The weather forecast for Monday was a little bit out. Instead of a cloudy and cool day as forecast, it turned out sunny and mild in the afternoon. We decided on a walk around the nature reserve at Walton.
It turned out to be the best afternoon of the week as the weather forecast, which had been predicting cold and wet weather all week, turned out to be correct apart from this short blip of fine weather on Monday afternoon.
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| Temperature & Rainfall Records 05-11 October 2020 |
I’ve become rather complacent with my photography at the allotment. I’ve been taking most of my photos and videos using my iPhone. The results are plenty good enough for what I require. The photos are used for blogging and record keeping purposes. As I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the photos, I’ve been using my iPhone on visits to several National Trust sites. Again I’ve been surprised by just how good the results have been.
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| Nostell Priory - National Trust |
Whilst my iPhone is pretty good for general landscape photography it’s not much use if you need a powerful zoom lens for wildlife photography. I’m amazed at just how good a handheld shot I can get with my Sony camera. The photo below is taken with my iPhone. On the far edge of the water it’s just about possible to make out there’s a couple of swans. I’ve circled them in red.
The photo below is from the same spot but taken with my Sony camera on full zoom. Not only is it possible to get a decent photo of the swan it’s even possible to read the number on its tag.
It goes without saying that on most of my outings my trusty Sony camera will be in my camera bag as you never know when you might need a really good zoom lens.
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Excellent work Martyn glad you have found what others have as well..phones take excellent photos which suit most people really well
ReplyDeleteWherever you go these days (although that's not many places at all these days) there's plenty of people taking pictures with their phones. Haven't got round to selfies yet though! We recently both updated to iPhone 11's from old phones starting to have a few battery issues.
DeletePs what model of iPhone are you using
ReplyDeleteM would have been impressed by your camera work!
ReplyDeleteEspecially as the lens doesn't look as though it's a spectacularly long zoom lens.
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