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Author Archives: Gary
Autumn in Benmore Botanic Garden
In which Gary visits Benmore Botanic Garden and gets some photos of the autumn colours.
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Posted in Lumix DMC-G1, Photographs, Scotland
Tagged Autumn, fountain, trees
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View over Glasgow from Queen’s Park
In which Gary visits a park which has a great a viewpoint over Glasgow. Using his new camera he gets a photo of a slice of the city in the setting sun.
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Posted in Lumix DMC-G1, Photographs, Scotland
Tagged Glasgow, park, Queen's Park, sunset
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My New Lumix DMC-G1
I’ve got a new camera – the new Lumix DMC-G1, from Panasonic.
This article isn’t going to be your typical camera review and I’m not going to simply quote specifications. Instead, what I’ve aimed to provide here are the initial observations and reactions of a new owner of a G1…
Posted in Gear, Lumix DMC-G1, Review
Tagged Auto Bracketing, Canon, DMC-G1, G1, G9, lens hood, Live Viewfinder, Lumix, LVF, Mega-OIS, Micro Four Thirds, Panasonic, PowerShot, RAW, Remote Shutter, SILKYPIX
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Tree, Twilight, Mist.
Pollok Country Park – on a cold, misty afternoon – yields a tree silhouetted against the fading colours in the twilight sky. Continue reading
Posted in Photographs, PowerShot G9, Scotland
Tagged cold, frosty, Glasgow, landscape, mist, park, Pollok House, Pollok Park, river, trees, twilight, White Cart
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Alloway’s Auld Haunted Kirk
Alloway’s auld haunted kirk was the location of the demonic gathering of witches in Robert Burns’ classic poem “Tam o’ Shanter”. I visited the ruin two years ago and got this spooky shot as dusk fell…
Posted in EOS 350D, Photographs, Scotland
Tagged after dark, Alloway, church, grave stones, graveyard, kirk, ruins
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Rainbow Over The Road To The Isles
Driving back to my hotel, along the road from Mallaig, I was confronted by this striking rainbow. Continue reading
VFTK Site Update
After several months of apparent inactivity in the kitchen, I have finally upgraded the site with my new theme (design). Yay! 😀 Expect new posts to appear a little more regularly.
For those of you who would not be appreciative of the technical details, it mainly means that I can now post larger images. The first example of this is the Craignethan Castlepost.
Read on if you’re interested in a bit more detail…
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VFTK Site Update #2
Okay – so I didn’t manage to increase my posting frequency, as I said I hoped to in my previous post. Sorry folks! 😳 I am definitely going to try harder this time – honest! I’m also giving up on … Continue reading →