A while back I made my own pinhole using a T2 mount, baked bean can, Coke can and a washer. It was fun but the images weren’t what I wanted, so I’ve bought an pinhole adapter for the T2 mount from Pinhole Solutions, it has a working aperture of about f/180. This is a test photo of my cottage:
Canon EOS 40D, PinholeStill Life – An Orange
July’s theme in the Amateur Photographer forum monthly competition was ‘An Orange’. I really wanted to enter to maintain my 100% entry rate, but I was a long way out of my comfort zone trying to shoot a still life. In the end and right on the last minute, I decided on a low key shot. Shot on my desk, with my desk lamp as the light source, I used liveview with the camera tethered to my laptop. I think I quite enjoyed it despite the final product not being too inspiring.
Canon EOS 40D, EF 17-40mm f/4L USMWoolsery Show
I had some lieu time owed so was able to take the afternoon off and visit Woolsery Show, held at Clovelly Court. It was a really enjoyable afternoon with plenty of photo opportunities.
Canon EOS 40D, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
Red Kites – Watlington Hill
On Sunday I had a go at photographing the beautiful Red Kites of the The Chilterns. The weather wasn’t kind with rain and drizzle but worst was the bland, white sky:
Canon EOS 40D, EF 400mm f/5.6L USMLocation: Multimap
Oxford Street Photography
I met up with some guys from the Amateur Photographer forum in Oxford for a days street photography on Saturday. Not my best efforts but enjoyable nonetheless.
Canon EOS 40D, EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
About Me
I'm an amateur photographer currently living in Lancashire. Although I've been interested in photography most of my life, it's only recently that I've started to concentrate on shooting wildlife.
This blog is just a few of my thoughts as my journey with a digital camera unfolds. Photos are taken from my Flickr photostream.
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