Daisy

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B+W, Daisy, Flower

Sunset over Curbar Edge, Peak District

©Les Wilcockson 2012

Window Reflections

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B+W, Reflections, Window

This is a single image, shot in camera.
So, where did I stand and where did I point the camera?

Dahlia

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B+W Flower Dahlia Nature

Peak District, UK

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Color, Colour, Curbar, Derbyshire, Gritstone, HDR, Hills, Landscape, Nikon D3, Peak District, Tone Mapped, UK

A late afternoon in January 2012. Curbar Edge, Derbyshire.

Beginners Training Courses

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B+W, Beginners, Boat, Canal, Chesterfield, Chesterfield Canal, Les Wilcockson, Peak District, Training, Training Course, Vision Photo Studio, Vision Photo Training, Water

Book yourself or someone you love on a beginners photography course.
Great Xmas gift!
New dates available for January 2012
http://www.photographyandlight.com/

The Rainbow Effect of Photoshop.

When CS2 came out I bought it and thought my ‘image-processing’ life was complete. It was the greatest ever with lots of functions, more than I could ever need.
I walked around with my chest out, ‘there’s nothing this won’t do for my images’ I thought.

Then CS3 came out…’you’re not such a hot-shot photographer now are you? You need CS3 to be the complete article!’
‘Oh no’, I thought, ‘I’m totally inadequate now, I better keep it a secret what software I use now!’

Double blow…CS4, ‘Oh my goodness, now what do I do?’

‘I must buy this or else I’ll loose any credibilty I’ve got left, I can’t let the work I produce get any more average than it’s become since the heady days of CS2.’
…so I bought CS4 and you all know what happened next…CS5.

‘Oh no!’ I screamed, ‘ my work will go downhill again, will it never end?’

The answer is of course it will never end, CS6 soon, but it’ll have to have a mid-term tweak (CS6.5?) before it becomes CS7,8,9,10 etc etc.
I’m staying put with CS4 for now because it does what I need it to do for my business photography, however, I can see that for some they need the extra functionality of CS5/6.
Lot’s of ‘others’ won’t need it but think they MUST have it because they’re ‘artists’ and they MUST explore every possible may to ‘photoshop’ their creations.

(Can you think of any truly great artist or photographer who is ONLY great because of Photoshop?)

Experts in the obvious will say ‘you don’t have to upgrade if you don’t want too’ but really it’s a question of ‘do you really NEED to upgrade?’

But fear not dear friends…Adobe have got the ultimate version of Photoshop for every one of us…it’s at the ‘end of the rainbow’

Robin Hoods Stride

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B+W, Bronze Age, Derbyshire, Landscape, Legend, Les Wilcockson, Peak District, Robin Hood

Robin Hood’s Stride is a spectacular tor of gritstone rocks perched on a ridge between Harthill Moor and the Alport-Winster road in the Derbyshire Peak District. Legend has it that Robin strode between the tower-like stones at either end of the tor, but this is unlikely because they are 15 metres apart and the ascent of the towers is difficult – especially the southern one.The area surrounding Robin Hood’s Stride contains traces of barrows, Bronze or Iron Age enclosures and hut circles, but the most visible monument is the stone circle known as the ‘Nine Stones’ (though in fact only four are standing) which lies about 200 metres to the north-west. Ordnance Survey Grid Reference: SK228620

Live Your Own Life

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Courage, Intuition, Life, Opinion, Steve Jobs

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” (Steve Jobs – June 2005.)

Is the fool wiser?

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Man, Tree, William Blake, Wisdom, Wise Man

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. – William Blake

….or is the fool simply avoiding the tree? – Les Wilcockson