Oxford Island Skies

Oxford Island Skies

April 29, 2011  |  Animals and Insects

I decided to visit Oxford island which ironically is nowhere near Oxford and isn't an island. The weather was stunning so I took a mix of macro and wide lenses to capture the most of one of Northern Ireland's best water based nature reserves. The trip lasted a grant total...

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Frozen Lake

Frozen Lake

This is my fifth weather related post and it is difficult not to follow the winter theme given the prolonged period of frost we have enjoyed over Christmas.  I don't want to end up being too cliched so hopefully this is going to be the last winter related set (until...

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Evening Water Walk

December 13, 2009  |  Animals and Insects, Landscapes  |  , , ,
Evening Water Walk

It is amazing the tones winter light can create in late evening. This is the view across a very still area of river called "Broadwater". There was complete silence and even the swans glided without a sound. Most striking was the rate at which the light changed from strong blues to...

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The Swan Family

November 29, 2009  |  Animals and Insects  | 
The Swan Family

I started to use Adobe Lightroom 2 last summer and although my use was mostly for post production after a few months it became the centre of my photographic workflow. The change over will definitely be progressive as I still have around five years worth of images in iPhoto and I...

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