James Whitesmith's photostream  

In 2011 I caught the cycling bug and ended up riding a few well known climbs and clocking over 2000 miles in the 10 months or so I rode. I've got a couple of big goals set for this year, the main one being to conquer Mont Ventoux in June.

In the meantime I decided to get creative with this 'Pasta Di Bici' to make up for the sunrise fail I dragged myself out of bed for in the early hours.

I know I'm a few days late with this (been away from the computer) but a belated Merry Christmas to all my Flickr contacts and Happy New Year in anticipation of next weekend!

This is my first upload shot with my new Pentax K-5...Santa was particularly generous this year!

This tree caught my eye on my commute to work, and this morning I decided to visit it with the camera. I stood in the field for a long time taking numerous shots as the light and cloud patterns were changing fast.

This is my favourite image from the shoot, it best conveys the feel of the morning with the pastel tones, frosty grass and windswept clouds. Crop courtesy of the experienced eye of Don Tiffney...see comments!

I'd planned a sunrise shoot this morning but the strong winds put me off, so I processed a few older shots instead. This was captured a few weeks ago in the Strid Wood near Bolton Abbey, right when the autumn colours were peaking.

The recent misty weather has turned the autumn cobwebs into works of art, with the water droplets forming tiny beads along all of the web strands.

This was my favourite from a range of shots I attempted; I wanted to keep the whole web sharp but couldn't achieve that whilst keeping the background acceptably out of focus so felt this was the best compromise. The bokeh has a somewhat 'hazy' feel that I quite like, although I'm not sure if it was the conditions or my camera setup that caused this.