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Author Archives: Guthlac
The Calm Before….
According to the latest weather forecast this weekend is going to be a bit rough. How rough is a question that can only be answered after the effect. However, it has meant that the last two days have been beautiful … Continue reading
Posted in Gartree Explored, Ironstone Beniface, Photography, Playground of the Midlands
Tagged Dawn, frost, Gartree - Explored, Gartree Hundred, Guthlaxton Hundred, Harborough District Council, Ironstone Benefice, Jubilee Park, Playground of the Midlands, Reeds, River Soar, Snowdrops, Storm Ciara, Thorpe Langton, Welham, Welland Valley
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Bridge over…
After what seems like an unending stream of days when the light was appalling – grey on grey – we finally got a nice crisp dawn. On with the thick coat and off I go to get my fingertips frozen! … Continue reading
Posted in Jubilee Park, Photography, Winter
Tagged Dawn, Jubilee Park, Mist, photography, River Soar, sunrise, winter
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The Saga Continues….
One of the most interesting things, for me at least, that I have learnt working on these 10 year old images is just how good the Canon digital cameras were at producing great colours. I have heard a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Belton House, bulbs, Canon 1D Mk 3, Canon 5D Mk1, Canon FD Lenses, Coast, daffodils, Dandelion Clock, Flowers, Great Crested Grebe, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Greylag Goose Gosling, newgale, Pembrokeshire, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Sony A6000, Sony A7 Mk 2, Spring, sunrise, Surfing, Swan, Swithland Reservoir, Watermead Country Park
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Number Crunching….
Whether we like it or not digital photography is just a series of ones and zeros. Numbers matter nearly as much as any aesthetic value. Fortunately, the small gap between aesthetics and arithmetic is sufficient to allow the human brain … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Remastered, Spring
Tagged Bempton Cliffs, Canon 1D Mk 3, iphone, iPhone 3G, iphoneography, Kittiwake, photography
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A Bright New Morning…
Over the years our views and tastes change. We also acquire new skills and interests. We also start to forget some of the things that once made us us. An example from my own life is that I once … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Remastered, Spring, Winter
Tagged bulb, Coot, Daffodil, Farne Islands, Fishing Boats, Flowers, Fulmar, Harbour, Moorhen, North Sea, photography, Seahouses, winter
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So Long and Thanks for all the Fish…
Not sure why that quote from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has come into my mind as we’ve just exited the European Union. I have never been in favour of Brexit but I wasn’t in the majority so we … Continue reading
Keep going…
So far so good….Star Trek Picard is shaping up to be a really interesting series. I am glad it is far more DS9 than Voyager. It has been mentioned that Laris has an Irish accent which doesn’t bother me one … Continue reading
Posted in Apple Pencil, Art, Digital Painting, drawing, Procreate
Tagged Apple Pencil, Digital Painting, drawing, Laris, Orla Brady, Picard, Procreate, Romulan, Star Trek, woman
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Our survey said…
Two days since Picard hit the small screen in the USA and it would seem that the verdict is that most people were pleasantly surprised and happy about how the first episode went. Some of the more strident critics, having … Continue reading
We live in a world of wonder…
Yesterday as I was driving through rural Leicestershire when my friend took a FaceTime call from his daughter in Egypt. Both he and I took for granted that such things should happen because of course this is what happens all … Continue reading
Posted in Apple Pencil, Art, Procreate
Tagged Amazon Prime, CBS, Dahj, facetime, Picard, Star Trek
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