Thursday 31 December 2009

31-12-09: Blue Moon / Mission Complete!


Thus concludes a year in photos!
When I started this, I really didn't think I'd make it, but I have.
I'm proud of that.

This was a really special moment; the clouds had banked up in the minutes before midnight and almost completely obscured the moon.
Almost on the stroke of midnight, the clouds cleared and the brilliant light of the full moon flooded the scene.
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Wednesday 30 December 2009

30-12-09: Make A Wish



The orange trail is one of those little candle-powered hot air balloons. Someone set several of them off in fairly quick succession.
It's surprisingly moving to see them silently float off into the night.

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Tuesday 29 December 2009

29-12-09: Night Village


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Monday 28 December 2009

28-12-09


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Sunday 27 December 2009

27-12-09: Moon Rising Through Trees


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Saturday 26 December 2009

26-12-09: Moonlit Path


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Friday 25 December 2009

25-12-09: Give Way


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Thursday 24 December 2009

24-12-09: Icicles


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Wednesday 23 December 2009

23-12-09: Glowing Orb/2


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Tuesday 22 December 2009

22-12-09: Glowing Orb/1


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Monday 21 December 2009

21-12-09: The Avenue at Dusk


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Sunday 20 December 2009

Saturday 19 December 2009

19-12-09: Glowing Slash


I was amazed at how much this contrail popped against the sky.

I've boosted the highlights here very slightly to play to this effect, but it's not lassoed or dodged or any other digital trickery - this is how it appeared.

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Friday 18 December 2009

18-12-09: Sliver


2 day old, 4% moon.
I had to use a slightly nasty lens for this one, the longest decent lens I had at work was the 17-40 f/4L; I needed something longer for this shot, so I used the old kit lens that came with the office 30D, the EF-S 17-85. On the whole, I think it's come out fairly well though.
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Thursday 17 December 2009

17-12-09: Wilted


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Wednesday 16 December 2009

16-12-09


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Tuesday 15 December 2009

15-12-09:


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Monday 14 December 2009

14-12-09: Old Log


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Sunday 13 December 2009

13-12-09


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Saturday 12 December 2009

12-12-09: Iced Track


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Friday 11 December 2009

11-12-09


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Thursday 10 December 2009

10-12-09: Stripped By The Seasons


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Wednesday 9 December 2009

09-12-09: Tranquil Lake


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Tuesday 8 December 2009

08-12-09: Bare Trees


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Monday 7 December 2009

07-12-09: Muddied Sky


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Sunday 6 December 2009

06-12-09


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Saturday 5 December 2009

05-12-09: Grasses


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Friday 4 December 2009

04-12-09: Bench at Sunset


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Thursday 3 December 2009

03-12-09: Still Air



Blogger's JPEG compression has really had a go at this one...
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Wednesday 2 December 2009

02-12-09


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Tuesday 1 December 2009

01-12-09


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Monday 30 November 2009

30-11-09: Beans/2


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Sunday 29 November 2009

29-11-09: Is this thing on?


AKG C 451 B for any mic geeks in the audience.

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Saturday 28 November 2009

28-11-09: Graduation (Again)


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Friday 27 November 2009

27-11-09: Beans/1


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Thursday 26 November 2009

26-11-09: Pull all the stops out!


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Wednesday 25 November 2009

25-11-09: Pipes/3


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Tuesday 24 November 2009

24-11-09: Pipes/2


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Monday 23 November 2009

23-11-09: Pipes/1


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Sunday 22 November 2009

22-11-09


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Saturday 21 November 2009

21-11-09: Victoria Centre/Moon


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Friday 20 November 2009

20-11-09: Mixer Strip


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On the go-slow again...

Sorry Folks, I've got behind again.
EDIT: 26-11-09: Catching up slowly... I'll try to get up to date in the next couple of days.

Thursday 19 November 2009

19-11-09: 5


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Wednesday 18 November 2009

18-11-09: Wooden Lines


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Tuesday 17 November 2009

17-11-09: Expanse


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Monday 16 November 2009

16-11-09:


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Sunday 15 November 2009

15-11-09:



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Saturday 14 November 2009

14-11-09: Foggy Night


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Friday 13 November 2009

13-11-09: Illuminated Lens


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Thursday 12 November 2009

12-11-09:


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