Fresh Ground Photography – Exploring photography
One of my friends has a farm not far from the office where we both work in Narberth, Pembrokeshire. He has decided to fill it with rescue animals and turn it into a space that can be used for therapies focussing on mental health and dealing with physical disabilities. There are many different animals there, some of which have suffered quite severe abuse during their short lives. We decided to visit one hot, Sunday afternoon in June 2023.
I love going to Llanarthne to the Botanic Garden of Wales , there are so many opportunities … for both photography and cake … two of my favourite things. I took two lenses with me: a Lensbaby 56mm and a Canon 300mm. As expected, the Lensbaby produced some lovely, delicately soft images of flowers – just as I’ve described in earlier posts . But I had a feeling that we might see some more wildlife today so I packed the telephoto lens as well.
Have you ever noticed that sometimes the colour in your images is not quite the same as what you could see in real life? This could well be due to the white balance settings on your camera. I use a handy, small piece of plastic called a WhiBal card which helps me to calibrate my images to their correct colours. But why should you need to do this? Surely the colours of specific objects don’t change if you photograph them inside or outside; at dawn or midday?
Fresh Ground Photography – Exploring photography