About devilineden / Peter de Villiers  

Photography forces you to be in certain places you would not necessarily find yourself in... and then to make the most of it.

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This is I...


My favourite...


I like to get up early to see the world as others do not...


I enjoy seascapes...


I enjoy manipulating colour...


I enjoy vanishing points...


I enjoy experimenting with filters...


28 October 2009 - I am going to put some of my images up on Redbubble to be sold as post cards ( bigger stuff later ), pay this link a visit ...



I am hoping to get better at this fantastic hobby, I really enjoy it but it does lead to downer moments when one realizes that there are still many skills to be learnt.

Hope you enjoy my photostream.

Bought my first DSLR in March 2008 and have not stopped having fun. Looking at the sites of the Flickr members who post high quality material is my motivation.

I am originally from South Africa but now live in Edinburgh so try to make use of the wonderful countryside around Edinburgh as much as possible.

Scotland is a photographers (amateurs and professional) paradise, it is so beautiful and judging from some of the photographs on Flickr there are many high calibre photographers in Scotland. One has to aim high to even get remotely close to some of them.

I keep my contact list low, so please don't be insulted if I do not respond in kind to new contact notifications in flickrmail.

Here are some Flickr members photostreams that I really enjoy...

David Mould
Blue Fin Art - www.flickr.com/photos/20966211@N03/
John Pettinger
Stuart Stevenson

Visit these guy's photostreams, they are motivational.

My gear...

Canon D400.
Canon EFS 18-55mm.
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Tamron AF 70-300mm.
Sigma DC HSM 10-20mm.
Monfrotto 190XB Tri Pod with 390RC2 head.
Assortment of Cokin P Series filters & polarizer.
Lowepro Shoulder bag.

New gear bought July/August 2009.

Canon 50D
Sigma 18-200 F3.5-6.3 DC OS
Hahnel Pro Remote Control
B+W 77mm ND-110 (3.0) SH Filter
B+W 77mm AUC MRC Kasemann Circular Polariser Filter
B+W Step-Up Adaptor Ring 1A (72mm to 77mm)
Lee Filter Holder System - Foundation Kit
Lee Neutral Density Grad Set - Soft Set of 3 - 0.3 / 0.6 / 0.9
Lee Autumn Tint Grad Set - Chocolate 2 Grad, Tobacco 2 Grad and Coral 6 Grad
Lee 0.9 ND 100mm Pro Glass 3 Stop Reduction
Lee Lens Adaptor Ring 77mm
Lee Lens Adaptor Ring 72mm
2 x extra batteries for 50D
2 x extra batteries for 400D
SanDisk Extreme CompactFlash 8GB
Tamrac Expedition 6 Back Pack

I have spent a serious amount of money on photographic equipment so I now have to make this work, will be interesting, as another Flickr member Raymond Larose says, ''The journey is the reward.'' I wholeheartedly agree.

If you favourite any of my photographs and you have no profile image and no photographs in you photostream I will block you with no hesitation... ( this is normally the sites of people who steal others photographs...)

I do not really regard myself in the league to sell my photographs but I do know that some people take from Flickr without the owners permission so I have to state this:

Copyright for all photos belong to me.
Please do not copy, use, reproduce, publish or distribute without my permission. If you would like to buy or use my work, contact me and I'm sure we can arrange something.