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Wednesday 29 February 2012

Monday February 27th - Toiletries

bathroom supplies kindly provided by the hotel,not sure that I would need one of them

Canon EOS 30D
Canon 24-85 USM


Sunday 26 February 2012

Sunday February 26th 2012 - Steam & Sheep

Large Prairie no 5164 coast down Erdington bank on the Severn Valley railway

Canon EOS 40 D
Tamron 17-50 F2.8 VC


Saturday 25 February 2012

Saturday 25th February 2012 - Best mans Speech

A great day at Roy and Paula's wedding and the Tour de Force was when the best man did his speech in his Calvin Kleins, the explanation would take to long but was hilarious

Canon EOS 40D
Canon 70-300 IS USM



Friday February 24th 2012 - Scottish landscape

Lovely evening on the drive back from Edinburgh I stopped and took this on the road to Biggar

canon EOS 30D
Tamron 35-70 Adaptall 2 Bbar


Thursday 23 February 2012

Wednesday 22 February 2012

Wednesday 22nd February 2012 - Railway Viaduct

The Almond Viaduct near Broxburn in West Lothian

Canon EOS 40D
Tamron 35-70 Adaptall2 Bbar


Tuesday 21 February 2012

Tuesday 21st February 2012 - Lest We Forget

War memorial at Broxburn near Livingstone in Scotland,it was outside the office I was working at today

Canon EOS 30D
Tamron 35-70 Adaptall 2 Bbar


Monday 20 February 2012

Monday 20th January 2012 - Scripture

The plan was for a lovely landscape as I drove up to Edinburgh but the rain put paid to that so I thought as there is a Gideon Bible in every hotel room I'd make the most of it with  a piece of scripture that says it all

Canon EOS 30D
Tamron 35-70 Adaptall 2 Bbar


Sunday 19 February 2012

Sunday 19th February 2012 - Robin

Saw this little chap on a walk along the canal

Canon EOS 40D
Canon 70-300 IS USM


Saturday 18th January 2012 - GOOOOAAAALLLL

AFC Wulfrunians take the lead against Bromyard with Jake Sedgemore's penalty

Canon EOS 40D
Canon 70-300 IS USM


Friday 17 February 2012

Friday 17th February 2012 - By The Canal

Went down to the Wordsley Cone intending to take a shot of the cone formerly used for glass making,however I rather liked this plaque down by the side of the canal  showing the former industrial sites of the area

Canon EOS 40D
Tamron 17-50 f2.8 VC


Thursday 16 February 2012

Thursday 16th February 2012 - Compacts

Just a few of the film compact cameras I have had over the years,not that the 35mm ones were that compact

Canon EOS 30D
Canon 24-85 USM


Wednesday 15 February 2012

Wednesday 15th February 2012 - Thames At Maidenhead

Just in time to get a hand held shot from the balcony of my hotel bedroom in Maidenhead,in the far  background behind the road bridge is the famous Brunel rail bridge

Canon EOS 30D
Canon 24-85 USM


Tuesday 14 February 2012

Tuesday 14th February 2012 - Elephant

Bet you were expecting something lovey dovey today well stuff that for a game of soldiers,this is an ornament we have at home and I gave it serious high contrast just bring out the texture

Canon EOS 30D
Canon 24-85 USM


Monday 13 February 2012

Monday 13th February 2012 - Typical Town Centre

This is not the only shop To Let in Trowbridge typical of town centres across the country

Canon 710 IS


Sunday 12 February 2012

Sunday 12th February 2012 - Steam

A tough decision today really pleased with a lot of the shots I took at Bewdley Station this morning but decided I liked the atmosphere of this one.
The rest can be found on my Flickr page  http://www.flickr.com/photos/captainpenguin/

Canon EOS 40D
Tamron 35-70 Adatall 2 Bbar f 3.5/4.5


Saturday 11 February 2012

Saturday 11th February - Wagon & Bikes

I rather liked the balance of the old wagon and period bikes at Kidderminster station on the Severn Valley Railway

Canon EOS 40D
Tamron 17-50 f2.8 VC



Friday 10th February - Snowy Morning

There was enough snow to be pretty without being disruptive in Walton On Thames on the way to work

Canon EOS 30D
Canon 24-85 USM




Thursday 9 February 2012

Thursday 9th February - View From The Hotel Room

The Ship is a really nice hotel and I have stayed here many times before but never in room 311 with such a view

Canon EOS 30D
Canon 24-85 USM




Wednesday 8 February 2012

Wednesday 8th Febuary - Artificial Flower

To cold to go outside so I stayed inside and took the plastic flower

Canon EOS 30D
Canon 24-85USM


Tuesday 7 February 2012

Tuesday February 7th - Before Digital

Photography does rather run in the family,this is my wife's Grandfathers Kodak Pocket Autographic circa 1919,if we could get the film I think it would still work

Canon EOS 30D
Canon 24-85 USM


Monday 6 February 2012

Sunday 5 February 2012

Sunday 5th February - Trees

High contrast shot just to get the bare trees standing out against the snow

Canon EOS 40D
Tamron 17-50 f2.8


Saturday 4 February 2012

Saturday 4th february - Snowy Horses

I already had a shot in the bag of geese on a frozen canal but junior daughter wanted to go and take photographs in the snow,rather glad she did

Canon EOS 30D
Canon 24-85 USM


Friday 3 February 2012

Friday February 3rd - Leaves


A walk around the woods at lunchtime revealed some evergreen leaves and berries hanging on in the frosty weather

Canon EOS 30D
Canon 24-85 USM

Thursday 2 February 2012

Thursday February 2nd - Warehouse

After dropping the car off for the MOT I walked back along the Dudley canal and  got this disused warehouse,converted to mono with a Virtual Photographer plug in

Canon EOS 30D
Canon 24-85 USM


Wednesday 1 February 2012

Wednesday February 1st - Bear

No idea where she came from but she has been perched on the bedpost for years

Canon EOS 30D
Canon 24-85 USM