Volumes from Verulamium – 2.0

This heron was hanging around a coot’s nest in Verulamium Park on the River Ver.
I suspect he was looking for dinner
Technical notes: Nikon D90 with Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AF. ISO 200, 1/60 at f/4.0.

Technical notes: Nikon D90 with Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AF. ISO 200, 1/50 at f/1.8. Model: Phoebe.  Consumables: Chicken and cheese!

Technical notes: Nikon D90 with Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AF. ISO 200, 1/1050 at f/3.5.  Lots of fiddling with levels in Lightroom to get the Abbey visible without the sun blown out in the sky.

Street performer, Covent Garden.
Technical notes: Nikon D90 with Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AF. ISO 200, 1/1250 at f/2.8

Tuna and shrimp just hoovered up!
Technical notes: Nikon D90 with Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AF. ISO 200, 1/50 at f/1.8. No flash. That’s why I love the ‘nifty-fifty’.

Broad Street, Covent Garden.  K2 phone boxes.
Technical notes: Nikon D90 with Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AF. ISO 200, 1/2000 at f/1.8

Blackfriars National Rail station is being largely rebuilt and extended across the river for 2011; until then the Underground station is closed.  There is a lot of work going on above and below ground; this is one of the cranes involved.
It’s a mess at the moment, but 12 carriage trains will make it worthwhile, I’m [...]

My lovely wife has been baking again.   These delicious blueberry muffins come from this book:

Rachel’s Favourite Food at Home

Some of you may know that I’m a fan of Scott Kelby. He’s a great photo educator, both for photography and software.
Anyway, last year he arranged a worldwide photo walk to celebrate the launch of his Digital Photography Book Volume 2. This year he organised a second one, co-incidentally at the time of the launch [...]

It’s been hot, hot, hot all week.  The gentle breezes of today are very welcome.  I’ve been trying to avoid the peak of the rush hour for the last week and, if I’ve not been able to, to get on a slow train which are normally a little cooler. So I’ve not been too much [...]