tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31416904890664160752011-07-30T07:58:22.218-07:00Me and my camera.Ash.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06301288535368449000noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141690489066416075.post-2618181210757956262009-05-23T01:11:00.000-07:002009-05-23T01:11:49.638-07:00<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Shevw8X6jNI/AAAAAAAAAIw/EyvI124eB5g/s1600-h/DSCF8208.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Shevw8X6jNI/AAAAAAAAAIw/EyvI124eB5g/s400/DSCF8208.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/ShevxF4d03I/AAAAAAAAAI4/CQ8xY_up_u8/s1600-h/DSCF8228.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/ShevxF4d03I/AAAAAAAAAI4/CQ8xY_up_u8/s400/DSCF8228.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/ShevxBek9HI/AAAAAAAAAJA/4tzuWLM8iNg/s1600-h/DSCF8185.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/ShevxBek9HI/AAAAAAAAAJA/4tzuWLM8iNg/s400/DSCF8185.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Shevxb4a_tI/AAAAAAAAAJI/tTSv9pY1QN8/s1600-h/DSCF8231.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Shevxb4a_tI/AAAAAAAAAJI/tTSv9pY1QN8/s400/DSCF8231.JPG" /></a> </div> Yesterday we spent the day in mumbles and spotted this<br /> Cormorant drying himself. He spent a good hour doing<br /> this until hopping back into the water for some more fishing!<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3141690489066416075-261818121075795626?l=astonishingsplashesofcolour.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ash.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06301288535368449000noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141690489066416075.post-86736900314954979312009-05-14T12:59:00.000-07:002009-05-14T13:00:21.531-07:00<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sgx4VBUXK-I/AAAAAAAAAIQ/vI0x5QgydN8/s1600-h/DSCF4735.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sgx4VBUXK-I/AAAAAAAAAIQ/vI0x5QgydN8/s400/DSCF4735.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sgx4VPTotzI/AAAAAAAAAIY/zgSASn3Y0Yw/s1600-h/DSCF4749.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sgx4VPTotzI/AAAAAAAAAIY/zgSASn3Y0Yw/s400/DSCF4749.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sgx4VD-mpfI/AAAAAAAAAIg/jvVFMWLB-jc/s1600-h/DSCF4744.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sgx4VD-mpfI/AAAAAAAAAIg/jvVFMWLB-jc/s400/DSCF4744.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sgx4VamVikI/AAAAAAAAAIo/zWc-HtFk4rM/s1600-h/DSCF4740.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sgx4VamVikI/AAAAAAAAAIo/zWc-HtFk4rM/s400/DSCF4740.jpg" /></a> </div> I found these Swallows last year at our local country park.<br /> Luckily the lens I had enabled me to stay far enough away<br /> to not deter the parents from feeding while I took them!<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3141690489066416075-8673690031495497931?l=astonishingsplashesofcolour.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ash.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06301288535368449000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141690489066416075.post-5480709404781885952009-05-14T12:50:00.000-07:002009-05-14T12:51:25.274-07:00<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sgx2O0yGr9I/AAAAAAAAAH4/m_Ffio3Zof8/s1600-h/DSCF7472.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sgx2O0yGr9I/AAAAAAAAAH4/m_Ffio3Zof8/s400/DSCF7472.JPG" /></a> Dandelion (Idea stolen from heather;see blog list!)</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sgx2O6vshPI/AAAAAAAAAIA/ZbN06klVIIw/s1600-h/DSCF7078.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sgx2O6vshPI/AAAAAAAAAIA/ZbN06klVIIw/s400/DSCF7078.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sgx2PEqCInI/AAAAAAAAAII/q01xCMripJs/s1600-h/DSCF3250.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sgx2PEqCInI/AAAAAAAAAII/q01xCMripJs/s400/DSCF3250.jpg" /></a> Greater stitchwort.</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3141690489066416075-548070940478188595?l=astonishingsplashesofcolour.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ash.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06301288535368449000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141690489066416075.post-39538924725460880392009-05-07T03:20:00.000-07:002009-05-07T03:20:29.108-07:00<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SgK16kKfwII/AAAAAAAAAHY/1PJPf6pGeHY/s1600-h/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1084.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SgK16kKfwII/AAAAAAAAAHY/1PJPf6pGeHY/s400/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1084.jpg" /></a> These are pictures I took a few winters back whilst living just outside Aberystwyth in a village called Borth. The storm waves built in intensity until I was half drowned in my attempts to get as close as possible to the action!