333 Seems like an auspicious number; not sure why, apart from the repetition.
A quick snap taken from the middle of King Richards Road. Snowy and very cold.
Not seaweed, but capsicum. The firm pockets of juice on the inner walls of this yellow pepper are very shiny, and are highlighted very effectively by lighting sideways on.
Flowers are not just for unusual salads - One bite of broccoli (calabrese) contains hundreds of these delicate, tiny green buds.
This man cuts an imposing silhouette over the stall. I noticed this immediately as I glanced his way. There was also a stall keeper behind him, but I waited until her body was obscured by his.
Last night was a foggy one, and I ventured into the cold to grab some shots of buildings and lights in the foggy night air. Only on starting back home did I notice the fair had come to town, and I noticed this dramatic angle of a large ride with a floodlight behind the sign.
From a bunch of half-dried oak leaves, I chose this one because of its varied blotchy patterns. It was then taped to a lamp and copied slide-style.
Prior to the inevitable removal of moth larva-eaten areas before consumption, this apple inspired me when cut in half. I was already expecting the damage, due to the tell-tale hole in the skin, but this pattern interested me.
I drop the M&Ms and try to trigger the camera at the right: Not easy to do, especially when you consider that all digital cameras have a slight delay between pressing the button and the shutter opening. Okay, DSLRs are pretty damn quick, but the delay is nonetheless there. Out of about fifteen tries, I got two-thirds fairly well timed, but I really could have done with more M&Ms to fill the frame. Like a whole bowl next time!
Discovered in local woodland on Sunday, this rotten twig sports many tiny, coral-like fungal growths. I knew I wasn't going to get a decently lit and well-considered shot out in the cold woods, so it had to come home; and here we have it.
A spur of the moment shot, as a train and I both approached a bridge.
A detail from a metal spoon directly under a halogen light, shot very close up. Quite a soft image, but with a ton of tubes and a wide-open lens, it's almost a certainty; also hand-holding the camera doesn't help much.
Guess the game: PC (DOS), Psygnosis, 1994. I must have been half my current age when I last played this...
My fingers were covered in paint dust, and I noticed how the fine detail was so well defined by its covering - almost like an over-sharpened photo. A very sharp lens (a Helios-44M) was great to use here; it shows the fine details very clearly. To get most of the fingers in focus it was set to f/11 (which is roughly near to the supposed
Two versions of one image here: I couldn't decide which way round I prefer it. The landscape version is the original.
The rubber keyboard dome: A nice example of cost-cutting industrial design. Glued directly to the membrane, these things not only save weight, cost and complexity over older individually-switched designs, but are also quieter to press.
A dried-up pine cone, shot with a wide aperture. Kind of clichéd, but it looks quite pretty, and the composition is rather pleasing to my eye.
Not the inside of a stomach, but the interior of a tiled roof with sprayed-on insulation. Lots of weird bumps and blobs up here, and with a very fine foamy texture close up.
That is a big fire.
It's the time of year for bulb exposures once more, and I'm at least consistent in turning up to the same fireworks display for the third year running - with the same main intention. The difference this time is that I brought along my 16-45 instead of the 18-55. Favouritism, I know, but wider is more appealing.
Taken as an entry for the BBC 6music MPFree EP cover competition. The subject was Punctuation Marks, on account of the band !!! playing in session today.
Noticed on my spectacles after coming in from walking in the drizzle; this light distribution of droplets form a pleasing contrast when the lens they lie on forms two distinct bright and dark tones underneath.
Settings: f/8, 1/180, ISO 100, 58mm Helios-44M M42, 77mm extension, 1/4 flash, foil & white reflectors, tripod.
Shot of the side of a plastic film developing spool; backlit and turned so both sides of concentric rings create interference patterns by crossing each other.
