Bah Humbug!
A Merry-bloody-Christmas to one and all…
*Shot on a Canon 600d 18mp dSLR using a Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS lens with settings at ISO-200, aperture at f/8, centre weighted metering mode and an exposure time of 1/40 seconds*
Flooded yet again…
We’re nearly at Christmas Day and yet the rain still falls across the UK, seemingly from an inexhaustible supply that’s been affecting all of us in Britain for much of 2012. However, some of us have suffered a lot more than most, with home properties and work premises flooded not just once or twice but completely soaked throughout numerous times this year; so it’s fingers crossed for drier 2013 and a little less ‘water falling from the sky’…
*Shot on a Canon 600d 18mp dSLR using a Tamron 55-200mm f/4-5.6 Di ll LD lens with settings at ISO-100, aperture at f/7.1, pattern metering mode and an exposure time of 1/250 seconds*
On the move (slight return)
A black Dog taking a run across Clayton Playing Fields in Royton, Oldham.
*Shot on a Canon 350d 8.2mp dSLR using a Sigma 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DG macro lens set at ISO-200, aperture at f/8, pattern metering mode and an exposure time of 1/800 seconds*
Coiled
Coils of barbed and straight wires, discarded in looped reams just awaiting to be reclaimed by Nature and the Elements. (That is until they’re ripped up from the overgrown grasses and cleaned off because the Farmer needs to fix a fence come the Springtime!)
*Shot on an Olympus E-P1 12mp M4/3 system digital camera using a Sigma Super Mini ll 28mm f/2.8 lens with camera settings at ISO-250, aperture at f/4 and an exposure time of 1/40 seconds*
The last Moon…
… we may ever see, if we believe that the world is going to end on the 21st of December, 2012 as predicted by the Maya and their final 13th Baktun, bringing a close to the Mayan 5,124 year Long Count Calendar and with its closure, the arrival of the supposed Apocalypse…
(It’s 7.30pm as i write this and still life goes on, so fingers crossed eh?!)
*Shot handheld on an Olympus E-P1 12mp M4/3 system digital camera using a Sigma 400mm f/5.6 APO telephoto lens with camera settings at ISO-320, aperture at f/5.6, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/200 seconds*
No Christmas decorations?
A Monkey Puzzle tree looking bare and in need of some Christmas decorations at this time of year, just to add some festive spirit to its evergreen, spiky leaves – I ask you, has there ever been a more tempting tree top designed to accept a sparkling Star or a lofty Angel balancing on its apex?!
*Shot on a Canon 350d 8.2mp dSLR using a Sigma 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DG macro lens set at ISO-100, aperture at f/5.6, pattern metering mode and an exposure time of 1/800 seconds*
Windy Hill Mast from Thornham
A wide-angle shot taken from a field high up next to the Thornham Old road at the rear of Tandle Hills, Royton looking across the rooftops of houses situated in Thornham and High Crompton. Beyond the slates and beneath the rolling Cumulus clouds in mid-picture can be seen Windy Hill Radio Transmitter, looming over the moorland of Piethorne Valley in Newhey. Situated within the South Pennines, the mast and is next to the A672 and junction 22 of the M62 motorway and stands at an elevation of 1,356 feet on the Pennine Way, between the borders of Rochdale and Oldham in Greater Manchester and Marsden in West Yoorkshire.
*Shot on a Canon 600d 18mp dSLR using a Tamron 55-200mm f/4-5.6 Di ll LD lens with settings at ISO-100, lens at f/9, centre weighted metering mode and an exposure time of 1/640 seconds*
Corrugated
The corrugated roof of a local factory – with rust patches breaking out across its metal surface and the Bitumen-painted repairs to a stainless ‘Coolie-capped’ chimney – reveals just enough spent to keep things ticking over…
*Shot on a Canon 600d 18mp dSLR using a Tamron 55-200mm f/4-5.6 Di ll LD lens with settings at ISO-100, aperture at f/5.6, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/1250 seconds*
Red Roses wilting
With delicate petals starting to droop and waxy green leaves yellowing, this red Rose bush has begun to ration its nutrients as the Winter air bites.
*Shot on a Canon 1D Mark ll N 8.2mp professional dSLR using a Canon EF 100-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM lens set at ISO-100, aperture at f/7.1, spot meter mode and an exposure time of 1/2500 seconds*
Soaking up the Sun
A feral Pigeon takes some time out from the usual Pigeon-related activities of strutting, cooing and scratting to indulge in a spot of sunbathing on a bed of fluffed green grass. Although most of the feathers on this bird are a combination of greys, slate and charcoals, it is the light sparkling on the Pigeon’s cinnabar eye and puffed iridescent breast that adds just enough colour to make us appreciate such a common bird’s beauty.
*Shot using a Panasonic Lumix FZ18 8MP bridge camera with settings at ISO-100, lens set at 83mm, aperture at f/5, spot metering mode and an exposure time of 1/500 seconds*
Stretch the Horizon 