CAPTURE NEW HORIZONS

Regular visitors to this blog will know that one of my favourite places to visit while on Mull is to the three derelict trawlers at Salen.  I have been documenting these three old ladies over the years and the march of time is starting to catch up with them.  I've certainly noticed a marked change in their condition in the past three years as storms have started to take their toll. I decided to get up at the crack of dawn to get some new images of the boats before the hoards of tourists arrived on the island on the first ferry crossings from Oban and Lochaline and I was rewarded with beautiful sunshine that produced a fantastic golden glow. After taking the usual long shots to document the latest condition of the trawlers, I decided to fit the 50mm f1.4 to the Nikon D700 and set about getting some shallow depth of field detail shots. With the tide on the turn I had to work quickly to get shots of the rear of the boats but the rust, flak...

While out and about in the Vale of Belvoir we came across this old barn on the top of the hill near the village of Branston.  I love old, dilapidated farm building as they make for interesting subjects, even a bit 'spooky' and this building was perfect for mono images with a bit of atmosphere. The interior of the building was very dark so the decision was taken to put a couple of remote wireless flashes into the doorway to light the interior. The rest of our time was spent getting detail images of the building.  It will be good to return to this location late in the evening or early in the morning when the light is better, but I'm very pleased with this 'find' and have added it my list of photographic locations. All Images taken on a Nikon D800 - Nikon 105mm f2.8G VR micro or Nikon 17-35mm f2.8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT THI...