A walk in the park

It has been so hot here recently so I figured that some shots of water would help to cool things down.

These pictures were taken in the gardens of the Palau Royale in Barcelona at the end of March.  The palace is now a gallery and we had gone to look round only to find that it was closed on Mondays (and we had gone on a Monday) DOH!  So anyway we spent some time relaxing in the gardens.

The eye of the beholder...

No this post is not about beauty or about great photos its an exercise in subjectivity.

The four pictures above were taken within a second or two using the continuous shooting mode on my camera.

I can see a different shape in each picture and I would like to see if other people see what I see.  So I am inviting comments below just put the number 1 to 4 and next to each say what you see, go on its a bit of fun...

At Herne Bay

The three pictures above were taken on the beach at Herne Bay in Kent, The Garden of England.

I took a number of pictures of the breakwaters as they stretched down the beach into the sea, I think the one I have posted today is the best of them.  

I have chosen two other pictures of the waves breaking, one in monochrome and the other in colour.  Again I took several pictures to try to capture the right moment as the wave hit the breakwater, I think that they are  dramatic shots even though the waves weren't particularly big the effect as they broke was quite exciting.

I like water as a subject for photography and in the future I will experiment with different shots and different effects.

Ullswater

Canon EOS 6D  Canon 24-105 mm F4/23  28mm @ F11 ISO 250 1/40s

Canon EOS 6D  Canon 24-105 mm F4/23  28mm @ F11  ISO 125 1/40s

Canon EOS 6D  Canon 24-105 mm F4/23 67mm @ F14  ISO 100 1s

Canon EOS 6D  Canon 24-105 mm F4/23 80mm @ F10  ISO 100 1s

In September last year I went camping overnight on a very basic campsite overlooking Ullswater in the English Lake District.  It was a great trip and although the ground was very uneven and my car got stuck I was glad I went.  I was also grateful to the leaders of a school trip who helped to push my car out of the mud.

I got up early on the Saturday morning and the photos below are two view of the fells on the opposite side of the lake, I like the way the early morning sun is lighting up the clouds and the way in the second picture the clouds hug the top of the fell.

The other pictures are of a small waterfall from slightly different viewpoints, I have experimented with different exposures/shutter speeds to create different effects with the flowing water.