Leaden Hall

Cypress hill

Seen from the motorway to the black mountains the other day. This large, handsome, lollipop or feather duster shaped Cypress tree - begged to have its portrait taken! After a quick detour, I shot it with two overlapping exposures, camera on its side in portrait mode,...

morning mist

I was emailed a few weeks ago, asking how to create a mist effectwith textures. My tardy answer is now shown here (sorry Bob!) This image was captured on the mountains last January.I'd not used these particular images because although I shot them in raw, It still had...