Trying to make the most of the little time I had up NW, I decided to wrap up and head out on my own before meeting up with Dave later on. I literally walked the front, and found lots of shooting opportunities.

It’s strange being in someone elses environment, I almost felt like I shouldn’t be shooting some of the subjects I saw. It almost felt like theft. One thing that the NW coast is short of in winter is people, and whilst I’m sure there were plenty about, I certainly didn’t come across too many. It was only just after 9am, and about -4 degrees when I shot this. Not something I’d fully recommend to everyone, but it was good fun being out with my camera again. I absolutely loved the time I had, I guess it was uninpinged (is that a word?), what I mean to say is that I didn’t have to think about the kids (too much), as I’d been releived of that stress for a couple of days, something I’d like to return to my wife when i can afford to do it.

Anyway I did meet up with Dave an hour or so later and we ventured back upto the railway / powerstation, an image from which I will blog tommorow night.

This image is a 3 image HDR in 1Stop increments either side of the exposure below, created in Photomatix Pro, and I followed the tutorials written by my good friend at Chromasia which enabled me to give it a go. Like I’ve said before I’m not necessarily a major league fan of HDR I thought I’d give it a go. And quite enjoyed it…..csj