Thursday 30 September 2010

Day 153 - Thursday 30 September 2010

Crystal. Close-up of the cut glass detail in a wine glass. Lighting courtesy of the PC monitor and halogen bulbs...


...Sony alpha200, Sigma 18-200 f3.5-6.3, 1/60 @ f5.6, ISO 800

Wednesday 29 September 2010

Day 152 - Wednesday 29 September 2010

Strainer. Following the surprise of yesterday's picture, I've been raiding the cooking utensil drawer to see waht else looks good on the orange ironing board. This is the underside of a stainless sreel serving spoon and it's shadow...


...Sony V1, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar 7-28 f2.8-4, 1/10 @ f2.8, ISO 400

Tuesday 28 September 2010

Day 151 - Tuesday 28 September 2010

Say Cheese! A rather surprising shot of the inside of a cheese grater. When I took this I intended to convert it to mono for the patterns of light and shade, but I used our bright orange ironing board as my macro table which added some rather stunning colour to the picture...


...Sony V1, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar 7-28 f2.8-4, 1/8 @ f2.8, ISO 400

Monday 27 September 2010

Day 150 - Monday 27 September 2010

Zig-zag. Rather jazzy and interesting pattern on a cloth covered glasses case...


...Sony alpha200, Sigma 18-200 f3.5-6.3, 1/25 @ f6.3, ISO 800

Sunday 26 September 2010

Day 149 - Sunday 26 September 2010

Bottle. Close-up of a ribbed plastic water bottle full of water, lit with a purple screen and home office lights...


...Sony V1, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar 7-28 f2.8-4, 1/80 @ f3.2, ISO 400

Saturday 25 September 2010

Day 148 - Saturday 25 September 2010

In memory. Gravestones at St Margarets Church in Crick, Northamptonshire...


...Sony alpha200, Sigma 18-200 f3.5-6.3, 1/160 @ f6.3, ISO 100

Friday 24 September 2010

Day 147 - Friday 24 September 2010

Silver Lining. Had a go at photographing the moon tonight... quite badly as it turned out! I wanted to show both the moon and the clouds which I was only able to do by combining two images taken at very different exposures...


...Sony alpha200, Sigma 18-200 f3.5-6.3, 1/2500 @ f6.3, ISO 800

Thursday 23 September 2010

Day 146 - Thursday 23 September 2010

Television. Thunder, lightening and a trorrential downpour prompted me to look up through the Velux window in the extension ceiling where I noticed the double reflection of the TV screen...


...Sony alpha200, Sigma 18-200 f3.5-6.3, 1/30 @ f6.3, ISO 1600

Wednesday 22 September 2010

Day 145 - Wednesday 22 September 2010

Six. Today's activity was a navigation excercise... not a lot of navigation involved (the route was along a canal tow path!) but there was a lot of excercise... 10 miles of it! The finish point was the 'Mucky Duck' pub in Woolsthorpe and this pint of 1664 went down very quickly...


...Sony alpha200, Sigma 18-200 f3.5-6.3, 1/640 @ f6.3, ISO 200

Tuesday 21 September 2010

Day 144 - Tuesday 21 September 2010

Stopper. A heavy blue glass stopper in the kneck of a carafe, backlit with the computer screen...



...Sony V1, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar 7-28 f2.8-4, 1/80 @ f4, ISO 400

Monday 20 September 2010

Day 143 - Monday 20 September 2010

Birds on a wire. Yes... it's the telegraph pole outside my house again! I've been waiting for a flock of birds to settle on the wires for a while. It's something they do all the time... except when you're waiting for them to do it...


...Sony V1, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar 7-28 f2.8-4, 1/250 @ f6.3, ISO 100

Sunday 19 September 2010

Day 142 - Sunday 19 September 2010

Fluid. I decided to have another go with the screen backlight technique, this time with the much larger screen of the desktop PC instead of the netbook screen. The subject is a glass beaker branded with the logo of a famous soft drinks manufacturer...


...Sony V1, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar 7-28 f2.8-4, 1/80 @ f4, ISO 400

Saturday 18 September 2010

Day 141 - Saturday 18 September 2010

Duplex. I have just bought a new Hewlett Packard printer for my daughter, Sian, to take to university. This is a picture of a large opening in the back which I think is the duplexing unit...


...Sony V1, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar 7-28 f2.8-4, 1 sec @ f2.8, ISO 200

Day 140 - Friday 17 September 2010

Brick in the wall. I have an apology to make... today was a very busy day, being the last day of the course. Lots of training to get in before lunch then the long trip home, which took a mammoth 5 1/2 hours up the M20, M25 and the Dartford tunnel, M11, A14 and A1. I was so knackered I didn't get to take a picture today. So here is another one from Wednesday's trip into Lydd...


...Sony V1, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar 7-28 f2.8-4, 1/250 @ f4, ISO 200

Day 139 - Thursday 16 September 2010

Cheeky! During a 15 minute break in training I noticed some rather interesting pictures hanging in the NAAFI! Whatever keeps the troops happy :) It was very dark in there so it required a very carefully handheld 1/8 exposure at ISO 800...


...Sony V1, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar 7-28 f2.8-4, 1/8 @ f4, ISO 800

Wednesday 15 September 2010

Day 138 - Wednesday 15 September 2010

Window. Took a stroll into the sleepy local town of Lydd after tea. There are quite a few of these buildings with timber clad upper levels...


