5000 Years Ago!

I was supposed to be going to the Scilly isles this week. For no good reason other than they are there and I've never been! Unfortunately the ferries were cancelled due to severe weather warnings.......... So on my way back home I decided to do some English history sites. I found a few stones in Wiltshire and some more in Little Rollright on the Oxfordshire / Warwickshire border. Apparently people used to hang out in these places 5000 years ago? Blimey! And also I'm not the first to find them, I've been told they're are famous!

Finally NYC Hits the Blog

OK I should have got these up a while ago. Slap wrist etc... But with Ironman Lanzarote and now the Outlaw triathlon coming up, spare time has been scarce. But here they are. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed taking them.

it's been a while!

Ok Lot's to upload, lots to see. Let me get this site up to date. Double click on any of the images to see them full size.

Warwick in Winter

It's been a while since my last post. I've some NY pics to post from my trip to the USA, but this picture of Warwick Castle has taken preference due to the snowy wintery feel outside.

I took this picture 06-01-2010 with lots of snow on the ground (not much on the castle though). The lighting was great, a clearish sky, no wind to ripple the river that runs past. And very little passing traffic to spoil the light local to the camera lens.

This was shot in raw format (google it if you need too) and the tones were played with before development. There has been a little blurring addedto the edges due to some lense flare occuring with the long exposure (I think I've hidden the most of it). A quick canvas size border was added to frame it. I hope you like. Comments always welcome.

New Car

Working in the automotive industry has tainted my exitement regarding cars. I used to love them, aspire to drive them and really got a thrill from driving them. My new car (The 2010 Model Year Range Rover Sport) Has revitalised my passion for great cars. The old RRS wasn't a bad car, But the new one is just amazing. This is how it should be. Powerful, greater stance, LED lights, fresh interior, no key, cameras for parking, digital radio, Ipod..... The list goes on and on. This IS a great car. One I've looked forward to getting and am loving driving it.

This pic is meant to be an agressive representation of the beast. It was taken with a 12mm lens at a strange angle. Photo shop added some radial blur and using a mask layer I cleared the blur from the front edges. No I didn't get run over in the process!!!

Gone Walkabout

Two hours of walking around Leamington and an hour of playing on the computer. Bish Bash Bosh and here we go!!!

Upper Boddington

The countryside where I live went generally unnoticed until I started cycling. Getting out and about and you see some great places. Makes you wanna move to a village.

Todays image is another adventure with HDR photo processing, Warwickshire countryside and spare time = another digital episode with Nikon, Photoshop and Photomatix.