Tagged: Photography

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Horse Head Nebula

I’ve always liked the Horsehead nebula (also known as Barnard 33 in emission nebula IC 434). I remember looking at amazing photos of it in astronomy books and marvelling at it. It is s a dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of the star Alnitak, which is farthest west on Orion’s Belt. I haven;t yet been...

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Jupiter and its Moons again

We’ve been treated to another great view of Jupiter and its moons tonight so I tried to get a better photo. This time I used the live view feature on my SLR to get better focus. It still isn’t easy, although I did only spend a few minutes doing it, but the results are better...

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Windsurf Photos

Just a few photos of Steve windsurfing the other day. I was too ill to join him so stood on the side-lines with my camera.

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ABKA Photo Competition

Morgan and I were quite successful in the recent Aberystwyth and District Beekeepers Association (ABKA) Photographic Competition. It was a fairly informal affair and just for fun, although there were prizes up for grabs. There were three categories: Other Bees (Not Honey Bees) Inside the Hive Beekeepers You were allowed to enter one photo per...

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Garden Colours

The garden has been coming on well this year. It took a while to get going following the big freeze that was winter 2010-2011 but most things seemed to have pulled through in the end and some things are doing well. We could do with a bit more height here and there in the garden,...

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Picture in Picture of the Past in the Present

I came across a cool little idea yesterday on a website called ‘Dear Photograph‘. It’s a simple idea where you take a photograph of a photograph. The photograph comes from the past but you overlay it in the same position in the present so that you end up with a photograph of the past in...

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Misty Hills

I’ve always liked photos of hills in the mist receding into the distance at sunset – I just never get the opportunity to take photos of them myself, but whilst chilling at the campsite last week the opportunity presented itself, so here’s the view across Dartmoor from our tent.

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Beach Photo Walk

You don’t get nicer mornings than this. Clear blue skies, no wind and not too hot. Oh, and a deserted beach backed by the Cambrian Mountains – Not a bad place to live.

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Garden Flowers

It’s another gorgeous day here, clear blue skies, a light breeze and currently 19ºC. Yesterday it reached 24.5ºC, which although it felt hot wasn’t the hottest day of the year so far as we hit 25.3ºC in June 3rd. It’s a shame we have to work on a day like this, but I have just...

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Dandelions – Friend or Foe

They may be considered weeds, but… They grow better than anything else around here. The guinea pigs love to eat the leaves. We can eat them and even make dandelion flower cookies. The bright yellow flowers are lovely. The seed heads are impressive. The bees can make honey from them. I think it’s time we...