</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SgK16nByURI/AAAAAAAAAHg/gfaez8QE0pk/s1600-h/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1105.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SgK16nByURI/AAAAAAAAAHg/gfaez8QE0pk/s400/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1105.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SgK163vZh0I/AAAAAAAAAHo/Eosb2DfRMsI/s1600-h/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1337.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SgK163vZh0I/AAAAAAAAAHo/Eosb2DfRMsI/s400/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1337.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SgK17FyXLUI/AAAAAAAAAHw/t7aJM3z0Seo/s1600-h/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1383.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SgK17FyXLUI/AAAAAAAAAHw/t7aJM3z0Seo/s400/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1383.jpg" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3141690489066416075-3953892472546088039?l=astonishingsplashesofcolour.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ash.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06301288535368449000noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141690489066416075.post-58070215780090909652009-05-04T13:51:00.000-07:002009-05-04T13:52:03.706-07:00<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sf9VcCMaHKI/AAAAAAAAAG4/1hj4xC7E2xI/s1600-h/DSCF7813.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sf9VcCMaHKI/AAAAAAAAAG4/1hj4xC7E2xI/s400/DSCF7813.JPG" /></a> Mallard.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sf9VcW7lOlI/AAAAAAAAAHA/ziDttG0_INc/s1600-h/DSCF3086.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sf9VcW7lOlI/AAAAAAAAAHA/ziDttG0_INc/s400/DSCF3086.jpg" /></a> Mallard chicks.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sf9VcpQiEZI/AAAAAAAAAHI/vDNFNUblxJM/s1600-h/DSCF7832.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sf9VcpQiEZI/AAAAAAAAAHI/vDNFNUblxJM/s400/DSCF7832.JPG" /></a> Feral Pigeon.</div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sf9Vc9mh1SI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/vA1Jo5D9B2M/s1600-h/DSCF7618.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sf9Vc9mh1SI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/vA1Jo5D9B2M/s400/DSCF7618.JPG" /></a> Tufted Duck.</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3141690489066416075-5807021578009090965?l=astonishingsplashesofcolour.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ash.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06301288535368449000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141690489066416075.post-55827908339333464712009-05-04T03:02:00.000-07:002009-05-04T03:03:05.357-07:00<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sf69VgpgMFI/AAAAAAAAAGY/eJRpZjgSSvg/s1600-h/DSCF7541.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sf69VgpgMFI/AAAAAAAAAGY/eJRpZjgSSvg/s400/DSCF7541.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sf69VuSkwbI/AAAAAAAAAGg/RZ01nSB0V80/s1600-h/DSCF7786.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sf69VuSkwbI/AAAAAAAAAGg/RZ01nSB0V80/s400/DSCF7786.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sf69Vz_Z-jI/AAAAAAAAAGo/hvKAf1KuOiM/s1600-h/DSCF7823.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sf69Vz_Z-jI/AAAAAAAAAGo/hvKAf1KuOiM/s400/DSCF7823.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sf69WNyTzOI/AAAAAAAAAGw/Crzau6CurFY/s1600-h/DSCF7079.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sf69WNyTzOI/AAAAAAAAAGw/Crzau6CurFY/s400/DSCF7079.JPG" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3141690489066416075-5582790833933346471?l=astonishingsplashesofcolour.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ash.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06301288535368449000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141690489066416075.post-11069678482314160952009-04-28T12:34:00.000-07:002009-04-28T12:35:24.109-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfdaejDjKKI/AAAAAAAAAF4/-VQnHp0-OaY/s1600-h/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1901.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfdaejDjKKI/AAAAAAAAAF4/-VQnHp0-OaY/s400/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1901.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfdaeoSQm3I/AAAAAAAAAGA/dVJmTeQuP8o/s1600-h/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1183.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfdaeoSQm3I/AAAAAAAAAGA/dVJmTeQuP8o/s400/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1183.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sfdae-yxkYI/AAAAAAAAAGI/6yfSBLrtciA/s1600-h/DSCF5166.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sfdae-yxkYI/AAAAAAAAAGI/6yfSBLrtciA/s400/DSCF5166.