I’ve been consumed by the Olympics and Paralympics this summer, but that’s another post for another time. This has meant that I’ve neglected my photography and this blog, but that should all change now. Yesterday morning I got out of my car at work and saw a magnificent specimen of a garden spider, sitting in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Panasonic TZ10’
Photography: Testing the aperture priority setting of a Panasonic TZ10
June 28th, 2012
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One of the main reasons, for me, of getting a DSLR would be for the superb depth of field control, but it’s something I’ve never explored on my Panasonic TZ10. I think the main reason is because it’s a compact camera and you just never expect too much, even though it does have an aperture [...]
Photos: A trio of bees
June 14th, 2012
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My mind has been on DSLRs this week, and with the help of my friend and professional photographer Mark Stothard I’ve been trying to work out what brand, what camera, what I want to photograph and all the other decisions that need to be made when buying a DSLR camera. It was so much simpler [...]
Photos: A walk around the neighbourhood
June 11th, 2012
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These photos are all from yesterday, Sunday, when I went on a photo walk with my 4 year old son. We didn’t go too far from the house but there wasn’t much that inspired me and once again camera envy reared it’s ugly head as I doubted the capability of my Panasonic TZ10. I was [...]
Photos: Ladybird and spider
May 24th, 2012
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I never got as far as the canal so the bushes in the neighbourhood were once again my hunting ground. Ladybirds seem to be in season at the moment and this fellow caught my eye due to his red spots on a black shell, the reverse of what we usually expect. I wonder if this [...]
Photos: A pair of ladybirds
May 23rd, 2012
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Working in an office when we have rare nice weather like we’ve had this week is a pain, but at least it means I can get out during lunch and take a few piccies. Unfortunately the canal area where I usually prowl for viable subjects has been closed due to vandalism – how do you [...]
Photos: A message, ladybird, hoverfly and butterflies
March 29th, 2012
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From the moment I arrived in work this morning people have been saying that today will be the last day of the good weather, so with that information in hand I obviously had to get back down to the canal during my lunch break and take some photos. There were more bugs out to play [...]
Photos: Ladybirds at lunch
March 23rd, 2012
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Just to clarify, I didn’t eat any ladybirds for lunch, I merely took photos of them during my lunch break. These were in the same location as yesterday so could even be the same subjects that I photographed before. Today I was able to adjust the camera settings to how I wanted them, to give [...]
Photos: The first bug photos of Spring 2012
March 22nd, 2012
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I had it all worked out – camera in bag, charger in bag, nice weather for bug photography. I then forgot to charge the camera battery, so my snapping time was cut down to the 7 minutes of battery power remaining. At first glance it appeared that there were no bugs in the bushes near [...]
Photos of the Day – July 24th: 10 minutes in the garden
July 24th, 2011
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Just 10 minutes because I forgot to charge my camera – rookie mistake. I was inspired to get out in the garden because my friend Phil was tweeting about using the macro function on his camera for the first time. My bug radar went off and I leapt out into the afternoon sun to find [...]
