Pete's Blog

I've been out on a meeting today and the time didn't allow me to take any pictures during the day but I am in the process of testing the new Tamron 18-270mm superzoom. And I have an Olympus EP2 that I'm enjoying the company of, so I decide on still-life

My colleague Nik asked me this morning if I had any photos of droplets - the type you take with a subject behind and focus on the droplet. I didn't have any decent ones so that was my cue for today's Photo365 image.

Probably my favourite photo from my Photo365 series so far. Almost like a present following the heavy week I've had. It's a Highland cow taken on Baslow Edge in Derbyshire I was out testing the new Tamron 18-270mm lens on a Nikon D90.

This was taken today on a trip out to Bakewell with the new Tamron 18-270mm AF lens. It's a close up shot at the 85mm setting of a waterfall on the river Wye. I like the fact that it's three strips of graduated tone, from near black to near white

Today has been manic...just realised I hadn't uploaded my daily pic. This was taken minutes after I got up and minutes before breakfast...what followed was a 15 hour stretch at the computer sorting out issues with the new gallery update.

I've seen this shot a few times and decided to have a go myself. Usually the forks are the other way up so I have added my twist to it. I found two forks with interesting handles too.

It was cold this morning so I took advantage of the weather and photographed the frost on my car. I walked around taking close ups with my 100mm macro lens. A car can provide interesting abstracts when seen close, particularly if it's been raining or icy.

As I walked into the home office this morning I was greeted with a low level sun shining through the blinds. Its the first really sunny morning this year and the feeling was good.

Today is the result of my first attempts with a new light modifier I made earlier in the evening for a portable hot shoe flash. It's a ringlight adaptor which cost about £1 to make and converts a normal flash to give a ringlight effect in the eyes.

The weather was rubbish today raining and grey but I needed to get out of the house so took a stroll around Padley Gorge. Kids enjoyed scrambling around. I took a few photos. This one was shot with wide angle from the path looking up into the woodland.