Down by the Riverside - SixMileWater, Antrim

I was in two minds about whether to do some indoor shots last night or if it was another adventure around Antrim. In the end I decided on the latter but in hindsight I had probably left it a little bit late to get setup and ready to take some snaps. The shots were ok but I did learn a few valuable lessons with regards to light and movement again so in line with the age old cliche you know what they say...practice makes perfect! Only another 9900 pictures to go.....they reckon your first 10000 are the worst.

Sunset at Antrim Technology Park

Tried to take a few landscape/sunset pictures this evening up at the Technology Park in Antrim. I took about sixty pics and these were my favourite, the lighting was more difficult to work with than you would have imagined so plenty more practice required in this particular area.

Dice, Helicopters and Coloured Balls

Just having a fiddle with different exposure and aperture settings tonight with a plain background. A helicopter even landed in my kitchen!

Candlelit Wine Glasses

Ended up not getting very far today so practiced a few shots with the tripod tonight and finished up with this image....a half hour well spent I think.

Greenmount Agricultural College Antrim

We were lucky to be bestowed with another sunny Saturday but that doesn't always make easy work when taking pictures as I am slowly learning....bright light doesn't equal bright pictures! The original plan was to make a trip to Tardree forest but with the wife and troops in tow this didn't turn out to be a great first choice destination, you know what they said about the best laid plans. Anyway to cut a long story short we ended up at Greenmount College which turned out to be a beautiful location as it happens and it was hiving with artists and horticulturists galore. Maybe one day I'll appreciate the art of Bonsai trimming but for now I'll stick to the photography. I've already hit my upload limit for the month on flickr so you'll pick these ones up on Photobucket.

Greenmount College