Amazingly clear blue skies here in Swansea today:
Whilst others were seeing Isabelline this and that, the highlight (if you can call it that) of my birding day was a dead Gannet on Blackpill Beach:
The clear blue sky soon gave way to the pinkish hues of sunset. These Asian babes (er, Oriental girls) provided some foreground interest:
Gorgeous colours over the Mumbles:
I went out again after dark, and tried this long exposure shot down at the beach. For the technically minded, this picture was a half-hour exposure at ISO 100 and f/6.3:
These star-trail shots are very much at the experimental stage for me at the moment, but I hope to get something better soon. The moon was a bit bright tonight (so bright that I could read by it whilst waiting for the exposure to complete), but clear nights here are so unusual that I had to give it a go.
A grand day and well shot. A suggestion....you can blend star trails in Photoshop. If you would like the words and music then drop me an e-mail.
ReplyDeleteLast two images are stunning.
ReplyDeleteReally enjoying your long exposure shots Jeremy. I've seen a couple of dead Gannets around Gower recently, and it was hard to resist the draw of two Isabelline's with the glorious weather this weekend.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments. Adrian, I think I'll stick with single shots for now, as I think my old computer would struggle with combining 100 30-second shots, as I saw in one guy's article!
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