Photocrowd

Found this new Photography website Photocrowd, competitions with a set brief, voting on the images and not the photographer. giving it all a go to re spark my photography.
The current brief is
The technique of panning allows us a brief moment of rebellion against the stillness of photography. Slow your shutter speed and capture the energy of moving objects.

Always trying to think different I have been trying some multiple exposures while panning with a wide angle lens.

Red Squirrels

We have been on a bit of a quest this year to see Red Squirrels, caught up with some at the National Trust nature reserve at Formby just outside of Liverpool.

landschaftspark

If you are into industrial rust and pipes then landschaftspark in Germany is the place to visit, 24 hour access to a row of blast furnaces and all the infrastructure that goes with it to manufacture pig iron.
I spent a few days there earlier in the year these are the first of  the many pictures I have to share.

RA Summer Exhibition 2014

visited the Royal Academy Summer exhibition a real mixed bag of work something for everyone here are a few that caught my eye-

Richard Moon- Madam Joyeuse

Ray Richardson- Trojan

Tim Shaw- Fertility Figures

Anthony Green- The Family,Sherborne St John

Bill Jacklin- Bathers

Christopher Oldfield- The Sickness Into Death

Kay Harwood- Gathering Dust

David Price- In The Sun Born over And Over

Flora McLachlan- Midsummer

Paula Rego- Camouflaged Hands

painting again

Every so often I hang up my camera and Photoshop and try my hand at painting, not used acrylics before they are very challenging with the speed they dry but still very enjoyable.