Bit of a mixed day today. Very busy at work, but all in all, fairly productive.
I had a counselling session, which was difficult in places. Definitely worth doing, but hard to do.
Finished the day with a sunset walk with my parents, which was really lovely.
I'm really pleased with these. The first one isn't my usual style - I usually like something to be bitingly sharp, but I think this one has a dreamlike quality that I really enjoy.
One more after the jump
One hundred and twenty-two days.
Yes, it's an unconventional way of measuring the year, but I am something of a non-conformist, and I feel like it - so I'm going with thirds.
Also being a leap year, it divides nicely into three.
So, some stats.
47.5% of the photos were taken with the 6D Mk II, with the 80D coming in at 26%, the M6 Mk II at 22%, and the rest being the drone, phone, and Sony RX100V.
My most used lens was my Sigma 105mm f/2.8 Macro, followed by the 70-200 f/2.8. All the other lenses were under 10% each.
I posted 9 backup images (where I didn't shoot anything, or anything good enough or publicly shareable on the day), meaning that over 92% of days so far this year, I've managed to take at least one photo that I'm happy enough with to share on a public platform.
Some days have been tough, but on the whole, I'm enjoying this project so far.
A wander round a local nature reserve with a friend this evening.
This church always looks great, especially when it's calm and the reflection is clear.
I went to a different wood this evening, on a guided walk. The bluebells here are spectacular, and incredibly dense in places.
It wasn't ideal conditions for photography - not great light, and quite windy, meaning camera shake and subject movement were a constant battle, whether handheld or on a tripod. I was also trying not to get too far behind the rest of the group, so I was trying to keep moving from that perspective too.
I think this is one of my favourites from the trip.
A couple more after the jump.
I went for a wander in the woods today.
It was rather pleasant, and the bluebells were looking great.
A couple more after the jump.
I went for a wander by the river this afternoon. These swans let me get remarkably close without spooking.
There were a few crows (or something similar, I can't tell!) hanging around the swans, trying to steal tail feathers. The swans were having none of it, and the crows got a honk, hiss, and/or nip for their trouble.
I was lucky enough to catch this one coming in for another go.
The swans then let me get even closer and carried on preening.
I took these with a 50mm lens on a full-frame body, so I was really quite close.
One more after the jump.
I feel like I'm drowning under a tidal wave today.
Work is utterly mad, and it's incredibly draining. I fear that we have so much work on, nothing will be done properly or in time.
On top of that, although I had a nice walk with the dogs, and cooked a tasty pizza, I have felt disproportionately down this evening.
It took me ages to think of anything to shoot, and then when I eventually cut this bit off the "triffid" as I call the excessively productive beast of a plant that occupies half of the garden, it wilted pretty much before my eyes! This was supposed to be a photo stack, but the plant wilted by so much in the less than a minute it took to shoot the stack, that it was unusable!
