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I usually miss the hay bales but I saw some combines harvesters yesterday so headed out to shoot the sun set amongst the bales. And what a sunset, absolutley beautiful! So here it is, my hay bale effort for 2011!

3 exposures (-2 / +2) blended in Photomatix and processed in CS3.

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Spotty

I went to Dudley Zoo for the first time in nearly 2 years today. Since my last visit they have had a troop Baboons and this is the male.
Now from a technical point of view, this is pretty awful. It was shot at something like 3000+ ISO because it was raining, he was under trees and I needed a decent shutter speed so it’s choc full of noise.
His eyes just look so sad, I wonder why.

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Spotty

Criccieth, Wales

A week away in Wales had me planning plenty of sunrises and sunsets. Unfortunatley it didn't pan out that way thanks to the great British weather! I only managed 1 decent session of each... Boo Hoo. Still never mind, I was quite happy with what I managed.

I learnt something when I shot this, if you have your tripod in the water on a shingle beach, the out going tide WILL move it no matter how deep you try to push it into the stones. Not good when you are exposing for 10 odd seconds!

3 shot HDR (-2/+2) blended in Photomatix and processed in CS3.

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Spotty

Wenlock Edge, Wenlock, Shropshire.

On my way back from a location scouting session for an up coming wedding, I drove past Wenlock Edge.
This gentleman was painting the vista in oils on canvas, it was stunning. He said the lightwas changing to fast, a problem photographers don't have to deal with in that respect!.
I liked the idea of the painter painting the landscape then me photographing the painter in the landscape, painting the landscape...! It reminded me of one of those repeating mirrors!

Straight image this one, single exposure, levels and curves tweaked in photoshop and warmed up just a touch more.

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Spotty