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The Italian Rowing Club, Tigre, Argentina.

Green, white and red, and high ISO

An exercise in digital noise suppression using multiple images in Photoshop

A Gentoo Penguin chick sits at the edge of a colony.

Chick on the edge.

when photographing a penguin colony, it’s worth looking around the edges of the group to try and isolate an individual.

A wide-angle lens and a low viewpoint.

Hanging with Al.

Black-browed albatross nest on several of the Falkland Islands. By February most of the chicks are well developed, some with their adult plumage starting to show through.

Gentoo Penguin launches itself from the water

Penguins can fly.

A recent visit to the Falkland Islands revealed that penguins can fly, or at least some penguins can jump very well!

Molten candle

The flickering candle

an experiment in image processing.

finished for the day

Tied up for the night, Sanur Beach, Bali

Paddle boats and boards are tied up for the night on Sanur Beach, Bali.

Tonle Sap

Mangroves, Tonle Sap.

The mangroves offer some interesting photos with the gently moving water surface providing constantly changing reflections of the vegetation and the light filtering through the canopy.

Young girl under umbrella

The little girl with the umbrella

sheltering under her umbrella, a young girl makes for a sweet but challenging portrait.

Tree roots, Ta Prohm 2

Tree roots, bas-reliefs, shadows, monochrome

tree roots, stone ruins, bas-reliefs and all their shadows, lend themselves beautifully to black and white.

Apsara, Ta Phrom in monochrome.

Changing light and the careful observer

We all like to think we understand and appreciate the quality of light we are working with but it’s worth taking the time to really look and study the scene intently.