Caz Photo Blog

I’ve been a bit lax at keeping up with this bit of the blog, but I’m hoping to catch up shortly!
July was a very mixed month, weather wise. It seemed to veer between heavy rain and too hot to move, all within a couple of days! Anyway, here are a selection of “nearly made it” [...]

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Overall, June wasn’t a bad month for pictures. I did take quite a few at home, exactly half of the month’s photos. But I also managed to get out and about locally as well as a little further afield.

First off, some “near misses” from the month:

[Evening Foxglove was a close contender for Day #162, taken near Ardleigh Reservoir]

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I’ve managed to keep up the My Year In Pictures project throughout January without too much trouble. They’re not all masterpieces by any means, but I’m pleased with most of the shots. Some days it was a quick grab shot with my compact camera, others I managed to get out with the DSLR specifically to take some shots (and get some exercise!)

First, I thought I would show you some “near misses” that almost made it as shot of the day during January:

[Patsy - one of the carousel horses I found in the Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park - was nearly pin-up girl for Day #5]

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I have already talked a little about the effects of high ISO noise in a previous post. And one of the reasons I wanted to upgrade from my Canon EOS 300D to my new 30D was it’s alleged better performance at high ISO settings, plus the ability to choose ISO 3200 in really dark situations, whereas the old camera would only go up to ISO 1600.

So I thought it might be useful to take a closer look at some photos taken with each camera, and see if things really are any better in dim conditions.

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