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sfdae5MVRoI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/pdCkgu4T7Ok/s1600-h/DSCF2774.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sfdae5MVRoI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/pdCkgu4T7Ok/s400/DSCF2774.jpg" border="0" /></a><div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3141690489066416075-1106967848231416095?l=astonishingsplashesofcolour.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ash.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06301288535368449000noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141690489066416075.post-59848417673613252652009-04-27T12:06:00.000-07:002009-04-27T12:07:47.122-07:00<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfYCgf0XSrI/AAAAAAAAAFY/GLJkU1lmgLU/s1600-h/DSCF4123.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfYCgf0XSrI/AAAAAAAAAFY/GLJkU1lmgLU/s400/DSCF4123.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfYCgbhp3JI/AAAAAAAAAFg/ZhUs8GoDV2E/s1600-h/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1217.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfYCgbhp3JI/AAAAAAAAAFg/ZhUs8GoDV2E/s400/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1217.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfYCgqS3-dI/AAAAAAAAAFo/3LDVH0ZaKUE/s1600-h/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1799.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfYCgqS3-dI/AAAAAAAAAFo/3LDVH0ZaKUE/s400/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1799.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfYCgpm8omI/AAAAAAAAAFw/8z7uipMwfSA/s1600-h/DSCF7251.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfYCgpm8omI/AAAAAAAAAFw/8z7uipMwfSA/s400/DSCF7251.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3141690489066416075-5984841767361325265?l=astonishingsplashesofcolour.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ash.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06301288535368449000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141690489066416075.post-69422456600898188602009-04-27T08:48:00.000-07:002009-04-27T08:49:13.644-07:00<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfXT9kYtGBI/AAAAAAAAAE4/oM6tWR_ro94/s1600-h/DSCF5783.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfXT9kYtGBI/AAAAAAAAAE4/oM6tWR_ro94/s400/DSCF5783.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfXT907tmJI/AAAAAAAAAFA/v1LGbWeefhc/s1600-h/DSCF5861.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfXT907tmJI/AAAAAAAAAFA/v1LGbWeefhc/s400/DSCF5861.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfXT-L8AHoI/AAAAAAAAAFI/vxbyWu4h2Jc/s1600-h/DSCF5779.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfXT-L8AHoI/AAAAAAAAAFI/vxbyWu4h2Jc/s400/DSCF5779.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfXT-STNbGI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/8wU9cTZQ-0A/s1600-h/DSCF5768.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfXT-STNbGI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/8wU9cTZQ-0A/s400/DSCF5768.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3141690489066416075-6942245660089818860?l=astonishingsplashesofcolour.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ash.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06301288535368449000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141690489066416075.post-43582207958271113882009-04-23T14:34:00.000-07:002009-04-23T14:51:43.884-07:00This is an easy one for me. No. For me, my photos are a visual reminder of what I have seen whilst out and about and as near as possible have to be as true a representation as can be expected. Of course the camera can never replicate exactly what the eye sees, and if when I look at the image I feel the camera has for example overexposed an image, I will alter this to give the image the correct exposure from what I can remember of the conditions at the time. That and the occasional use of the black and white option are the only tools I use to tamper with an image.<br />I have heard the argument that using fast or slow shutter speeds to create an effect is no different from using manipulation software. For me this is not the case. When I take a picture using a slow shutter speed I am visualising how that picture will look just the same as if I am using a standard shutter speed. What I am not doing is taking a picture and then creating something that was never present in the first place. I am sure I am in the minority with regards to this subject but felt that on a photo blog , perhaps it was important to state where I lie on this particular issue!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3141690489066416075-4358220795827111388?l=astonishingsplashesofcolour.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ash.