...Sony V1, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar 7-28 f2.8-4, 1/160 @ f4, ISO 200

Day 137 - Tuesday 14 September 2010

Pylon. Out on the training area... again I have to be careful with the camera so I've confined myself to this picture of a pylon...


...Sony V1, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar 7-28 f2.8-4, 1/250 @ f7.1, ISO 200

Day 136 - Monday 13 September 2010

Stained Glass. Day 1 at Lydd for more pre-deployment training. This picture is the back of a FIBUA (fighting in built-up areas) village on the camp. This part isn't real buildings but a boundary wall that looks like terrace housing on the inside. No photography allowed inside so I could only take this picture outside the facility...


...Sony V1, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar 7-28 f2.8-4, 1/50 @ f4, ISO 200

Sunday 12 September 2010

Day 135 - Sunday 12 September 2010

Pear. Busy sorting and packing kit today so my 365 picture is a bit of a rush job. I took a pear from the fruit bowl and decided that would be my subject, I only needed to find a way to shoot it...


...Sony V1, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar 7-28 f2.8-4, 1/13 @ f3.2, ISO 800

Saturday 11 September 2010

Day 134 - Saturday 11 September 2010

Red Dragon. I've been toying with the idea of getting a tatoo for some time. Today I finally decided to get it done to cellebrate finishing the mobilisation course at Chilwell. Today's picture is the result...


...Sony V1, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar 7-28 f2.8-4, 1/20 @ f2.8, ISO 400

Friday 10 September 2010

Day 133 - Friday 10 September 2010

Leopard. Back home again after successfully finishing the mobilisation course. The fruit bowl is full of ripe bananas and because no one else here likes them this ripe it looks like I'll be on a banana diet this weekend...


...Sony V1, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar 7-28 f2.8-4, 1/40 @ f3.2, ISO 400

Day 132 - Thursday 9 September 2010

Ceiling. A hurried shot of the canopy ceiling on the Tesco store across the road from Chilwell camp. I was rushing to withdraw some cash from the 'Hole-in-the-wall' before the course end p**s-up...


...Sony V1, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar 7-28 f2.8-4, 1/13 @ f2.8, ISO 400

Wednesday 8 September 2010

Day 131 - Wednesday 8 September 2010

Bullrushes. This one was taken during a lull in activity on the ranges. A shot of bullrushes growing in a ditch beside the range...


...Sony V1, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar 7-28 f2.8-4, 1/250 @ f5, ISO 100

Day 130 - Tuesday 7 September 2010

Padlock. This is a quick shot of my padlock sitting on a shelf in my locker. It is lit with an LED keyring torch...


...Sony V1, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar 7-28 f2.8-4, 1/25 @ f2.8, ISO 800

Day 129 - Monday 6 September 2010

Puddles. The heavens opened late evening as I crossed the road to the 24 hour Tesco for supplies (decent food for the ranges!). This is a view of the store through the puddles in the car park...


...Sony V1, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar 7-28 f2.8-4, 1/3 @ f2.8, ISO 400

Sunday 5 September 2010

Day 128 - Sunday 5 September 2010

Big Top. This is a shot of the top of a marquee at an open day I went to this afternoon.


...Sony V1, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar 7-28 f2.8-4, 1/500 @ f8, ISO 200

Saturday 4 September 2010

Day 127 - Saturday 4 September 2010

Fire! House warming party today at my nephew's new home. Plenty of beer, good food and excellent company. They have a chimenea in the garden which provided excellent fun toasting marshmallows, and my picture for today...


...Sony V1, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar 7-28 f2.8-4, 1/125 @ f4, ISO 200

Friday 3 September 2010

Day 126 - Friday 3 September 2010

Footie. Home again for the weekend and a walk around the garden revealed an abandoned football sitting on the lawn.


...Sony V1, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar 7-28 f2.8-4, 1/250 @ f6.3, ISO 200

Day 125 - Thursday 2 September 2010

Silver Birch. This row of small birch trees stands behind my accomodation block at Chilwell.


...Sony V1, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar 7-28 f2.8-4, 1/250 @ f8, ISO 200

Wednesday 1 September 2010

Day 124 - Wednesday 1 September 2010

Diamonds. This was taken on the 'patio' area outside the Colours junior ranks mess after dinner. It's the shadow cast by a fence with diamond shaped holes at the top...


...Sony V1, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar 7-28 f2.8-4, 1/250 @ f4, ISO 200

Day 123 - Tuesday 31 August 2010

Trolleys. After a long day in the medical centre and dental centre a trip accross the road to Tesco for much needed supplies also gave me todays picture of some neatly parked shopping trollys...


...Sony V1, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar 7-28 f2.8-4, 1/20 @ f4, ISO 200

Day 122 - Monday 30 August 2010

Skip. This picture is the resultn of a challenge set by my mate Steve. I explained what my 365 project was all about as I was looking for something to photograph and suggested the blue skip outside our accomodation block in Chilwell. He meant it as a joke but I took up the challenge and shot a view through the fork slots used by the bin lorry to lift the skip for emptying...


...Sony V1, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar 7-28 f2.8-4, 1/250 @ f6.3, ISO 200