Articles of Faith (Backlit Cow), Dalaman

Articles of Faith, Dalaman, originally uploaded by flatworldsedge.

Some different ways of seeing the world in the notes on Flickr. Another one for lightbox if you have a moment though. The tiny white dots next to the nose are flecks of cow saliva caught in its whiskers. This is pretty close up - I got spray on my filter from the cow's snorts, which caused problems with some later shots.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Circle Of Life (Lens Flare), Wisley

Circle Of Life (Lens Flare), Wisley, originally uploaded by flatworldsedge.

Gosh - first post in a week. Please note - it may be a little while before I can respond to any comments or messages. Our home internet has failed and O2 are being very slow about fixing it. This is a post made from work, having copied the image to USB and shuttled it into the City. All somewhat overwraught. Hopefully O2's support people will fix the home connection before too long and normal service can be resumed.

This shot is another from my RHS Wisley series from a couple of weeks back. There's a nice circular ring of flare and some natural vignetting, so I have left it uncorrected. This was just a straight shot taken before putting the ND filter on for Wing Tips (Butterfly Sunset), Wisley.

By way of one quick off topic note, I'd give a huge recommendation to anyone within striking distance of London for the "Wildlife Photographer of the Year" exhibition currently showing at The Natural History Museum.

Since joining Flickr, I've got used to flicking through the pages of photography magazines and finding the quality distinctly poorer than the average Flickr post. Even in higher end titles like "Professional Photographer" you find much applauded reader images which would barely attract notice on Flickr. Just yesterday in The Metro there was a page of insect photos dressed as news which could have been titled "Clueless Journalist Is Told About Macro Photography By Friend". A five second search on Flickr could have wiped out every image they featured.

The "Wildlife Photographer of the Year" exhibition is an exception to this. The quality of images is stunning. A class above anything I have seen in the last twelve months and a must see if geography allows.

Hope you're all having a great time - I can't wait to catch up once I emerge from this temporary dark-age.

See Circle Of Life (Lens Flare), Wisley on Flickr for additional notes and comments.

Thawing Hoar Frost, Hoohill

Thawing Hoar Frost, Hoohill, originally uploaded by flatworldsedge.

Got my knees wet (and cold) taking this one! It's from Christmas day, a few minutes after Backlight (Winter Brambles). The light wasn't quite so dramatic as in that image, but low down the colour was still getting picked up in the wet grass and what was left of the hoar frost.

Same 24mm minimum lens as I used to whinge about on my older 1.6x crop body. The difference moving to full frame is incredible - it's really come into its own.

Happy New Year to all. Many thanks to everyone kind enough to take the time to look at, fav and comment upon Meltwater which was lucky enough to make Explore's Front Page to my immense delight!

See Thawing Hoar Frost, Hoohill with additional notes on Flickr.