General archive

Apples in The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Cornwall, England. August 2009.

Manchester, 2008. Buildings near the W S Lowry Exhibition, Salford Quays, Manchester, England. Digital image processed using Serif PhotoPlus X2 software. (Perhaps the position of the walking figure, with lots of pavement between him and the camera, was unconsciously influenced by the Lowry paintings.)

Manchester 2008. The Imperial War Museum North, viewed from across the river at The Salford Quays, Manchester, England. Digital image processed using Serif PhotoPlus X2 software. No, I did not make the cloud in the distance look like a nuclear explosion, this is how it was!

Manchester, 2008. Bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal at The Salford Quays, Manchester, England. Digital image processed using Serif PhotoPlus X2 software.

Manchester, 2008. Buildings at The Salford Quays, Manchester, near the W.S. Lowry exhibition. Digital image processed using Serif PhotoPlus X2 software.

Herefordshire, England, December 2010.

From December 2010 archive.

September 2009 - one of my first adventures in DSLR and DNG photography. Used the Pentax 'kit' 18-55mm WR zoom lens, at its longest (and weakest) setting - I consider the lack of aggressive sharpness to be an asset here. In processing this JPEG, I have tried to keep the reds under control and to keep some modelling in the petals. The title? The 'older' flower seems to be watching the young buds in a parental fashion, as they venture out into the world!

November 2009. Lens: SMC PENTAX-DA 50-200mm F4-5.6ED WR zoom, at its longest and weakest setting.