Chappie
Posted: October 1, 2015 Filed under: photography, Portraits | Tags: animals, horses, pals 4 Comments
Let me introduce Chappie – my lovely daughter in law’s new horse. Although he’s still a young horse, he was ‘rescued’ from the knacker’s yard and originally came from impressive ‘racing’ stock. He boasts the famous Mill Reef among quite a few Derby and other big race winners in his pedigree.
My son took me to see Chappie the other day and I must say he was very patient and accommodating while I took loads of pics of him – I hope you like the results …..
Guy & Chaps
Good Pals
Hmmm
Going Home
See you all again soon I hope! Eileen
Pond Pics [cont]
Posted: July 20, 2014 Filed under: Events, photography, Portraits | Tags: animals, bit of fun, close up, digital, Dogs, image, Jack Russell, nature, outdoors, paintshop, Paintshop Pro, pets, photography, photos Leave a comment
I enjoy chatting to the people I meet over at the Pond and I came across a chap with this little Jack Russell puppy. He was sitting on a bench and the little puppy was just lying there enjoying the sunshine and completely ignoring the many geese/ducks that were near the water’s edge – all was peace and harmony . The gentleman said it would be ok for me to take their photographs and so the fist two pics are ‘en repose’ .
A young lady came along with , would you believe it, another Jack Russell – this one all growed up! Well – talk about excited – that little pup went absolutely wild with delight … the other doggie didn’t seem to feel quite the same way however – but he good humouredly tolerated the little chap. How I managed to get any non blurry shots I just don’t know [ LOL – I’ve yet to learn the settings on my camera for fast-moving subjects.]
After the poor girl rescued her dog [she was with child and also on a bike!] I got chatting with her. The Gentleman was no help whatsoever I’m sorry to say – s’pose he thought that’s just what puppies do. Anyway – next I looked, the puppy was tearing around like a little greyhound and scaring all the wildlife into the lake ….. still – he was very sweet , as puppies always are.
Hope you enjoy the following pics ….
GET OFF MY BACK !!
This is the lovely lady …..
bye for now – more to come , Eileen
Another Walk
Posted: October 1, 2013 Filed under: Nature, photography, Portraits, Wild Life | Tags: animals, birds, bit of fun, close up, digital, Ducks, image, nature, outdoors, Paintshop Pro, photography, photos, Wild life Leave a comment
Went for another walk to the same lakeside with a friend yesterday. Happened to see this little chap along the way. He stayed for ages [observing us I guess] so I was able to take my time getting shots of him.
I hadn’t realised till I uploaded this from my camera that this little laddie had an acorn in his beak. It was originally a shot of another duck to the right, so the image isn’t as sharp as it might have bee.
So – this is the chappie I was really taking the shot of…..
bye for now, Eileen
Doggie Photo Shoot
Posted: June 22, 2013 Filed under: Nature, photography, Portraits | Tags: animals, close up, digital, doggies, Dogs, image, lovely afternoon, Paintshop Pro, pets, photography, photos 3 Comments
I spent a lovely afternoon with friends a couple of days ago. As I don’t drive, they chauffered me and took me to their home for a cuppa first and then on to the local garden centre. They have a lovely little patio cum cottage garden and two large but very gentle doggies. Of course I took my camera along and I was in my element snapping away.
Inevitably with indoor shots there is a lot of ‘cluttered’ background – I use the term loosely as it isn’t untidy , merely ‘lived in’ . So I like to either soften around the main subject or sometimes it needs a bit of ‘cloning’. I have to do ‘selections’ i.e. draw around things to isolate them first, but it doesn’t have to be precise so usually it’s no problem. I used to try to be much more accurate and there are several tools to use. I’ve discovered through trial and error though that it’s not all that complicated.
Because I take my photos on the highest quality my camera will allow, the images take cropping well with no loss of detail etc. I hope ya’ll like the results anyway.
The eyes have it !
My next blog will have the flower pics I took in my friends garden. See you soon ….
Sunny Weekend
Posted: May 14, 2013 Filed under: Nature, photography, Trees, Wild Life | Tags: animals, birds, close up, colour, digital, image, nature, outdoors, photography, photos, Wild life 5 Comments
I’m not sure what this little fella is – moorhen perhaps? There – I should have looked it up before posting …..
He’s a handsome chap ain’t he?
From a compositional point of view, I guess the squirrel maybe too central … I dunno , I know the rules but I can’t always follow them!
Wild Life
Posted: May 11, 2013 Filed under: Nature, photography, Wild Life | Tags: animals, birds, change of scenery, close up, colour, colourful, digital, feathers, image, nature, outdoors, photography, photos, Wild life 6 Comments
For the first time in years I went away for a long weekend break . My family treated me to a Centre parc hol with them for the Bank holiday. It was wonderful to have a change of scenery and the opportunity to use my new camera on the wildlife . I was keen to try out the longer zoom lens on it and I was not disappointed. This lovely Jay came to visit the chalet , plus lots of ducks and squirrels.
As a footnote …. I must say here that I inadvertantly deleted all my previous Post images and I don’t think I can retreive them. So – as there’s no point in having the text without the pics, it looks like I’ll have to delete everything and start again from scratch. I’m currently seeking advice on the Forum but I don’t hold out much hope !! Any suggestions here therefore will be most welcome …. Eileen
