Waiting for the weather and tide
Multicoloured layered cliffs at Hunstanton, Norfolk, UK
The play of light in the sky and the humps of the the eroded sandstone boulders which were arranged in lines pointing out to sea, was wonderful. I made a couple of attempts to capture it, and this is the one I like best. The green of the seaweed was a great bonus. It really was that vivid. Even though it was accurate, I had to take the saturation down just a tad as it was looking unreal.
The picture was taken looking West from the beach at Hunstanton, where there are some wonderful layered and coloured cliffs. While setting up and taking this picture I knew there was a chance of the sun breaking through and lighting up the cliffs behind me. But after a seemingly interminable wait, we gave up. Sure enough later on the sun shone through but I wasn’t in a position to get the shot.
Sun burst over the Wash
08 July 2011 | Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman
Guile Point leading Marks. Lindisfarne, UK
You can also see Bamburgh Castle on the horizon.
An attempt to get a picture of Lindisfarne Castle and use a wall to frame the castle and obscure an ugly lamp post on the quay.
Lindisfarne Castle
07 July 2011 | Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman
Pastures and derelict buildings – Dumyat, Stirling, Scotland
Keith, Gary and Ginger on Dumyat, Stirling, Scotland
28 June 2011 | Dumyat, Stirling, Scotland | Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman
Sundown at Little Brazil Creek, Missouri
21 March 2011 | Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman
Little Sac River from the Sac River Trail
This afternoon we decided to enjoy the sunshine, brave the snow cover and go for a short hike on the Sac River Trail. The hike was fine, proving our gear is up to a winter hike, getting to the trail and away again was not so good.
On our way to the trail I nearly ‘T Boned’ a pick-up and trailer as it sailed through a stop sign without stopping; the driver was too busy chatting on his cell ‘phone to notice the stop sign. A couple of hours later at the parking lot for the trail I made the mistake of trying to turnaround to get out and got us well and truly stuck in the snow. I had to resort to digging down through the snow and ice to the ground using my pocket knife. Note to self: Snow shovels aren’t worth a damn for digging out a stuck van.
05 February 2011 | Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman
Cloud
13 February 2009 | Copyright © 2009 Gary Allman
Tree bark and snow
29 January 2009 |Copyright © 2009 Gary Allman
Fire in the sky
I was on the web cam with Ginger when I noticed the light outside had changed. Pulling aside the blinds I was quite stunned by the sky, and sorted out the webcam so that Ginger could see it too. Being a bit photographically uninspired at the moment, I was reluctantly persuaded to take pictures.
I’ve applied minimal post processing, just enough to darken out the distracting foreground. It really was a spectacular sky.
19 July 2008 | Portsmouth UK | Copyright © 2008 Gary Allman
Sunset – South Parade, Southsea UK
18 October 2007 | Portsmouth UK | Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman
Pompey Sunset
One of the joys of a westward facing window. Looking out over Somers town. The view taken from where I sit at my computer.
16 July 2007 | Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman
Floating
Disconnected from the main buildings and the shore, the pier seemed to float in the mist.
10 April 2007 | Copyright © 2007 Gary Allman
