I took a lot of pictures today at the Waddle, a 5 mile road race in Wymeswold, Leicestershire. They’re all basically the same picture - I tried to get each runner as they crossed the line, with the timer in the corner as a record of their run.
I didn’t get all the runners - I had Arthur on my back, and the area I was standing in gradually filled with finished runners, so I had to call it a day after the first 200-ish. Still, that’s 200, which isn’t bad going.
There’s so many pictures, I’ve put them in a special little gallery. I haven’t uploaded full resolution versions of all the pictures, as my hosting would go over its limit, or done any fine tuning on the pics - a lot of them will need some straightening and a touch of cloning for a dust spot on the top left. If anyone wants a larger version of a pic, either leave a comment on this post, or email me and I’ll gladly send you a link to a huge cleaned up version. Make sure you tell me the name of the file you want - it’s on the enlarged popup, eg. “ducks 023 (custom)” is the picture above.
Hope someone finds the pics useful, anyway. We were very lucky with the weather and it was lovely to see everyone having so much fun.
For the last eight months I’ve been teaching myself objective C and trying to get my head around programming for the iPhone and iPod touch, and this is the result:
It’s an original puzzle game - lord knows if anyone will like it or not, but if you’ve got an iPhone or iPod touch, please give it a try!
I’ve started a little blog about it here: Axis Puzzle
I *FINALLY* got round to taking some more pictures of something other than my family. Escaped for a weekend with Andy and Shaun in Malham in the yorkshire dales. Stunning place.
This is probably the only HDR from the trip - I concentrate on filters and normal photos nowadays, but I liked the way this one turned out. This waterfall is above another waterfall that you have to climb up - it’s like something from Jurassic Park up there - really weird environment.
Techical details: iso 100, f/11, tripod, 3 shot HDR processed in photomatix pro
I’m really enjoying exploring the footpaths around my new home - it’s very close to where I grew up (Barrow upon Soar, 5 miles away) but up in the “wolds” (a sort of slightly hilly area) so has a different feel to it. This is a lovely time of year for colours, as you can see. I went out on my mountain bike, took this, and was back in 20 minutes. Hooray for moving house
Technical details: f/6.3, iso 200, 1/160s, handheld, graduated ND filter used (although I could probably have got away without it, as the light was just right)
Had a lovely walk around Wymeswold with Andy this evening. Explored the fields and lanes around here - it’s lovely. I stupidly left my ISO on 1600, so the pics were all grainy as anything, but this one was still a keeper. Technically it’s probably a bad picture of something good, but hey ho, I can but try.
Technical details: f/13, iso 1600, 1/160s, handheld
I’ve just moved house to a little village that has a lot more pleasant surroundings than my old house in Loughborough. I finally had enough time to go out with the camera last night (with Andy and his kids) and found a lovely meadow a few hundred yards from my house. Had a nice few minutes messing around and dodging cowpats - I always enjoy being in meadows, you don’t see that many of them any more.
Technical info: iso 100, f/4.5, 18mm, graduated ND filter to darken sky
Bradgate park - hooray! First weekend that we’ve really taken Arthur outdoors and let him see how the world works. Normally he just looks at it from his pram. He was happy as larry.
Apologies for the slew of baby photos. Life is so busy with the nipper I have little chance for “Proper” photography, so most of my best pictures are baby centric at the mo. I realise it’s a bit dull, but it’s nice for me to have a record of them on here!
Techical details: iso 400, f/11, handheld, graduated neutral density filter used to darken sky
Managed to get out yesterday for the first proper little photography jaunt since Arthur was born. Nice weird day too - weather very moody and changeable. This was the only keeper though, really. Trying to leave off the HDR at the moment and concentrate on using my ND filters properly. This is just with a graduated filter to darken the sky a little, and then a touch of post processing to lighten the trees, as they were a bit too black.
The park in Loughborough can look really nice at this time of year. I was there today with lots of family from Canada, and sneaked off to take this HDR - it’s under the same trees as this shot taken in the autumn. I liked the lush green boughs and the shapes created by the trees and path. Far from a perfect pic - the movement of the leaves has created quite a few artefacts, but worth an upload I think.
Techical details: iso 100, f/11, handheld 3 shot HDR processed in photomatix pro
Apologies for the baby pics, I realise they’re not as interesting for others as they are for the parents… but I liked this one. Taken with one wobbly hand whilst he lay on my chest (in my tatty dressing gown) messing about.
Technical info: ISO 1600, f/4, 1/60s, 10mm, handheld
.jpg "Wymeswold Waddle, 2010")
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