30th: Now the clocks have gone back I thought it might be worthwhile popping out after work to see if I could get any early evening shots while there was still a touch of colour in the sky. Just turned 5pm on a weekday and it was very busy with bikes and people. Managed to get two photos worth posting, but had to abort many other photos half way through because of a bike, car or pedestrian!

5d, 28-75 f9, iso 200, 141 seconds.

5d, 28-75 f7.1, iso 200, 5s & 20s exposures combined with TuFuse

11th: A trip to beechwoods, the autumn colours are just starting to take hold. Certainly I need to go back in a few weeks time. Sorry i've not posted in ages been busy re-working my landscape photography website at marona.co.uk and also the church I attend christchurchcambridge.org.uk.

Here is a quick pan from the beechwoods.

5d, 28-75 f2.8, iso 100, 4 landscape photos combined with ptassembler

Feb 08

17th, 10th: Two early Sunday morning starts both cold and frosty, particularly the 17th the car was claiming -8 as a drove in past Addenbrookes at 7am. On the 10th I concentrated on the backs. The river was a little murky, quite normal for this time of year. I had noticed some striking crocus near Trinity college so that was on my tick list although they were all tightly closed with the cold start. I learned and important lesson on the 10th ALWAYS carry spare batteries! By 8:30am and one 2gb card full my camera simply shut down. Five minutes in a warm pocket breathed some life back into it and I was able to finish off by 9am.

5d, 17-40 f4, f16, iso 100, 3 exposures combined using TuFuse

5d, 17-40 f4, f16, 3 exposures combined using TuFuse

A week later I tried to get some city centre shots, but with bin collections and difficult lighting I didn't get much to show for my efforts. Back home by 9:15am still plenty of time to get the family back into church for 10:30am.

A few months back I bought a copy of PhotoMatix pro for doing HDR shots. I don't like "fake look HDR's", but done subtly it does have great uses. Last week I was browsing Max Lyons panoramic forums and he has developed a piece of software called TuFuse It's used for combining multiple exposures for both extended dynamic range and also depth of field, but without the "overcooked look" I gave it a quick go and so far I've been very impressed with the output. Best of all it's free!

5th: Back end of January is was contacted by fdmartwork who put art on walls in pubs, restaurants etc. They wanted to put 5 of my pictures in the Baron of Beef (Bridge Street, Cambridge). Two are large framed prints, three are canvases. They did the printing and framing because they were on a tight schedule. Pop in and have a look if you are passing.

Mounted prints		Canvases

Jan 08

24th: BIGGER PICTURES complete with EXIF! I've done a slight tweak on the website and as a result increased the image size so you can see the pictures a little better. I've decided to leave all EXIF data attached to the photos so for those interested you can view this information. Unfotunately there is no EXIF on the panoramic shots.

You may need to download a browser addon to view the EXIF info, I can recommend Opanda IExif, check it out at opanda.com it's free!

Old size

New size - with EXIF.

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