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The Durdle Door Sunrise and Moonrise

Wayne Humphrey — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:09:46 +0000

Having had many return trips to the Durdle door down at lulworth in Dorset I have final captured the sort of shot I was after.
My first rip here was in march 2009 and I have been back about 20 times just really to pull of these 2 shots, I have a few other angles and not some not so great images ruined by 1 thing or another which i may post later.
The durdle door is a natural rock arch on the Jurassic coast or Dorset and next to the “man of war” which is a name for a rock formation just around the corner (literally).
The sunrise was spoiled slightly by excessive cloud, but i stuck around and had to just go for it.

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Autumn images

Wayne Humphrey — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 18:10:39 +0000

Recently I was ask for some photos, which I realsied I hadn’t got or taken yet, so with the afternoon off I decided to take a drive around my local area and see if I could capture autumn somehow.
Heres what I found…..

Elmer Beach Long Exposure

Wayne Humphrey — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:58:23 +0000

Taken down at Elmer beach yesterday had some time inbetween jobs so i thought i would bust out the camera.
Since getting a big stopper i havent really used it that much which is a crime in itself really.
The big stopper is a bit of black glass that allows you to keep the shutter open on the camera for extreme amounts of time even in daylight without over exposing the photo but allowing all things moving to blur.
Here are 2 examples of what you can do, both images are 2 mintue exposures ( normal exposure time for this type of shot would be 1/30th of a second, so that makes these shots 3600 times longer than they should be.

BBC Springwatch inspired – Wild bird photos

Wayne Humphrey — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:27:11 +0000

Inspired by the BBC Springwatch program i went out hunting for a suitable location to take some close up pictures of birds in their natural state. (opposed to feeding tables).
I found my self perched on a river bank hidden behind braches and tall grasses, I waited for about 2 hours perfectly still and after a steady stream of dog walkers and cyclists had stopped coming by the birds began to settle, some landing on branches in front of me only 2 ft away, but to close to photograph without scaring off.

As with most types of photography there is some skills involved in catching the right moments, and its not as easy as they make it look on the television.

Here is what I managed to capture through my lens.

The following image was shot in the same second there was less than 1/300th of a seconds between these to photos

Butterfly Macro

Wayne Humphrey — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:51:19 +0000

Almost stepped on this little fellow while out taking pictures of bluebells, took a close up on a macro extension tube, I have ben told its a female speckled wood butterfly….

Damselflies In Love?

Wayne Humphrey — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:26:30 +0000

Not realising my lens was damaged i went for a walk recently and took some photos of damselflies near the Chichester lakes, there were hundreds of them everywhere, these 2 stopped long enough for me to take a picture, due to the lens damage the picture isn’t quite as sharp as it should be, but i just love the heart shape they make while mating.

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