Monday, December 27, 2004 (Tsunami day)

I love experimenting with angle in my photography. This is the Coal Exchange building on Cardiff Bay. Believe me, this photograph hasn't been adjusted for colour. It was a late Winter afternoon, with the sun low in the sky. It really was that colour.

This one was taken using the Canon telephoto lens. My advice:- buy the Cokin adaptors. They are so easy to use, small and the results are just great.

Pretty much the same shot, but without the wide angle adaptor.



Santa brought me a couple of new lenses for my Canon A80. I asked him for a Canon telephoto lens first of all. This costs about £60 here in the UK. To get it to fit though, you have to buy this adaptor ring thingy which has got to be the biggest rip-off you've ever come across. It's a piece of black plastic, no bigger than an aerosol lid and costing about £15. After I'd bought the telephoto lens, Cokin came out with this really nifty idea, a tiny lens that sticks to the front of your existing lens with a magnet.
This shot was taken at Llantwit Major beach on Boxing Day. I used the Cokin magnetic wide angle lens. Although it was mid-day, the sun was very low in the sky making for really interesting light conditions. I know it's a lousy picture. Never mind the quality, feel the width