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06301288535368449000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141690489066416075.post-49384883748556873052009-04-23T14:11:00.000-07:002009-04-27T06:23:20.050-07:00<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfDZpxWIiII/AAAAAAAAAEY/tx4UfflmKYM/s1600-h/DSCF7454.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfDZpxWIiII/AAAAAAAAAEY/tx4UfflmKYM/s400/DSCF7454.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfDZqPHEgXI/AAAAAAAAAEg/7XtcdzTlFAg/s1600-h/DSCF7452.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfDZqPHEgXI/AAAAAAAAAEg/7XtcdzTlFAg/s400/DSCF7452.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfDZqGItZeI/AAAAAAAAAEo/yoSbSAGvJUU/s1600-h/DSCF7489.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfDZqGItZeI/AAAAAAAAAEo/yoSbSAGvJUU/s400/DSCF7489.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfDZqcPSj-I/AAAAAAAAAEw/1gzB3Bh0quM/s1600-h/DSCF7493.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SfDZqcPSj-I/AAAAAAAAAEw/1gzB3Bh0quM/s400/DSCF7493.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>Today we had a family day out to St Fagans.<br />The castle gardens had tulips a plenty and I could<br />have spent the whole day taking pics of<br />them. <div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3141690489066416075-4938488374855687305?l=astonishingsplashesofcolour.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ash.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06301288535368449000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141690489066416075.post-18973803263905543232009-04-20T01:02:00.000-07:002009-04-20T01:03:20.129-07:00<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SewsRVxPFbI/AAAAAAAAAD4/WCkSZfKt3ds/s1600-h/DSCF3241.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SewsRVxPFbI/AAAAAAAAAD4/WCkSZfKt3ds/s400/DSCF3241.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SewsRj87xNI/AAAAAAAAAEA/Np5llvGG7_o/s1600-h/DSCF6156.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SewsRj87xNI/AAAAAAAAAEA/Np5llvGG7_o/s400/DSCF6156.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SewsRoD6hsI/AAAAAAAAAEI/ClZCTCznNnU/s1600-h/DSCF3250.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SewsRoD6hsI/AAAAAAAAAEI/ClZCTCznNnU/s400/DSCF3250.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SewsRyP4n2I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/D8YIeO-qj98/s1600-h/DSCF3204.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SewsRyP4n2I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/D8YIeO-qj98/s400/DSCF3204.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div> The difficulty in taking pictures ofplants is finding a new<br /> perspective!<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3141690489066416075-1897380326390554323?l=astonishingsplashesofcolour.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ash.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06301288535368449000noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141690489066416075.post-46596975348088472882009-04-18T08:16:00.001-07:002009-04-18T08:17:45.366-07:00<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SenvF4C3RHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/DgadZgyoPEo/s1600-h/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_2073.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SenvF4C3RHI/AAAAAAAAAC4/DgadZgyoPEo/s400/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_2073.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SenvFxs8l5I/AAAAAAAAADA/7Cr5Qd0-Yz0/s1600-h/DSCF6629.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SenvFxs8l5I/AAAAAAAAADA/7Cr5Qd0-Yz0/s400/DSCF6629.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SenvGIQ-LEI/AAAAAAAAADI/8nmQrUm97gE/s1600-h/DSCF6189.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SenvGIQ-LEI/AAAAAAAAADI/8nmQrUm97gE/s400/DSCF6189.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SenvGBCCOKI/AAAAAAAAADQ/zElYqfEBjig/s1600-h/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1209.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SenvGBCCOKI/AAAAAAAAADQ/zElYqfEBjig/s400/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1209.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3141690489066416075-4659697534808847288?l=astonishingsplashesofcolour.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ash.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06301288535368449000noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141690489066416075.post-33639532581515963122009-04-16T06:08:00.000-07:002009-04-16T06:11:19.039-07:00<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SecuDTr0Y-I/AAAAAAAAACY/l08gcBH1E-0/s1600-h/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1904.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SecuDTr0Y-I/AAAAAAAAACY/l08gcBH1E-0/s400/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1904.