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Snow Business

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

I have just returned from visiting my friends in the French Alps. Whilst there, we went skiing. Now, I can honestly say that I am not very good at all. This was only the second time in my life I have done so. But, after much practice (and falling over) I managed to get better as the day progressed, as can be seen here.

I took the ST1000 with me to the slopes as this shoots video as well as fantastic quality photos. I have never really taken photos in the snow before, so I set the camera to automatic and let it do the hard work of exposure metering, white balance and shutter speed. I was very impressed.

On the way back home, I had a few hours to spend in Geneva where I met up with another friend. We took a walk around the edge of Lake Geneva and were totally surprised at the ice that was caused from the windy weather  the night before. The wind had whipped up the lake and the waves had crashed onto the banks, freezing almost immediately.

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Snowdrops

Monday, March 8th, 2010
Snowdrops in Spring
Snowdrops in Spring

Taken near my neighbours home, these Snowdrops are part of a much larger display which were planted by the husband for his wife. The reason he did this was so that she could look out of their bedroom window and see the first shoots of spring on display. They make a beautiful display by the side of the road, and are a joy to behold. I hope you like to see Snowdrops as much as me, the first signs of spring are just around the corner.

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Leaf me alone!

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

I liked the deep colour contrasting with the imperfections here. I wanted to try out the ST1000 macro facility and was pleased with it. There is so much texture and detail in leaves when you look closely and I wanted to convey that here.

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Freddie the Frog

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Freddie the Frog

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is Freddie the Frog. He lives in our garden and come rain or shine he always has a smile on his face  lol.  It is quite an unusual shot to take, but I wanted to create a bird’s-eye view as opposed to the normal full on view. This pic was taken with the ST1000, which is a easy to use, and super camera to have fun with. I have been impressed with the quality of the images and of the general build quality. And the GPS is a fantastic bonus of course.

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Feeling Photographically Challenged?

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

Make a short film instead…

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Sculthorpe in Winter

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

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Very heavy snow in North Norfolk recently. This is our road, open and passable now but was a different story on Thursday night. Really pleased with the way the ST1000 has not underexposed too much rendering the snow grey. As I took this shot it was -1 outside but the Camera had no probs working. Will add some more Winter shots later.

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Get lost? Well, hopefully never again!

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

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Whilst on my break in Geneva, I noticed certain places of interest that I would like to revisit the next time I am there. Not having a pen and paper handy, and also not being fluent in French, my ST1000 came to my rescue.

Using the built in GPS, I used it to tag the photo so I know exactly where it is. I use an Apple Mac, and the photo application iPhoto. This reads the GPS coordinates that is stored as part of the EXIF data and displays the area on a map. I am sure that many other applications (Mac/Windows/UNIX etc) can do this.

The photo itself is nothing special, just a woman on her phone, but this part of the city has some interesting shops and buildings, I would like to see more of it when I go there. I now know that it’s “Place de la Fusterie”, as the screenshot of iPhoto tells me. I wouldn’t have remembered that or how to get to that part of the city again. But I can enter that address into Google Maps and plan a journey from the station direct to Place de la Fusterie (without having to use my awful pronunciation of French!).

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No doubt, this feature could be fully (and hopefully, more excitingly) be utilised in a more exotic location.

Imagine that you are in the most beautiful forest, or along the coast and you see something of interest. You might be far from a specific landmark, so it could be difficult to locate it again. But by using the GPS function of it, you can easily locate the place of interest again. Also, as it’s GPS it’s satellite, so the info you receive is free, unlike using data from a mobile phone operator abroad. Which is very handy!

As well as storing the photos in date order, I also noticed that the ST1000 files away the photos in location order too. Clever!

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Holme Dunes, North Norfolk

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Holme Dunes 

Taken at Holme  Dunes with the ST1000 compact camera. A beautiful place to take my first photo with this camera. The quality is excellent and I thought the GPS is a excellent addition, letting you see exactly where the photo was taken on the Google map when I arrived home. Holme Dunes is home to a huge sandy beach, Waders and Geese and fantastic views. If you are ever up in this part of the World check it out!

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