Category Archives: Photography

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Suffering for my art…

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Guthlac

Bright, flat daytime light is possibly some of the worst light for capturing images.   It makes for pleasant walking conditions, especially when there is a breeze, but capturing images – it can be a nightmare.   Today I found … Continue reading →

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Blue Child…

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Guthlac

The summer is really coming to an end now as the flowers are slowly finishing their flowering season.   Now it is time to slowly claw back all the energy and goodness from their season’s growth to help them survive … Continue reading →

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Autumn has still to come in the land of Dorne

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Guthlac

I was on my travels again over the last couple of days – visiting the land of Dorne again. (You those of you who don’t follow the Dragon show Dorne is in the south east corner of Westeros – Sussex … Continue reading →

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Learning all the time…

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Guthlac

Most of the day has been spent learning more about my new lens – an interesting experience and a lot of data has been stored for further use – whether this helps is another matter.   On the whole it … Continue reading →

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Autumn is still here…

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Guthlac

After suggesting that autumn has arrived I woke up this morning to glorious sunshine.   But I stick by my prediction.

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Autumn is coming…

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Guthlac

Walking to my car this morning at dawn there were the unmistakable signs that summer had passed:  the cooler temperature; the sun just rising just that little further south and the mist over the water meadows.   Summer is over … Continue reading →

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Faces in the Garden…

Posted on August 13, 2017 by Guthlac

Another day another test and the I am starting to understand my new lens just a little better.   The one thing that is more than abundantly clear is that it is a great addition to my current lens range … Continue reading →

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I can see clearly now

Posted on August 10, 2017 by Guthlac

I really haven’t reverted to old habits – honest guv.   No I have been field testing my new lens and where better than a local country park where there are plenty of birds, I was going to say wild … Continue reading →

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I challenge the mighty…

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Guthlac

I guess we all have different memories of National Trust properties when we were growing up.  For me it is a total absence of ever having visited a National Trust property .  Whether that is true or not I have … Continue reading →

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Dancing in the droplets…

Posted on July 23, 2017 by Guthlac

So the papers are claiming that that is that for summer and we’ll all have to get use to a wet autumn starting early (I suspect that I might have over egged things just a little but as this seems … Continue reading →

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