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SecuDZwPgfI/AAAAAAAAACg/wlNXQ3cLNtA/s1600-h/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1097.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SecuDZwPgfI/AAAAAAAAACg/wlNXQ3cLNtA/s400/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1097.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SecuDZ4thrI/AAAAAAAAACo/qXVkwv9YIu4/s1600-h/DSCF3400.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SecuDZ4thrI/AAAAAAAAACo/qXVkwv9YIu4/s400/DSCF3400.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SecuDvo0V4I/AAAAAAAAACw/yLHUf5mGw_M/s1600-h/DSCF2773.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SecuDvo0V4I/AAAAAAAAACw/yLHUf5mGw_M/s400/DSCF2773.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3141690489066416075-3363953258151596312?l=astonishingsplashesofcolour.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ash.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06301288535368449000noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141690489066416075.post-70036786630468712232009-04-16T01:42:00.000-07:002009-04-16T01:42:32.825-07:00<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SebveB5quBI/AAAAAAAAACI/X5Fe34m3e9M/s1600-h/DSCF6229.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SebveB5quBI/AAAAAAAAACI/X5Fe34m3e9M/s400/DSCF6229.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div> Taken a few months back using a 2.2x converter and a<br /> chair as a makeshift support (I have now got a new tripod<br /> that works much better!<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3141690489066416075-7003678663046871223?l=astonishingsplashesofcolour.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ash.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06301288535368449000noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141690489066416075.post-91060752496132611862009-04-16T01:20:00.000-07:002009-04-16T01:21:26.201-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sebqg6DnM9I/AAAAAAAAABo/A18udwS7S8A/s1600-h/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1100.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/Sebqg6DnM9I/AAAAAAAAABo/A18udwS7S8A/s400/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1100.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SebqhPWJHHI/AAAAAAAAABw/2CY7R4BWBCI/s1600-h/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1065.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SebqhPWJHHI/AAAAAAAAABw/2CY7R4BWBCI/s400/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1065.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SebqhNFlo3I/AAAAAAAAAB4/XR89hvnzbr4/s1600-h/DSCF4586.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SebqhNFlo3I/AAAAAAAAAB4/XR89hvnzbr4/s400/DSCF4586.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SebqhbcBZ_I/AAAAAAAAACA/K_tWCrImOV0/s1600-h/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1798.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SebqhbcBZ_I/AAAAAAAAACA/K_tWCrImOV0/s400/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1798.jpg" border="0" /></a><div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3141690489066416075-9106075249613261186?l=astonishingsplashesofcolour.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ash.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06301288535368449000noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141690489066416075.post-66557573336939665852009-04-15T14:39:00.000-07:002009-04-15T14:40:29.446-07:00<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SeZUS5TC0wI/AAAAAAAAABA/NCOiA5E8-Yo/s1600-h/DSCF6430.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SeZUS5TC0wI/AAAAAAAAABA/NCOiA5E8-Yo/s400/DSCF6430.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SeZUS1ih1dI/AAAAAAAAABI/mocvB3N3EUI/s1600-h/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1103.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SeZUS1ih1dI/AAAAAAAAABI/mocvB3N3EUI/s400/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1103.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SeZUTLWC4BI/AAAAAAAAABQ/2HG4nD-ijfI/s1600-h/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1476.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SeZUTLWC4BI/AAAAAAAAABQ/2HG4nD-ijfI/s400/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_1476.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SeZUTZMo9eI/AAAAAAAAABY/Khu1n3fmQlg/s1600-h/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_369.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XKuZWHF8CzY/SeZUTZMo9eI/AAAAAAAAABY/Khu1n3fmQlg/s400/Recovered_JPEG+Digital+Camera_369.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3141690489066416075-6655757333693966585?l=astonishingsplashesofcolour.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ash.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06301288535368449000noreply@blogger.com3