Richard Hardwick Photography
My journey with a digital camera
Nuthatch
This Nuthatch has been a regular visitor to the garden but capturing it has proved quite difficult.
Canon EOS 40D, EF 400mm f/5.6L USMPinhole Exeter Cathedral
I spent a couple of hours in Exeter wandering around with the pinhole adapter. I received some funny looks from people and several comments letting me know I didn’t have a lens on the camera. It was a lot of fun to use.
Canon EOS 40D, Pinhole AdapterZapCat Racing
I joined some of the guys from the Amateur Photographer forum at Watergate Bay for the ZapCat racing. It was a great day out and an incredible event, highly recommended, very exciting racing with loads of thrills and spills. To get close enough to the action we ended up standing knee-deep in the sea.
Canon EOS 40D, EF 400mm f/5.6L USMGarden Birds
A Blue Tit, a Chaffinch and a Coal Tit.
Canon EOS 40D, EF 400mm f/5.6L USMNuthatch
One of my favourite birds and I’m delighted to have finally taken some pictures of one.
Canon EOS 40D, EF 400mm f/5.6L USMBuzzard
I could hear it calling in the field just behind the house, grabbed my camera and manage to get a couple of shots.
Canon EOS 40D, EF 400mm f/5.6L USMGolden-ringed Dragonfly
I nipped down to Hartland Fishing Club to have a look for dragonflies this morning. I found several but this was the first time I’d seen a Golden-ringed Dragonfly and I’m quite pleased with the results.
Canon EOS 40D, EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USMBlue Tit
It’s been ages since I did any photography and was getting withdrawal symptoms. Spending an hour in the garden feeding and watching the birds did the trick.
Canon EOS 40D, EF 400mm f/5.6L USMMontbretia
I had an hour in the garden with the camera and noticed one of the Montbretia flowers looked good against the background of scrub:
Canon EOS 40D, EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM
Pinhole Cottage
I’ve always enjoyed playing around with Holga and pinhole cameras. A while back I made my own pinhole using a T2 mount, baked bean can, Coke can and a washer. It was fun but the images weren’t what I wanted, so I’ve bought an pinhole adapter for the T2 mount from Pinhole Solutions, it has a working aperture of about f/180. This is a test photo of my cottage:
Canon EOS 40D, Pinhole
About Me
I'm an amateur photographer currently living in Devon. Although I've been interested in photography most of my life, it's only recently that I've started to concentrate on shooting wildlife.
This blog is just a few of my thoughts as my journey with a digital camera unfolds. Photos are taken from my Flickr photostream.
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