Frustrated by the limited depth of field in macro shots? Try some photostacking. One of the problems with this technique is that your subject must remain perfectly still while you take a series of shots, changing the focus in small increments after each exposure. Consequently, the images in my galleries of Insects are all of dead animals found around the house and garden or, in the case of the flea, on the cat. I then used some software (ZereneStacker) to fuse the sharp parts of each exposure to produce the final image. If you get up very early in the morning when insects are still torpid, it is possible to photostack live animals, but I haven't had much success - one twitch of a leg and you have to start again.
Nice Heath, shame about the birds
Recently back from a few days in Dorset looking for Dartford warblers and Avocets. Unfortunately the weather was rubbish and there were very few birds about. Still, Studland bay is a great place to visit at any time and one of the very places to see proper heathland.
Fun in the Sun
Sun rise with God beams
Read MoreA web site at last!
I really enjoy photography, but if you are not a professional, what do you do with all those images that fill up your hard drives? If you are lucky, you win a few competitions or see your work published in magazines and books, but after that it's down to the stamina of your friends and relatives hearing about the hours you spent freezing to death in a hide and why an image only works because you used a particular lens/shutter speed/aperture. Sorry, I can see you are bored already. It has been an interesting exercise deciding which images to put on this site, its bit like Facebook on speed. Anyone in the world with internet access could look at your pictures, so no pressure, you had better feel they are worth looking at. Hope you enjoy your visit.
Incidentally, here's a Blue tit taken in Norfolk while I was freezing to death in a hide, Nikon D800, 600mm, f5, 1/400sec blah blah blah.......