Pete's Blog

A moment in the pub as the person was checking facebook or something similar that interrupts human interaction. [epzimg]phone.jpg[/epzimg] This is part of my photo365 project which can be followed daily throughout the year

My cat never likes having hi photo taken. He always seems to turn away when the lens is pointed at him. There's no way I could get him to sit and pose. Yesterday I'd planned to take a portrait. I followed him around the garden.

I was trying different lens combinations on a Nikon D700. I was using an unusual adaptor that used to be made by BPM that allows a male and female mount to be attached back to back. With the adaptor and suitable mounts you can attach any lens to any body.

Just a bit of fun today, a macro shot of the surface of a lemon taken with an old 75mm enlarging lens on a 200mm extension tube. I thought it looked like the surface of a planet so shot at the edge and then merged a shot of the moon I took recently

My second Photo365 picture of a daffodil. The last one was as the sun set, this one was late afternoon. The garden was full of colour the sun was brilliant, the sky deep blue. All the daffs were glowing. I took a variety of shots from low angles

I was doing a few tests with the Fujifilm X100 today and decided to shoot my favourite oldie - the Leica IIIf The shot was converted to black & white in Lightroom and subtly toned.

I remember seeing this type of shot for the first time in the late 90s when I was editing Digital PhotoFX magazine and have been to have a go myself, so I positioned some shoes on a cloth background.

Had to take advantage of the supermoon tonight. Every 18 years or so the moon is closet to the earth known as its perigree. At this time it appear about 14% larger and 30 percent brighter.

The light this evening was beautiful so I extended my daily walk to Bracebridge Pumping Station. I'd planned to get a shot from outside the fenced area, but some vandals had cut a hole in it so I was able to go closer.

Later nights, daffodils and sunsets, all signs spring is here! And all captured in this shot taken 30min ago. I also tried out a new filter technique I've been meaning to do using wedding veil material over the lens to give a soft mesh diffuser.