Competition Photos Finally Submitted

As mentioned Previously the local rag has been running a photography competition.

I had great ideas about going out and taking lots of shots of various sites around the city but all of a sudden the closing date has crept up and I've not had much time to take any more snaps.

So here are the final 3 that I decided to submit.






It's a shame that they're all of the same subject matter but in my opinion they're not too bad. I especially like the infrared one but not sure that they'll accept photos taken with filters. We'll see.

Top prize is a Panasonic Lumix TZ3 with seven runners up receiving a copy of photographer Steve Day's book, Wiltshire Moods

The Mighty Whites

After 3 evenings of drinking under our belts we thought we'd go and do something healthy (well, watching is the next best thing!) so off to the Ray-Mac to see The Mighty Whites (Salisbury City FC) continue their unbeaten run in the Blue Square Premier, that's the Nationwide Conference to most people.

Was great to see all the home support and a record league fixture attendance of 2093 for the 2:1 win against Woking.

BBQ Bank Holiday

This Bank Holiday weekend finally saw some half decent weather here in the South of England so it was time to dust off the old BBQs and have a weekend of eating & drinking with good friends and family.

Cathedral Gate

Jumped in the car to shoot down the supermarket for some food this evening. As the sun was setting I thought I'd take my camera with a view of may be getting some more shots for the photo competition in the local rag.

Got a few pics of the sun setting but none really suitable for the competition.

Except may be this one.....


The gate and sunset are real but I cheated by inserting the cathedral (playing with merging photos again)!

Identical Twins

I'm not a great fan of self portraits as a rule but after being inspired by the great work of Rebekka, one of my Flickr contacts I thought I'd give it a go.

I need to get better at merging more than one photo but didn't think this was too bad for my first attempt.



Got a few more ideas up my sleeve and I'll give them a go when I get the chance so watch this space....

Photo Appears in Article

Over the weekend I was contacted by someone who wanted to use one of my photos in an online article that they were publishing on www.orato.com this week.

I was happy to let them use it as they said that I would receive credit for the image and also there would be a link from the article to My flickr Photos

The article has now been published and my picture appears on page 2 of www.orato.com/node/3230



It's not the first time that my photographs have appeared on sites but it's the first time that I've actually been asked! Looking on www.technorati.com I found that the same photo was used on someones Blog.



Slow Traffic Lights by Night was also used on another blog. I don't really mind as it's good that people like the photos enough to use them but it's always nice to ask!

Si & Rach's Wedding

After going away to Barcelona for a great weekend on my good friend Si's stag do...

and seeing a bit of culture...

many pubs...

some other stags...

and even more pubs...


Last weekend saw Si and Rach get married. A fantastic weekend was had by all and I'd like to think that if I ever tied the knot then my wedding would be as good and go so well and that I'd be as happy as these two excellent friends of mine.

Before / After - Part 2

Following on from this post (Before / After) I've spent a bit more time putting together photos of the house that I've had kicking around for over a year.

Bedroom 1


Lounge


Lounge

A Lapse in Time

After reading this post from over at Mr Jez's cool blog www.novemberfive.co.uk I was interested and wanted to give it a try.

After browsing through the menu of my camera I found that it's got an intervalometer that can be configured to take a shot every 1-60 minutes with a maximum of 100 shots.

Tried a few from home but am now in search of a good shooting spot.