World Photography Forum

Male Adder

brianleecy — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:11:59 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: Stalked this Adder with Canon A95 Powershot,prob not the best camera for the purpose,with only a 3x zoom,its in typical alert pose ie head slighty raised,i didnt bother removing any of the bracken out,basically leaving the pic alone.

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Green Tiger Beetle

brianleecy — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:54:43 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: These Beetles are one of the most challenging that ive tried to photograph,as they noy only run fast,they also fly out of your range.

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Fu Manchu Lionfish

brianleecy — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:13:54 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: This pic was taken in my Nephews tank,used the on camera flash,which isnt the best flash position for aquaria,but was quite happy with the result.

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Lichens

brianleecy — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:21:14 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: Tramping over the moors,i was trying to find a bit of colour,and noticed all around these tiny lichens.

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Ice Formations

brianleecy — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:45:39 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: Heres another shot of an Ice Formation from Black Clough Langfield.

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Magpie Moth

brianleecy — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:17:15 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: Managed a few shots as it settled on a leaf,this is a species that can be seen on the wing in daylight,taken on holiday last summer in Guernsey.

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Shield Bug

brianleecy — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:39:18 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: Managed a couple of shots before it went underneath a leaf,i think its a Hawthorn Shield Bug ?

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Stormy Sky in black and white

brianleecy — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:39:39 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: I wanted to depict that dark brooding sky,i know cropping would have made more impact,but them storm clouds are what i was trying to depict,i think its a lot better in b/w though as Andy says.

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Stormy Sky

brianleecy — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:07:36 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: The light changed constantly,liked the effect of the gathering clouds.

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Think we need more salt !!

brianleecy — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:08:44 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: There were some rather deep snowdrifts on the top road,i nearly walked past this abandoned car.

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Theres Always One !!

brianleecy — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:01:17 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: Noticed one sheep keeping away from the others.

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Flowerscar

brianleecy — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:53:01 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: Noticed some interesting changes in the light.

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The Long Stoop

brianleecy — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:36:25 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: This stone is situated on the Penine Way above Mankinholes near Todmorden West Yorks.

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Gauxholme Lock Rochdale Canal

brianleecy — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:37:28 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: I noticed the effect of the heavy snow ,and cropped just part of the bridge so the snow was visible against the dark structure

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Ripples at Sunset

brianleecy — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:18:58 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: Noticed these ripples on the Rochdale Canal,with the sunset reflecting,creating a nice tranquil scene.

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Sunset over Langfield Common

brianleecy — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:36:58 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: Another pic at the start of the year from Langfield Common near Todmorden,West Yorks.

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Frozen Water Droplets

brianleecy — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:44:36 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: Noticed some amazing ice formations in a small clough.

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Icicles

brianleecy — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:27:25 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: Theres a small clough near where i live,it never gets any sun in Winter,the ice formations are just amazing,these were in a cave so i used a blip of flash.

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Ghost Koi,dark form.

brianleecy — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:15:09 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: Photographed with speedlite bounced from above with white card,set to 1/32 power and a low powered gun left of handheld camera.

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Into the Sunset

brianleecy — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:56:12 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: New Years Day at Stoodley Pike,West Yorks,it was so good to get out there after being couped up for Days,had an amazing walk.

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Regal Tang

brianleecy — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:54:56 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: Not the easiest of subjects to photograph,but they are beautiful.

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Comet

brianleecy — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:46:42 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: Still trying to refine flash set up,this was canon 420 speedlite bounced off white card above set to 1/32, and a old gn 16 flash heavily diffused fill in to left of camera, canon G9 which was handheld.

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Nephews Marines

brianleecy — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:11:08 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: Ive been trying my G9 On nephews tank,im still experimenting with flash set up,this was taken with 1 flash with a white card to bounce the light down to soften it ,the fish are left juvenile Emperor Angel and a Regal Tang,i liked the position of them both.

