A Visit to Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire

Hi All,


On the 5th of July 2012 members of Derby City Photographic Club went on a visit to Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire.


As usual I took plenty of photographs. Some of my favourite images are below and the rest are on my website at www.carrington-imagery.co.uk

I can thoroughly recommend a visit to the abbey and village for all phorographers. There's so much stuff to photograph!


All images are taken with the Nikon D300s.

Another Marina Walk

During June I took another stroll around Mercia Marina near Willington. It was quite a dull day but I still managed a get a few nice shots.


This time I decided to move away from the main Marina and walk out towards the canal to the rear. 


I can heartily recommend the Marina for photographers. There's always something going on and there's a nice tea room to visit when you've done shooting.


As usual all of the shots from this little excursion can be found at www.carrington-imagery.co.uk

A walk around Staunton Harold

During May 2012 members of the Derby City Photographic Club went on a Photo Walk around Staunton Harold. The idea of the walk was to encourage members of the public to come along, enjoy a walk and perhaps gain some photography knowledge from Club members. 


The walk was about 2 miles in length and took in some of the less trodden paths in the area. About 20 members of the public cam along and had a great day out. 


Below are a few of the shots that I took on the day. The rest can be found at www.carrington-imagery.co.uk

Lonely Tree f18@1/60 ISO200

Staunton Church f11@1/250 ISO200

Swan Take Off  f11@1/250 ISO200

Door Knob f2.8 @ 1.320 ISO200

Staunton Harold in HDR

Lilly Pond in HDR

Red Rose

Hi All,


This Rose has been blooming in our garden for many years so this year I decided to photograph it.


I set it up on a small table with a black background. I used my Sigma 50mm macro lens together with my Nikon SB910 flash gun set with a 20 degree gird to stop the light bleeding on to the background. 


I also used http://www.controlmynikon.com/ to ensure that the camera was correctly controlled and focussed at all times. 

Friendly Blackbird

Hi All,


It's been a little while since I last posted but that's simply because I've been spending more time taking pictures than editing them. 


As I write this we've just had virtually 24 hours of persistent rain and it's actually raining right now consequently it seemed like a good time to catch up with some of the pictures I've taken recently.


This set was of a blackbird chick that appeared in the garden one sunny morning in April. I was amazed just how tame this little bird was. in fact it never even flinched when the local cat came sniffing around. It just flew up onto the water barrel and waited for it to get bored. 


I thought I'd try to take a few shots before it finally became aware of the local dangers.


These are my favourite from the set. The rest, as usual, can be found in my gallery on my website at www.carrington-imagery.co.uk

I tried to capture the house in the eye of the blackbird. All images were taken using my Nikon 55-300mm zoom.