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Cardiff Bay Details

Following my trip to Cardiff Bay earlier in the week, I’ve got a couple more photos I’d like to share in a quick post.

As I mentioned in my previous post about the trip I took a specific lens with me that allowed me to capture some of the more interesting architectural details Cardiff Bay has to offer that sometimes get overlooked.

Given it was the first sunny day we’d had over Christmas it was a good opportunity to get out and about and take some photos.

Cardiff Bay Clock

Cardiff Bay Clock

The Pierhead building is an iconic building that makes an appearance each evening on the Welsh national news, but it’s also really photogenic and has some really nice details highlighted by the red brick used in its construction. You can view a larger version of the image either by clicking on it or over on my flickr page.

Roof Angle

Roof Angle

The atradius building in Cardiff Bay is an interesting looking building with it’s sharp angles and dominant size. The roof in particular has some great details and juts out like the sail of a ship, in keeping with the nautical roots of Cardiff Bay I assume.

I wanted to focus on the details of the roof and the sharp angles I mentioned. I’m really pleased with the photo as it has captured both of those and retained the shadows and highlighted areas and the lovely blue sky of the day. View a larger copy of the image on flickr by clicking on it or head to my flickr page.

There’s a couple of photos left from this trip which I’ll share in one final post. Till then, thanks for reading.

Chris.

Lego Hazmat Minifigure – Hard day at work

Lego Hazmat Minifigure

‘Lego Hazmat Minifigure – Hard day at work’

This has been one of my favourite Lego Minifigures I picked up recently. I’d been trying to think of ideas to shoot for a while with and set this one up in my kitchen. I didn’t have any hazardous materials to hand, so instead used some fairy liquid which I think works just as well.

Thanks for looking,
Chris

Freshwater West – Surfers faithful friend

Freshwater West

‘Freshwater West’

A faithful friend waits for his owner to return from a surf at Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire. The shot and others can be seen on my flickr pages here. This was taken with a lens gifted to me by my father in-law. He was into photography a couple of years ago and got himself a manual Canon SLR. As the lenses are mostly compatible with my EOS 350D he kindly gifted me his 70-210mm zoom lens.

I have to admit it’s not a lens I use a lot, maybe because I’m not really sure of situations and subjects suited to it, but I’m determined to keep it in use and will make an effort to dig it out of my kit bag more this year. It’s an interesting piece of kit as it’s a push-pull zoom. I found a review on the lens here.

Thanks for looking,
Chris