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Oscar Portrait

brianleecy — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:53:54 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: Thought id crop this to just an head shot,used in built flash on G9.for a different portrait pic.

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Leaves and Stream

brianleecy — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:58:06 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: Noticed this beech over hanging the stream,on a walk down this clough yesterday,the high winds have brought many leaves down before they have coloured up,but therse still hope !

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Autumn Beech Leaves

brianleecy — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:16:02 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: I was out looking for a different shot,when i noticed these almost translucent beech leaves from below.

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Silver Curly Ribbon !!!

brianleecy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:05:23 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: A photo of a piece of curly silver ribbon,after it passed through P Shop Elements !!

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The Outer Rings of Planet CD !

brianleecy — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:21:23 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: Angled a cd to get the light catching it so it resembled one of the planets ! used a tungsten light and canon A95 on a tripod.

Manipulated Leaf

brianleecy — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:17:11 +0000

by: brianleecy

Description: used a touch of zoom at very slow shutter speed,to accenuate the slight movement.darkened the highlights,and tinted towards magenta.

Leaf Eating Beetle

brianleecy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:09:15 +0100

by: brianleecy

Description: Tried my latest camera on this amazingly metalic beetle,which was quite lively,it did settle on this bit of bark long enough to get a few shots,before flying off.

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Small Elephant Hawkmoth

brianleecy — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:44:13 +0100

by: brianleecy

Description: Photographed in the early morning before it moved into vegetation and out of sight,as with a lot of species, numbers have been down in the last few summers,but seem to have picked up a little this year,the caterpillars are pretty spectacular also.

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Sea anemone

brianleecy — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:17:33 +0100

by: brianleecy

Description: Waited for this anemone to open up in my Nephews marine tank,used flash on canon a95 angled to prevent flashback.

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Badger After Dark Visitor

brianleecy — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:36:41 +0100

by: brianleecy

Description: This badger came for food fallen off the bird table,in a friends garden,i managed a few pics.

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Beautiful Beech Wood

brianleecy — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:02:37 +0100

by: brianleecy

Description: Tandle Hill Country Park has some great old beechwoods 2007 was an amazing Autumn,and hopefully this might be a good one ! im always looking out for diagonal lines,and noticed this scene,the sky was unfortunatley lacking any detail,so i opted for a tight crop.

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Frosty Birch

brianleecy — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:25:46 +0100

by: brianleecy

Description: Last winter,we had 3 days of this hoar frost,making some amazing sights on the landscape,it was a bit overwhelming for picture oppertunities,not to mention a bit nippy on the fingers !!

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Footie Watching Fish !!

brianleecy — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:43:54 +0100

by: brianleecy

Description: I was taking some pics of my Nephews Oscar Fish,when i noticed the reflection of the tv screen in top right corner,took quite a few shots before one went in the right postion.

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Autumn

brianleecy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:48:02 +0100

by: brianleecy

Description: Autumnal Leaves

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Frosty Barb Wire

brianleecy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:41:45 +0100

by: brianleecy

Description: Fence post and barbed wire covered in hoar frost.

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Swallow Tail Moth

brianleecy — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:43:09 +0100

by: brianleecy

Description: A common and beautifully delicatly marked moth,almost like crinkled parchment.

glyphipterix haworthana

brianleecy — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:35:34 +0100

by: brianleecy

Description: micro moth taken with canon a95 /pentax 50mm lens in reverse.

elachista argentella

brianleecy — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:22:30 +0100

by: brianleecy

Description: A micro moth,taken with canon a95 with reversed pentax 50mm lens.

Ruby Tiger,B Leecy

brianleecy — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:48:29 +0100

by: brianleecy

Description: Ruby tiger moth on bramble leaf.

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Pink Barred Sallow ,B Leecy

brianleecy — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:17:15 +0100

by: brianleecy

Description: Pink barred sallow resting on Autumn leaf.

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