Showing posts with label Day 11 - St Pater Port. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Day 11 - St Pater Port. Show all posts

Friday, 13 October 2017

Guernsey 09 - Castle Cornet, St Peter Port

After visiting the Bathing Poolsin St Peter Port and a spot of Lunch we met up at Castle Cornet with the Guernsey Photo Clubs. One of their members, Steve, is involved with the Castle and gave us a guided tour. I was fascinated by his talk, so much so I forgot to take photos !!. Here are just a few images.

More information can be found here on Wikipedia

Thank you Steve for a fascinating afternoon.
















Thursday, 12 October 2017

Guernsey 08 - St Peter Port Bathing Pools

The Bathing Pools in St Peter Port are a great area for playing with 'Big Stopper Filters'. These are neutral density filters that reduce the amount of light by 10 stops. The first picture here was taken at a shutter speed of 1/100th Sec. The rest were with the Big Stopper over the lens giving a resulting shutter speed of 8 seconds. A Tripod was obviously used.












Magnolia Shot with the Lensbaby Velvet 85mm

 All these shots were taken with the Lensbaby Velvet 85mm. All were taken at the wider aperture (all wider than f/5.6 but mainly at f/2.8 an...