Jewells in the mist

Taken this morning around Highfield Park - isn't nature wonderful.

Greenbelt 2008 Images

Just a few images from another great weekend at Greenbelt. Our team of eight saw 222 people for Spiritual Direction with some remarkable outcomes.

Meeting with angels unawares!!!

Doodles in Soul Space

Colouring in Soul Space

HDR experimentation

I have been trying out some new software to create an HDR photo (high dynamic range) the process involves taking a number of photos of the same scene at different exposures (tripod needed) and then putting them together to creat the final image (with a little bit of tweaking in photoshop) The first photo below is one of the four I took and the bottom one is the final result. The program I used is photomatix and is a free trial download but it adds the watermark when taken into photoshop until you buy the software. Interesting results though I think.

Small beginnings

I've been in the garden this weekend, cutting down the huge hollyhock stalks and tidying up other flowers and it was interesting to look back at the buds and realise how much came out of such small things.

What's this?

This is one of the first digital photos I took, on a 3.2 megapixel Olympus 3030Z. I'll post the whole photo tomorrow.

The Patterns of Nature!

Rain on a Rose Bud

Brighton Canoes

European Eagle Owl

It took 14 shots to get this one with its beak open.

London Eye

A Rainy Afternoon in Summer

Just Breaking out

Water bubbles

Gone fishing

The following were taken at Megavissey in Cornwall

A close up view

These are a series of recent photographs where I have tried to highlight the beauty of things around us in close up. They were taken in Cornwall, my garden and the countryside around St Albans.