Busy Wells

This week has been a relatively quiet one for me, the weather hasn't been particularly good so most landscape photography was put on hold. I have been trying to walk along the quay in Wells-Next-The-Sea whenever I could during the daylight just to get some air. High tide coincided with the middle part of the day this past week so it was great to see the fishing trawlers busily coming and going, unloading their catch and preparing the boat for the next voyage. The Fujifilm X100 is great to have at hand on these sort of days as it's so small and inconspicuous people don't even bat an eyelid when you take their photo. I've been starting to use the electronic viewfinder (EVF) instead of the optical one. This has been slightly weird for me as I am so familiar with the excellent optical types on my Nikon DSLRs which are crystal clear. It has taken a bit of time and patience but I have to say I am now becoming rather fond of it on the Fuji. It allows me to check exposure, live histogram and horizon level all at once and when your eye becomes accustomed to the set up the whole thing becomes surprisingly user friendly, (and this on the older X100). The EVF on the new XT 1 is meant to be absolutely amazing and could truly revolutionise the way we all shoot in the future... I had better start saving. 

Coming home

Tying up

    

Little Blossom

This little blossom tree flowers every year around mid to late March. I love seeing it in bloom as it adds lovely vibrant pink colours to the garden. The flowers only last on average about ten days before the winds knock the delicate petals off the branches, but it's something I look forward to every year. It always fills me with joy when I see it flower.

Photographed with the Fuji X100 shooting towards the sun, I wanted to show the flowers against the bright sky as this is how I always see the tree when looking out of the window or standing on the patio. I overexposed the image by 1.3 E.V. to ensure the tree wasn't silhouetted against the sky. This 'blew out' the background giving the photograph a slightly dreamy effect. I'm now going away for five days and by the time I return I suspect the flowers will have all but gone, but I know it will be something I look forward to again early next Spring.

Pink Blossom

    

Cley Windmill pt. 2

Cley windmill

I wanted to post another image from my recent Cley shoot. This time a landscape orientated view. Taken just a few minutes after the previous shot,  http://brettgardnerphotography.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/cley-windmill.html, this one clearly shows the setting sun and the light hitting the reeds and side of the windmill. I'm not sure which is my favourite one.... perhaps I'll use them both.