Author: johnnycanuck

Photo Superbe – Mom

During our walk down the beach yesterday, I was able to play around with some HDR photos using the Joby Gorillapod to stabilize the shot. We got there a little after sunset but still managed to get some nice light for a few really nice family pics. As usual I posted them on Flickr for family to see first and so GrandMaman could see the kids. Well apparently she really liked this one, so I thought I should probably make it public too. Here it is Branksome Chine Beach looking onto Old Harry Rocks in Bournemouth.
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Dorset Snow HDR

We went for a walk around the neighbourhood since driving a british car on these roads with what is essentially summer slicks, would be completely insane even when you know how to drive in snow and on ice. So when I got to the top of the road, I turned to notice how cool some of these photos would look as HDR. These are the few that I took handheld. If there is still snow on the ground tomorrow and the light is good, I’m going to trying it again with a tripod and put some of @Nantel‘s advice to good practice

I must admit that I have a bit of a thing for snow covered palm trees. As much as 6 inches of snow in december is the right thing for Montreal, seeing it all over Southern England palm trees make me think that there’s either something whacky with the weather or the person who thought it would be great to plant the trees in sunny Bournemouth

Dorset Snow Palms

It snowed here in Bournemouth last night, probably the most it has snowed while I’m here in a very long time. Usually by midday, there is no way that there should still be snow left on the Palm Trees. But it’s been cold enough that the white stuff has lasted all day mostly into the night too.