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Those True Eyes

I find it hard to believe those eyes are real. This image, I admit, is taken of a captive bird – a trained bird – one which probably could no longer survive if it were freed into nature. It’s looked after and fed well.

Trees in the Sun 3 – Resurgence

This is the third and final image of those white-barked trees that I came across. All images taken on the same day, in the same place with the same vertical camera movement during the exposure. This image was taken with a shutter speed of 1/5 second.

Startling Symmetry

The search for symmetry, and the emotional pleasure we derive when we find it, must help us make sense of the the seasons and the reliability of friendships.
Alan Lightman

In taking photographs, I more commonly seek to change out of a symmetrical view. I try mostly to get an angle on the subject and to achieve some flow through or around the image.

A Quiet Place

It’s a place we often go to chill out and look at the sea. It’s over at the rocks behind Troon harbour – that’s Troon, best known for its championship golf course. We pass the harbour and stop in the small car park, looking out over the waves towards the Isle of Arran.

Trees in the Sun 2 – Portal

This is the second post in this series of images I captured at Knapp’s Loch with a group of trees of such whitish bark. I liked the streakiness and the hints of the tree shadows along the ground.

I feel here the movement of the camera has created a generally gloomy outlook in the foreground. But the space in the trees gives some hope of a way through present troubles…..hopefully to a brighter future. Lets hope so!

Negative Space – a challenge

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge 114

Reacting to Amy’s Photo Challenge, I initially found myself a bit lost – Negative Space??? I do have a tendency to fill the frame, but nevertheless had a look through my back catalogue for images with negative space.

Trees in the Sun – Barrier

Abstract from Reality

I’m starting here a short series of images all taken on the same day. I came across these trees in the sun. The trees were quite unusual to me in that the bark was silver, almost white, and very smooth.

I took all the images hand-held with a longish shutter speeds (between 1/2sec and 1/8sec) and moved the camera upwards during the exposure. It’s nothing new and not really that clever but I find some interesting effects occur.

Duck out of Water

Nature Spot

70-300mm zoom @ 300mm; f6.3; 1/4000sec; ISO3600

Two Views of a Ruin

A still evening and the sun is thinking of going down. Just a slight pink tinge to the far sky. It’s an ancient castle or rather the remains of a 16th century tower house built on the cliff at Greenan, near Ayr – and a scene of inter-clan fighting around 1600 AD.

Author: jazzibee