Photography

I am Your God; BOW DOWN TO ME

Another of my friends chilling down at the river.

Where there’s food, there’s fighting.

Where there’s bread, there’s dread.

Hey there, Handsome.

Are those wings sticking out of your body or are you just happy to see me?

Here’s a picture of a beast Dragonfly waving to all the passers-by in my Nan’s back garden.  You can tell it isn’t a Damselfly because this one can’t fold it wings back along its body – they have to stick out sideways.  It’s also huge.

Thus what I said.

Maybe I’m going a bit far.

Angel of Ocean

Alright, the title is a bit of a misnomer; this seagull was captured just above the waters of the River Thames.

Now I know what I said before about not liking taking nature photos so much, but these are the kinds of photos I like.

They’re dynamic; they capture scenes that we are unable to see with the naked eye.  These really fast exposure shots can quite often look really good in my opinion and, if you’re lucky, you can immortalise an instant forever.

I probably also enjoy taking these kinds of photos because of the difficulty involved.  In general the more difficult it is to get a shot, the more fun I have!

Is it the same with you?

Eternal Serenata

Like the first photo I uploaded to this site, Boldly Growing, this was taken at Mottisfont Abbey National Trust garden.  However instead of out in the gorgeous gardens, I was inside a rather ‘cosy’ (read: cramped) used-book shop located on the site.

I happened to spy this rather odd looking insect having a rest from its fatigue (read: injury), and also that it was resting on the front of a set of scores that were being sold.

So I tried to make it look as artistic (read: stock) as possible.

What do you think?

Also the scores are copyrighted 1900.  Nice.

Lazy Days

Here’s a picture I took a little while back of my aunt’s dog, George.  He’s a lively bugger (my aunt’s finger getting broken is proof), but this photo captures the moment where I actually managed to get up close to him without him trying to take my head off.

And I was lying down.

Good one.

Dirty Sexy Photography

Did you know I’m really not into this “nature” stuff very much?  It’s just that there’s so much of it around I can’t really avoid it…

Take this for example.  Captured near the coast in North Devon, this rather saucy number demonstrates that creatures really will do it anywhere, even on camera.

What impressed me most is that they could fly whilst back to back like this!  Crazy.

Buzz Lightyear, Away!

I have a weird attraction to this photo…  It’s probably because instead of the bee bee-ing posed on the plant as you would normally see in a photo such as this, it’s heading straight past me!

If that bee were better bee-haved I might have gotten a picture of it on the plant.  Wait, I have taken pictures of bees on plants!  I bee-lieve I’ll upload one sometime.

I’ll stop now.

Stella Artois

That’s the name of the cat.

Seriously!

She’s the cat of one of our neighbours, but sometimes she comes over to pose and play.  Quite the model, huh?

She always looks grumpy to me, though…

Boldly Growing

Here’s a rather funky photo I took at Mottisfont Abbey National Trust garden.  I love the shape of this flower — I don’t think I’d seen anything quite like it until that day.  Doesn’t it look like some kind of space-faring organism?  I’ve probably seen something that looks like it in Star Trek…

It also seems to remind me of an enemy from Metroid…  Although since I can’t remember the enemy or the real name of this plant, I’m just going to call it a Blooper for now.

Edit 2009-06-20: Boldly Growing is totally a better name.