Lionel Callow Photography

Saturday, 31 July 2021

Marks Hall

A few more shots from Marks Hall Arboretum. I like the variety of wildflowers and grasses. They attract lots of wildlife.

Friday, 23 July 2021

Marks Hall Arboretum

Thank goodness the temperature has started to return to normal. So, Carol and I took a walk round Marks Hall Arboretum here are a few shots from our visit.

Friday, 25 June 2021

I have not been out with my camera for a few days. So, I grabbed my Fuji kit, XT1 with a 100-400mm, (no polarizer) and went to my usual exercise place of choice, Hatfield Forest. I wanted to compare the Canon outfit with my Fuji kit. I think the Fuji does a very good job.

Thursday, 17 June 2021

Dragonflies & Damselflies Day 2

I returned today, Wednesday 16th, to see if I can improve on my technique to photograph these flies. Yesterday I took my shots using a Canon 100-400mm lens fitted with a polarizing filter. I had set out to take shots on & around water. I had not expected to be shooting dragonflies however I had a couple of surprises. First one was the effect of the polarizer on the results. The colours were much richer than I expected, as my white balance was correct, and I had not boosted the colours using Photoshop I concluded that this must be due to the polarizing filter. Second problem is this is a slow lens, so this means working with high ISO or a tight depth of field. Of course, removing the Polarizer would help. Today I switched to my faster 70-200mm f2.8, I decided to use a polarizer although in future I would rather have the breadth of aperture and speed without the polarizer.

Monday, 14 June 2021

Dragonflies & Damselflies

I visited Hatfield Forest lakes today. Something I don’t have a lot of experience of is photographing Dragonflies & Damselflies. Today I spent a few hours around the smaller lakes. A very enjoyable few hours, but now I need to do some homework ready for next time.