Yesterday’s transit of Mercury across the Sun taken during a late afternoon break in the clouds here at Le Gupole. Mercury is the smaller dot to the left; the other mark is a sunspot.
Canon EOS40D with Canon EF 70-200mm lens at 176mm with 3.0 1000x ND filter ISO100 1/8000 at f/18. Handheld shot with the diaphragm button depressed to reduce the sun’s intensity on my eye!
Timing 2.56 p.m. CEST (UTC+2). Location ~43N 12E
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This flower from one of many Chinese lantern plants (Physalis alkekengi) in our garden manage to survive the wet winter without disintegrating entirely, remaining quietly beautiful in its weathered state.
Canon G3X ISO200 1/125 at f/7.1
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Magical morning light hitting the trees below our house.
Canon G3X ISO160 1/250 at f/6.3
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Two phlomis flowers enjoying a joke.
Canon G3X ISO200 1/100 at f/8
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Sunrise over Monte Dogana, Val Cerfone, Tuscany (the view from our house!)
Canon G3X at 8.8mm (24mm equiv) ISO160 1/1600 at f/10 with ND filter enabled
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It was getting dark on the beach in Kamala when I noticed my reflection in a vendor’s plastic mirror that was flapping around in a in the breeze. I have brought up all the levels in LR to show the background in the car park where the stalls were being packed away for the day. The sun had set into the sea behind me.
Canon G3X ISO 800 1/1000 at f/9
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Wisteria has a reputation for being something of a garden thug in that it invades and spreads relentlessly. This one merrily took over a dead plum tree and is always glorious when we return in late April.
Canon G3X ISO320 1/80 at f/7.1
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The resident hare in our garden checking me out rather warily when I disturbed his breakfast just now. A second after this was taken he shot off to find fresh cover.
Canon G3X at 220mm (600mm equiv) ISO500 1/320 at f/6.3
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The corrugations in the hills that wall our valley are especially dramatic at this time of year when the morning mist lifts from the folds as they warm with the rising sun.
Canon G3X ISO200 1/1000 at f/7.1
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Bucolic bliss in the Tuscan hills – the view from our bedroom at eight this morning.
Canon G3X ISO200 at 8.8mm (24mm equiv) 1/640 at f/7.1
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Welcome to the revamped dgcPhoto site, complete with a new theme and a new look.
I’ve been rather busy with other things for a while, so I thought a makeover was more than overdue. I hope you like it.
In many ways, the site is the same as before except that with the new theme it’s easier to navigate and more efficient to load. And the layout is far cleaner.
I’m currently using two cameras: the truly excellent Canon 90D I bought several months ago that is streets ahead of any other camera I’ve owned over the years, and a Canon 100D that I’ve had for a couple of years — a really lightweight little workhorse. I am also using my iPhone SE far more than I expected. The latest OS makes it an incredibly versatile camera.
Keep checking out the galleries; the old ones have been reinstalled and new ones are being added.
What were the ‘other things’?
Check out ‘My Novels’ here or in the menu above where a couple of clicks will take you to the world of ClarkeFiction and details of my seven edge-of-the-seat thriller novels and my wife Gail’s wonderful fully illustrated children’s books.
