for the squeamish, don't look.Oh too late.It's just a harmless' little' spider.Well actually this ones nearer the nine inch mark! Its from India and is called Poecilotheria striata.This is a stock photo for image banks.I have been practising a bit recently with my small items photography-the idea is that these can be used for  advertising images.So expect to see a few more small items.no more spiders though.Promise.

I picked up these tomatoes in the week for a nice salad, I thought they just looked too good to eat, just yet, so had a little photo shoot with them.I used a wide open aperture of f.2.8 and my canon 24-70 f2.8 L  lens, L series canon glass for hair splitting sharpness.The wide open aperture has lent well to the 'creative'shallow depth of field I was after.

Devon Tour,Clovely.

And the final images from my Tour of Devon!You may notice I have a couple of images here that have colour and black and white all in one.This technique is called channel mixing and means some of the colour information is retained on converting a digital image file to mono (black  & white).It's not a technique I  tend not to use allot and I feel it has been over-used especially by wedding photographers.It can be a bit of a cheap trick and in my opinion has little place in modern wedding photography.But there we are, some like it-for me too crass. I thought these two images were deserving & subtle enough.The boat chain just made sense as a great lead in.

Had to include a little bit of Devon here on the blog & finished off these pebble shot's.we shouldn't take pebbles I know due to coastal erosion.I did walk an awful long way before picking these up one at time from various spots along the beach.

Devon Tour,Clovely.

Devon Tour,Clovely.

I have just returned form a lovely little 5 day camping trip around the Somerset and Devon coast, It is a hugely underrated area-but I took in some beautiful places like Porlock and Porlock Weir, Exmoor,Linton & Lynmouth, Croyde,Woolacombe and then onto my final camping ground down near Hartland Point for some fishing,onto Plymouth to visit my cousin and back to Taunton for a business meeting.Phew. Just back (East) from Hartland point is Clovely-what a little gem this place is, I had never been there before-this place is absolutely made for photographers-with some great little still lifes all set up! it was like being on a film set-So I can wholeheartedly recommend a trip there with your camera!!!Click on the pan to see a larger version.

dandilions

These are some images that I took recently, the idea was to explore re-occurring patterns which can work well.I have tried to melt these into the landscape, with some success.

The top and darkest image has quite a funky feel that I was aiming for -kind of 60's inspired... like dudes with afro's in a crowd at Woodstock!(before my time!)

Puncknowle Knoll

I nipped down to Puncknowle Knoll, near Chesil beach/Abbottsbury today.This century's old building is shrouded in mystery.For me it is an incredibly photogenic location that I have tried to photograph a few times now.It is an immensely transient location with regards to weather conditions and is totally different every time. I have to travel around 30 miles each way to get to it. I thought today as I looked out of the window from home that the clouds were perfect for this location, however when I got there the clouds were few and far between!I got these shots but didn't get what I was after (a more, storm cloudy/moody vision!) I may have a go at getting some of these published if I can.I really enjoy landscape photography, it really is a breath of fresh air for me-out in the elements and praying for the right conditions to all come together at once for that magical shot.....I bought the dog along today, our Jack Russell-Merlin-who managed to stay out of shot.