Sunday April 29th 2012 - Feathers

If you think I am going out with the camera in this weather you must be mad so some feathers in a jar that the girls picked up donkey's years ago on assorted holidays that we keep for sentimental reasons

Canon EOS 40D
Tamron 17-50 VC

Saturday April 28th 2012 - I Photograph I Dont dance

School reunion last night not a photographic masterpiece but a record of a very nice night with some friends from many moons ago

Canon G7

Friday April 27th 2012 - Station Staff

Took this during the Llangollen Railway Steam,Steel & Stars Gala I thuink he was having a hard day

Canon EOS 40D
Canon 70-300 IS USM

Thursday April 26th 2012 Raindrops

Well with the weather we are having I thought this was a good subject

Canon EOS 30D
Canon 70-300 IS USM

Wednesday April 25th 2012 Brooding Sky

Plenty of grey clouds around today I caught these between showers on the way home

Canon G7

Tuesday 24th April 2012 - Honesty

Many think this little plant is a weed but I grow it for the delicate almost paper like seed pods you get later in the year

Canon EOS 30D
Canon 70-300 IS USM

Monday April 23rd The Barometer Doesn't Lie

Weather certainly is very changeable

Canon EOS 30D
Canon 70-300 IS USM

Sunday April 22nd 2012 - Erlestoke Manor

GWR Manor class engine Erlestoke Manor approaching Highley Station on the Severn Valley Railway

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

Saturday 21st April 2012 - GOOOOAAAALLLLLL

Nathan Rose-Laing scores in AFC Wulfrunians 0-5 demolition of Darlaston

Canon EOS 40D
Tamron 70-300 f2.8

Friday april 20th 2012 - Camberwick Green

Decided to have another go at ornament close ups and this is Lord Belborough & Brackett on the Camberwick Green train

Canon EOS D30
Canon 70-300 IS USM

Thursday 19th April 2012 - Abstract

On another dull day I decide on a bit of a close up pattern of an old piece of ornamental glass we have in the house

Canon 30D
Canon 70-300 IS USM

Wednesday 18th April 2012 - Canon

The things we do for our photography a quick dash in the rain to get the Canon at Gun Wharf on the river Medway

Canon G7

Tuesday 17th April 2012 - Old & New

Second day in Kent and at least a few minutes sunshine to get the contrast between ancient Rochester Castle and a more modern structure on the River Medway


Canon G7

Monday April 16th 2012 Sheppey Bridge

Down in Kent on Business but a dull day so not a lot more than the interesting looking Sheppey Bridge


Canon G7

Sunday April 15th 2012 _ Busy at the Lock

Last Sunday of the Easter week and there was plenty of narrowboat movement on the Staffs & Worcester canal,fisherman weren't to happy though

Canon EOS 30D
Canon 70-300 IS USM

Saturday April 14th 2012 Main Line Train

I know Saturday should be a footy shot but today I was able to combine my loves of football and railways,the ground we were playing at was next to a very busy main line so in a lull in play i got this shot of a London Midland Class 323 unit

Canon EOS 40D
Tamron 70-200 f2.8

Friday 13th April 2012 - Ford Anglia

Our families second car but the first one to take us on our annual 7 hour drive on holiday down to Paignton

Canon G7

Thursday April 12th 2012 _Oilseed Rape

Always plenty of rape fields around by us so in between the showers today I got this,it wont be the last

Canon G7

Wednesday April 11th 2012 - We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;

Bit over the top with the Henry V speech but the hard core of AFC Wulfrunians fans at the match on a chilly evening at Bustlehome

Canon G7

Tuesday April 10th 2012 - Queue At The Tip

Junior daughter is redoing her bedroom so it was a tip run,me and half the population of Stourbridge as you can see from the photo queuing all the way back to the main road,total queue about half a mile.And when I got to the front of the queue we were blocked because the guy in front couldn't get reverse

HTC Wildfire

Monday April 9th 2012 - TV Personality

We went to the Flea market at the 3 Counties showground Malvern and Antiques Road-trip expert Philip Serrell was there filming for some programme so I did a quick paparazzi shot

Sunday April 8th 2012 - Wood Pigeon

Had a walk down by one of the local canals and although there are supposedly Kingfishers there all I got was the Wood Pigeon

Canon EOS 30D
Soligor 135mm f2.8

Saturday 7th April 2012 - Football

The usual Saturday football shot but any more abject performances like this and the blog will be over as I will have slashed my wrists,this wayward header with an open goal beckoning sums up my afternoon

Canon EOS 40D
Tamron 70-200 f2.8

Good Friday 6th April 2012 - Steam & Water Power

A Stanier Mogul of the Severn Valley railway crosses the viaduct with the wheel of Daniel's Water Mill visible through the arches

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

Thursday April 5th 2012 - Footy Under Lights

AFC Wulfrunians Under 18side played Romulus in their floodlit league match and this was about the best from shots under difficult conditions

Canon EOS 40D
Tamron 70-200 f2.8

Wednesday April 4th 2012 - Flash lit Tree

Was just putting some stuff in the car at the hotel this morning and I noticed this gnarled old tree,to dull without flash,then I ran it through Virtual Photographer Ambience filter to get this effect

Canon EOS 30D
Canon 24-85 USM

Tuesday April 3rd 2012 - Vineyard

The hotel I am staying at today has a Vineyard and although it's early in the year I thought a photo of it was worth a go

Monday April 2nd 2012 - Geese

Rather like the balance of the in and out of focus Geese down at the local lake lunchtime

Canon EOS 30D
Canon 70-300 IS USM

Sunday April 1st 2012 - Underneath Marsh Bridge

My mate Scotty challenged me to take today's shot on the word underneath so here is a narrowboat going Underneath Marsh Bridge at Swindon on the Staffs and Worcester canal

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