perfect effects 8 - grunge strong filter

For a limited time onone software's picture effects 8 is being given away - see link below
www.ononesoftware.com/landing/pe8offer/

I've been having a play with it, the first photo here is straight out of camera, the second one is with the grunge strong effect added.

restoration sign, a photo by GaryDavidson on Flickr.


restoration sign perfect effects 8 - grunge strong filter, a photo by GaryDavidson on Flickr.

DIY camera/flash mount

Ok, so I half cheated, I bought the ball mount. It was from ebay and cost less than £5 so there is no way I'm going to build one. I'll also confess to cheating with the other half as well, I didn't make the clamp. I already had it but I had to drill the hole a bit bigger to fit the bolt through. So yes all I really did was bolt one to the other.

It's not perfect, a DSLR is too heavy and moves about a bit, but it will work fine for a compact camera or for a flash. I was thinking about drilling a new hole further up the clamp but there is supporting plastic on the inside that I don't want to drill out, I think it will weaken the clamp too much. Instead I'll keep an eye out for a better clamp to use.

I gatecrashed an autotest today to fill a few hours, this was part of the HERO LEJOG rally 

what is HERO?

basically anything over 30 year old is allowed in

what is LEJOG

entry starts at £2500 so it should come as no surprise that something like this is was the first car through

add in a few of these 

and that many of these I haven't counted them all

how about some big old mercs

I liked this SAAB

there were about 3 or 4 golfs

a one headlight wonder

proper mini

a much more down to earth porsche

some old rovers

a few random others

So, are these cars rare enough for you? No, then get ready to say "epic fucking spot" a few times.....

enjoy

Clayton-Le-Woods Service Reservoir

Clayton-Le-Woods Service Reservoir was originally built in 1883-84, this reservoir was built to provide water for the Leyland area in Lancashire. The Reservoir was taken out of service back in the 1940's but remained as a backup until the 1980's. It's now about to be demolished to make way for some new homes. Before it gets pulled down they have opened it up to the public so I took a wander around with my camera. Here are some of the photographs.

The whole set of photos are available on my flickr page
http://www.flickr.com/photos/garyd155/sets/72157636729458594/with/10367378815/

Lego Camera

I'm a member of Leyland Photographic Society and we have 5 themed competitions, one of them for next year is 'shadows', this could be my entry unless I take something better.

Lego Camera, a photo by GaryDavidson on Flickr.

SALT 7 - Soviet Auto Luxury Tours - Cheshire

This weekend I hitched a ride along in a Trabant for the SALT tour around Cheshire, visiting both Hack Green secret nuclear bunker and Jodrel Bank telescope.

here are a few photos all taken with my Lomo lens

I've still got a load more photos to process that I'll get put up soon.

getting out and about and shooting.......at last

It's been quite a while since I last updated my blog, I've not been out much with my camera so that's my excuse. I've mainly been sat in my living room hunting cars down on the internet for my project instead. But this weekend I'm off for the first shoot, I'm going to a Porsche 924, can't wait.