PhotoDelusions

31 August 2009

White Horse of Uffington

White Horse of Uffington

A picture from a decade or so ago, re-scanned from a colour negative to black and white. The outline of the White Horse can be seen in the middle ground.

27 August 2009

Three new additions to the One Thousand Up club

Three photos that have recently achieved one thousand views on Flickr

Copenhagen Royal Library Copenhagen’s Royal Library/Kongelige Bibliotek

Decaying apples Decayed apples at Rousham, Oxfordshire

E The letter E from a Paris Metro sign

24 August 2009

Marine jousting in close-up, Sete

Filed under: France, Minolta 75-300 f4.5-5.6 II, Sete, Sony A100, marine jousting — Howard @ 10:00 am

Jousting 4

Jousting 2

Jousting 1

Following on from Saturday’s post, marine jousting is not a gentle tourist attraction.

22 August 2009

Marine jousting in Sete

Filed under: France, Sete, Sony A100, canals, marine jousting — Howard @ 11:16 pm

Jousting school in Sete 1

Jousting school in Sete 2 Jousting school in Sete 3

Jousting school in Sete 4 Jousting school in Sete 5

Jousting school in Sete 6 Jousting school in Sete 7

Jousting school in Sete 8 Jousting school in Sete 9

There is a long history of marine jousting in Sete, France. There is a small School for Jousting (ecole de joutes de la marine) and in early August there were demonstrations at the seaward end of the Grand Canal in Sete. Click through for larger versions and this slide show on Flickr.

16 August 2009

Butterflies and flowers | macro

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Some pictures taken in a short space of time this afternoon in the garden.

Sony A100 set to 200 ASA with Minolta AF 75-300 zoom; PSE7/ACR for processing raw files. The Minolta lens can get quite close to the animals and can produce a pleasing bokeh. Unfortunately it looks like my camera sensor needs cleaning …

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