Calumet Edinburgh

Tweed Green Snow in Peebles

Mrs Davey walks across Tweed Green on Wednesday afternoon. There is a brief respite in the snow fall and we have some blue sky.

This year snow has come about a month earlier than in 2009 when it was the week before Christmas.

I took this on Geraldine's D200 with the 18-55mm lens and a polariser. Settings were Iso 400, f16 1/250th sec.

Dad on His S7 Sunbeam in 1949

I think my dad George must have taken this as a self portrait on his folding 16 on 120 camera. At the time he would have been 29-years-old and was about to embark on a tour of France.

Outside Calumet Today

Sunset on the Tweed November 2010

Geraldine on a River Crossing near Tyndrum

Photojournalism

Reid's Palace, Madeira

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Howies, Victoria Street, Edinburgh

www.photobymarkdavey.com Our Wedding September 18th 2010

Wedding Recption Howies Edinburgh

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Dent Blanche from Cabane du Mountet

Photographed using a Zeiss Ikonta 6 x 6cm, rangefinder camera with 75mm/4.5 lens on Kodak Gold 200 negative film.

Apertures

During Borders College Peebles classes from day one I encourage my students to use manual.

Regular readers will know that I have a graphic on the site which describes different shutter speeds. It shows the increasing bluriness of a football and the players as an inept photographer tries to capture the action at slower and slower shutter speeds.

I have now prepared a graphic starting at f5.6 (most kit lenses have variable apertures from f3.5-5.6) and increasing in steps to f36.

I used a Nikon D200 and 105mm f2.8 VR Macro lens to create the graphic which shows the depth of field variation. Photographers now seem to like the term "Bokeh" for the out of focus highlights seen in my f5.6 shot.

Confetti

regardless of the wind

regardless of the wind
Originally uploaded by gorgeouxness

An excellent silhouette from Flickr.com by gorgeouxness.

Transparency Film

Last night we had a slide show, remember those, screen slightly squint, dust whenever there isn't a slide showing! I'll need to invest in a new projector as my old Leica has reverted to single feed.
It's wonderful to hold a slide up to the light and see a sparkling image without the need to turn on the computer.
In the slide show to our recent holiday snaps were revealed in their true colour gloryand everyone had a laugh in a way that is not the same as being huddled round a computer monitor. Yes you could use a digital projector but apart from the cost image resolution compared to a slide projector is appalling.
The images are much more colourful than those taken at the same time on a Nikon D200.
A selection were identified to be scanned onto CD and printed, some will appear here shortly. Film stock used was Fujifilm Velvia 50, Provia 100 and Provia 400X.
I have decided to go back to using film except for weddings (with a rented camera) and my teaching as the results are so much better and the camera less reliant on batteries. It is a quality issue and the fact that a simple camera will produce stunning shots without the constant thought of upgrading to get more pixels or features.

Alpine August

Sophie and Geraldine in Switzerland

Cloud Inversion Under Snowdon

Orlaith & Davie Elebert Wedding June 2010

Honeybee on Lavender 2009

Honeybee on Lavender 2009
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PRinces Street Gardens

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The Jaguar at Edinburgh Zoo

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Carn an Righ

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On The Descent to Dalmunzie

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Geraldine & Max at Floors Horse Trials

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French road trip to Champagne and Burgundy

In March 2010 we took the new Vauxhall Insignia on a mini French tour to buy Champagne and wine for our wedding later that year. It did not have satnav but reading maps is so much more fun. 
The stay started with three nights at Chateau D'Étoges. 

When we arrived, having booked direct on the internet, the drive was packed with Lamborghinis and Ferraris and we thought perhaps the web price was wrong. Geraldine might have been reading the map here after too much wine sampling!

Geraldine map reading in Burgundy

The chateau

Blogging a Pic from Photo.net

A user of photo.net named Len Marriot said he'd be delighted if someone blogged one of his photos so here is: "Students at the Leica School", rather a nice b/w silouhette image.
He says on photo.net he took the picture in November 1963 so now it is getting the publicity it deserves!

Olympus E-P2

The Olympus E-P2 is the second Micro Four Thirds camera from Olympus, following last Summer’s launch of the popular E-P1 model. Offering DSLR-like image quality in an ultra-compact format, the E-P2 adds a number of features to tempt you to upgrade from the E-P1. These include a dedicated port for either a detachable high-resolution electronic viewfinder or a microphone, auto-focus tracking mode, two new Art Filters (Diorama and Cross Process), a colour-boosting i-Enhance function, remote slideshow control via the new HDMI connection, and an option to record high-definition movies using the Manual shooting mode. The Olympus E-P2 is also finished in a more serious black rather than the silver or white versions of the E-P1.

Global Warming

In Peebles the temperature has been around zero or less since December 17th 2009 and the snow has lain thickly.

This icicle picture was taken on January 3rd 2010 at Coylumbridge in the Cairngorm National Park, which has also seen some exceptionally low temperatures and snow lying for nearly 3 weeks.

This is from about the time of the Copenhagen Climate Conference.

I'd like to know how the ecologists and climate changers are going to fit the present weather conditions to their cosy ozone hole theories?