I couldn’t resist this shot.
Walking away from a parade I noticed this gentleman walking in front of me. The look (even from behind) is so incongruous, that it was begging for a photograph. The media and popular perception of members of the Orange Order is as stuffy, staid, conservative, old men. This man just blows those impressions right out of the water!
Here’s the techie stuff:
Nikon D700, 1/250th sec @ f/2.8 on ISO400. Lens at 70mm
When I was studying for my HND Photography, one of the modules was Advertising Photography. As part of the project, we had to select a well known company and create three adverting images that could be presented to that company. I chose the famous ‘Old Bushmills’ Irish Whisky Distillery. I researched their existing and previous advertising campaigns, and asked them how they wanted their product to be recognised – what was their unique selling point. One of their brand images seemed to be the age of the old distillery – It was established early in the seventeenth century. Continue reading Bushmills Advertising Project
Ok, so most things in Cumbria are high! But if anyone can name this mountain I’d be grateful. I captured this shot on a warm April afternoon a few years ago. I love panoramas, and this shot lent itself so well to that format.
On the same visit to the Lake District, I drove off the road into a car park, to find a picturesque bridge. Here it is, captured on an Olympic Pen digital camera:-
Again, if anyone can put a name to the bridge or the river…
No prizes though!
This image of Ballycopeland Windmill near Millisle, Co. Down was captured on an old Nikon D100.
Here’s the ‘tech’ stuff:
Nikon D100 camera, 1/60th Sec @ f/13 on ISO400 at focal length 48mm. Lens: 24-120 zoom f/3.5
Scrabo Tower is one of the most photographed landmarks in Northern Ireland – pictured here from the Holywood Hills, Scrabo towers over the town of Newtownards, Co. Down.
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The ‘Dark Hedges’ – a set of trees growing across a road outside Armoy, Co. Antrim, – used, (I am told) for some of the scenes in ‘Game of Thrones.’
This shot was taken using the Nikon D700, on an overcast afternoon around 4pm. 1/250th second @ f/16 on ISO400.
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