Flowers oil painting style

 

 My oil painting effect.  Canon 7d

 

 

Black and white buildings

 Had a bit of a wander yesterday after some strong cheese.  Got these pics on the way.  TZ80

Bulbs. brolly and black and white

 

 A few shots from the weekend.  Canon 5d3 and 24-105 Sigma art lens. (my favorite combination)

 

 

Think I'm getting too old for weddings?

 

 I did a wedding from a friend yesterday, and frankly I'm thinking it's time to pack it in.  I've done a lot of weddings over the years.  But my age and health are working against me now.

While I enjoy doing them.  Carrying a really heavy camera around all day is no fun.  Plus wedding are not the same as they were years ago.

Back in the day weddings were organised, they sort of ran on time-ish and we knew what was happeing.  No sadly it's just a fuck about.

Nobody knows or cares whats happening, the couple seem to just want to get steaming drunk and have fun.  Ok fair enough, but having people standing around for hours trying to get pics is a PITA.  Im my case it's real pain.  I have a long standing back problem, coupled with joint pain I'm struggling some days to manage normal stuff.

What I dont need is being buggered about by people who are pissed.  It's just not worth the pain on the day and the next day.  Today, I'm in agony.  Even doesd up on codine I can hardly get up and down the stairs

Trying to do the group photos was a nightmare, most couldn't give a shit, and the groom made it plain he wanted to be in the bar.  Fair enough but tell us to go home then and dont whinge we you get bugger all pictures.

I know weddings can be stressfull for the bride and groom, but how bad can it be to get so pissed you can hardly stand before the service starts.  If getting married to the love of your life is that bad.  get your coat and fuck off to Norwich or some where.  Time to pack it in while your ahead..

I've got a wedding next week my mates daughter, after that it's time for a proper think.

Flowers and fishermen.

 A few more from last nights dog walk.   The grave is someones dog, a much loved pet judging from the grave.

 Canon 7d.

Paraglider sunset and fisher woman

 

 From last nights dog walk.

 

 

Paddle boards and sunset

 

 Got these on last nights dog walk.  Panasonic TZ80

 

 

Flowers and cricket

 Three from a few days ago.  The cricket was at the long end of the zoom and cropped.  Compact camera TZ80

Mean movement?

 This is a method I came across recently, not sure what to make of it.  Essentially you make multiple duplicate layers, use free transform to ajust each slightly diferent, then turn time into a smart object, then use stack mode mean.

If I'm honest I cant see me doing many of them......  Maybe with the right subject, which I dont think either of these is.

A few random shots

 

 Took these a few days ago.  There might be a gap in real pics, I have builders coming in and god knows how long they'll take.  On past experience the great pyramid of Giza was built quicker than these fuckwits will do a simple job.

 The last morons I had to clean the troughs because theres a forest growing in them came out did the front, said it was too cold to do the back, and they'd be back in a few days... Thats was weeks ago and I've phoned them twice.  It's not like they've been payed up front.

 Anyway the photos.  Canon 7d and Sigma 18-250mm lens

 

 

Swansea seagulls, out of control.

 

 I went into Swansea yesterday, and while I was there I noticed the seagulls population is not only grown, but they are out of control. Swansea council needs to do something soon.

 I sat down to eat some food outsdie as it was nice, I was stlaked by several seagulls the whole time I was eating, some were swooping back and fro really close, some might find it intimidating.

 So I just finished my snack and a woman and boyfriend sit next to me on the bench.  The woman unwraps her big mac and BANG, it's flying away stolen by a seagull.  It took her whole burger.

 She freaked out and screamed, her boyfriend didnt even see what happened it was so quick.

 The tourist season is starting soon, now I know gulls have a reputation on the beaches, but this was a relaxing area of the town center.  Come on Swansea council.  Do something.

 

 Wanted for theft, and behaviour likely to cause a breach of the peace.  If seen to not approach, consider dangerous.

 

 

More AI

 

 

 

Last night walk.

 

 Looks like I missed a nice sunset last night, wasnt feeling that great though.  Took this on my walk home.  Off my phone

 

 

AI again.

 

 Some more AI images.

 

 

Some pics from last night.

 

 A bit of a selection from last nights walk.