South Bank Night Shots

A final set from last weekend. I couldn't leave the South Bank on such a beautiful clear evening without taking a few night shots.

More London

Another set of images from last weekend. This time taken on the Saturday (my birthday) around More London. It was yet another day of strong sunshine. But this did make for some wonderful reflections in the glass buildings.

Greenwich

I visited Greenwich over the weekend (it seems I wasn't the only one to have that idea). I had not been there before, so had a lot to explore. It was another beautiful sunny day (how many does that make this year?) which, as always, means challenging harsh lighting. As the sun lowered and softened in the evening, and I hung around the Old Royal Naval College (having already been thrown out of the Royal Observatory and the Maritime museum) for some shots of the lovely historic buildings in more flattering light. There was a Black Tie event on in the Painted Hall, that made a good opportunity for some candids, and even a marching band, for a bit of extra colour.

Shuttleworth - Evening Flight

A few shots of the planes that took part in the evening flight at the Shuttleworth Collection. As I said in my previous post the light was vary changeable. We did get a break in the cloud for the early part of the show giving some nice light. The wind was also an issue as it meant many of the planes (the WWI and Edwardian examples) couldn't fly. The show finished soon after 7pm and just before the rain set in.

Shuttleworth - Birds of Prey Centre

On Saturday I spent the day at the Shuttleworth Collection with some other members of the CCC, visiting the Bird of Prey Centre and the seeing the first 2011 evening flying of the historic planes. I am still sorting through the 600 or so shots of planes in flight I took, so here are some birds to be going on with.

Lighting on the day was very changeable, and my panning technique with these fast and agile birds is less than perfect, so these are not the sharpest images. But I still like the shapes created by the birds.

Birds And Damselflies At Paxton Pits

I spent the morning at Paxton Pits with the Camera Club Nature group. It was nice to be on a CCC trip that was only 5 minutes away from home. Although, I still wasn't tempted to join those who went on the dawn chorus guided walk, starting at 5.30am.

I don't really have a decent enough long lens to do serious bird photography, but I did get a couple of shots of the black headed gulls that I quite liked.




Later in the morning I was able to concentrate on Damselflies, for which my 105mm macro lens is ideally suited.