photographs: people, places & things
Another trip to Scotland – short break in Newton Stewart (2) In part 1 I mentioned that my wife and I have holidayed together many many times in Scotland as well as having travelled pretty extensively in Scotland on my own by motorbike (my most recent bike trip there was in August last year). There […]
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Spring time and macro garden photography with the Sigma 105. And yet more macro pictures with the Canon EOS 90D and the Neewer ring flash. I’ve written previously about using the Canon EOS 90D and the pretty impressive Sigma 105mm lens, I really do think it’s a good combination. More information/other posts You can find […]
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More life in the garden and more garden bugs – a short post. Some more garden bug macro shots with the Canon 90D and the Neewer ring flash. There is more information about the Neewer ring flash in the previous post (use this link to view) All pictures are taken with a Canon EOS 90D […]
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There’s life in the garden – macro photos with Sigma 105mm. It’s a while since I posted macro pictures, that because it’s been a while since I did any macro photography. I suppose macro photography is like many things, if left for a while it can take a little time to ‘re-learn’. In fact I […]
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Last days of summer … As get towards the mid point of September then we also get towards the last days of summer. The long days are already starting to fade away, the lights at home are on a little earlier and I find myself reaching for some slightly warmer clothing in the evening. But […]
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Garden macro – insect picture post Another macro blog post from the garden. The pictures in this post are primarily insects, although the colours of some of the flowers made it irresistible for me not to take and include a few more pictures of them (similar to those in the previous blog post) Camera gear […]
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Macro photography in the garden Visitors to the blog will probably have seen some of the previous macro photographs I have taken, although it’s been a while since I posted any. The last couple of posts are at these two links link one and link two The pictures in this post (scroll down for the […]
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Macro photography with Sigma 105 and Neewer ring flash I have been really enjoying getting to grips with macro photography and improving the light source was a game changer for me. With that in mind I have a number of ‘home made’ softboxes of varying sizes, shapes and material and each of them have been […]
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Macro photography in the garden – with Neewer macro ring flash Well there’s an expression that I quite like and it’s the ‘every day’s a school day’ expression, and I suppose it is, there really is always something to learn. The next few days will see me having a go with a new ‘gadget’ for […]
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Macro photography at Lyme park During our recent trip to Lyme Park we took some time out to spend half an hour or so with the macro lenses on. I had my Sigma 105mm lens and for the images in the picture gallery used one of my home made soft boxes, which for the most […]
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