David L Baker Photography

Photography with an occasional poem

Tag: Colour

  • Muntjac

    Undeterred by the temperature, we went out yesterday to the coast. Firstly because my wife has to paddle in the sea at every opportunity, and secondly because she has a new pair of binoculars, and therefore wanted to look for birds, and I have a new lens I wanted to try out. Perhaps the midday sun at 32 Centigrade is not ideal for birdwatching but we saw a few skylarks, and heard a lot more. Most surprising was that on the walk we spotted a solitary muntjac deer. Sadly they do not have wings, so it could not be ticked off in the i-Spy book of birds, but I was happy.

  • Duotone

    yorkshire tree

    On an early morning walk in Yorkshire I came across this tree. Lone trees are a classic subject for photography, but what attracted me was the foliage. It seems it could not decide if it was summer or autumn (fall for those who love to destroy the English language), and was playing it safe with both. Amazing that it is not random, but split down the middle like that.

  • Sunset

    Sunset

    Normally I am not a fan of sunsets, but on this evening I made an exception. The sun is setting over the Gower Peninsula in Wales (I do go other places), and in the foreground is Worms Head which marks the most westerly point on the peninsula. Worms Head has nothing to do with worms, it comes from the Viking word “Wurm” which means dragon, and you can possibly see that the shape resembles a sleeping dragon. Ah… maybe that is why the sky was so fiery?

  • More Falls

    Rheidol Gorge

    On the way back from dolphin watching we called in at Devil’s Bridge and the Rheidol Gorge. The gorge has a circular route down to a waterfall view and back up the other side, a steep descent and even steeper ascent. I decided that was several steps too far and only got as far as the waterfall view. Definitely worth it. This image probably shows a third of the total drop.

  • Yes!

    Dolphin breaching

    Well the answer is yes. In the last 15 minutes of the last boat trip on the last day, we managed it. I was resigned to never seeing a breach – after all David Attenborough’s crew can sit for three months and see nothing – but finally they played. What is more remarkable for me is that this dolphin was nearly a mile away and I could easily have missed it even being there. I may have mentioned before, but I love this camera.

  • Yes?

    Not a lot of landscape photography this week, as we went to Cardigan Bay looking for dolphins. Cardigan Bay has the largest concentration of dolphins in the UK, however, they can be a nightmare to photograph, and to track as they move through the sea. But, as the saying goes, the more photos you take the luckier you get. Now the question you have to ask is whether I managed to get one of the classic shots of a dolphin leaping and arching from the water. We will see…

  • The Hall

    The image I posted yesterday, of Wollaton Park in the early morning, neglected to include the Hall itself. So, as that morning produced a few decent images, I thought I would add another view across the lake from a different angle. Sometimes you can be lucky enough to see a few of the deer cooling off in the lake, which would make an excellent photo. I have not been so lucky… yet.

  • Morning

    The more I revisit these early morning shots the more I realise how lazy I am. I have to get up! Wollaton Park in Nottingham is home to Wollaton Hall, which has been used as Wayne Manor in the Batman movies, two herds of deer, and a lake with a heronry. To be fair, as a back garden it is not too shabby. The early morning colours with a hint of mist on the lake – that will do for me.

  • Boathouses

    Reflections in Snowdonia

    A still autumn morning in Snowdonia, North Wales, with just a hint of the morning mist remaining. This is from the first proper workshop I attended, run by Doug Chinnery, in the mountains and lakes of Snowdonia. Now I need to persuade myself to get up early to grab more opportunities like this. Maybe not in summer with the sunrise at 5am though.

  • Commute

    Adamsky Effect cyclist

    End of next week we are off to the seaside hunting for dolphins. Not hunting in the sense of Japanese factory ships, but in the sense of looking for. So I thought I would get in the mood with an image from a sunny day on a quiet beach. I like to think the cyclist was using this route as their regular commute to and from work. If you have been reading my blog, you will know this has been edited in the style of the Adamsky effect.