Richard Hardwick Photography

Nuthatch

Richard — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:30:51 +0000

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 USM

Pinhole Exeter Cathedral

Richard — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:03:48 +0000

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 Adapter

ZapCat Racing

Richard — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:31:17 +0000

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 USM

Garden Birds

Richard — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:48:10 +0000

A Blue Tit, a Chaffinch and a Coal Tit.

Canon EOS 40D, EF 400mm f/5.6L USM

Nuthatch

Richard — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:31:21 +0000

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 USM

Buzzard

Richard — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:24:47 +0000

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 USM

Golden-ringed Dragonfly

Richard — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:00:51 +0000

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 USM

Blue Tit

Richard — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:50:00 +0000

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 USM

Montbretia

Richard — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:32:13 +0000

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

Richard — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:54:15 +0000

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