Euphorbia Blues
Euphorbia Blues by Jason Swain. It’s Monday, but the sun is shining and its a holiday here in the UK, so here’s some colour to celebrate! My first time using the Macro lens (Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM) on the full frame Canon 6D camera body, and as i’m finding with all the lenses, they all [...]
Moon seed
Poppyseed head, sometimes known as Moon Seed (s) by Jason Swain. Shallow Depth of field created using the Canon 100mm Macro lens at f2.8 on a Canon 7D body. (exif = 1/500 f2.8 ISO100) Moon seed, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. ———————————– ©2012 Jason Swain, All Rights Reserved This and the other photos on the site [...]
Lest We Forget
Lest we forget by Jason Swain. I didn’t forget remembrance day 11/11 I’ve been away, but I held my own minutes silence at the right time And now i’m home, i found a suitable poppy tribute in the archives. Many people have paid a terrible price for our freedoms, the very least we can all [...]
Tulips
Backlit Tulips from the Ventnor Botanical Gardens on the Isle of Wight By Jason Swain. From the exif data I think it was shot with the lensbaby, grain added later in Adobe Lightroom for artistic reasons Tulips, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. ———————————– ©2011 Jason Swain, All Rights Reserved This and the other photos on the [...]
Blue Monday
Blue Monday by Jason Swain. Heavenly Blue (Caryopteris x clandonensis) in my garden from last year, blowing away those ‘back to work monday blues’ Blue Monday, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. ———————————– ©2011 Jason Swain, All Rights Reserved This and the other photos on the site are all ©2012 Jason Swain with All Rights Reserved. The image is not [...]
White tulips – Wight Wedding
Wight Wedding by Jason Swain. I’m Shooting a wedding today on the Isle of Wight, with my good friend Psychedelic Surfer hoping for a bit of sunshine like the day when I captured these Tulips at Ventnor Botanical Gardens. Click here to read an interview I did recently for the Wight Wedding Days website. White tulips [...]
You are not alone
You are not alone By jason swain. Shallow Dof and poppyseed heads. You are not alone, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. ———————————– ©2012 Jason Swain, All Rights Reserved This and the other photos on the site are all ©2012 Jason Swain with All Rights Reserved. The image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without [...]
Red Admiral Butterfly
Red Admiral Butterfly, Shot mid September, Totland Bay, Isle of Wight. By Jason Swain. I’ve read that apparently the indifferent (crap) summer in the UK has hit the butterfly population really hard, with some of the species showing alarming rates of decline, the ‘Big Butterfly Count’ had ‘Red Admiral Butterfly’ numbers down by 72%. I’m not [...]
Take me to your leader
By Jason Swain. The title ‘Take me to your leader’ was really just the first thing that came into my head I thought it looked a little like an alien life form! This macro photo, shot with the Canon 100mm f2.8 lens, is following on from the last floral post i made earlier this week ‘plant [...]
Plant Sexuality
Plant Sexuality by Jason Swain, something vibrant and sexy to help blow away those monday blues on a very grey, wet and windy morning here on the Isle of Wight. I don’t know what the name of this tree / plant is, i first asked for an ID about three years ago on flickr but [...]
50mm Crocosmia blues
By Jason Swain. Just a bit of fun playing around with the shallow Depth of Field and lovely colours produced with the Canon 50mm f1.2 lens, shooting some Crocosmia (Montbretia) flowers earlier in the summer. 50mm Crocosmia blues, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. ———————————– ©2012 Jason Swain, All Rights Reserved This and the other photos on [...]
Montbretia Flowers
By Jason Swain, Just having fun in the garden shooting Montbretia flowers and playing around with the shallow DoF and lovely colours you get with the Canon 50mm f1.2L lens again, its tricky to use but very addictive once you start trying. Montbretia Flowers, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. ———————————– ©2012 Jason Swain, All Rights Reserved [...]
The Silent Assassin
The Silent Assassin, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. Can you see him? ———————————– ©2012 Jason Swain, All Rights Reserved This image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without the explicit written permission of the photographer.
The King is dead long live the King
The King is dead long live the King By Jason Swain. Still with the poppyseed heads and just in time for bokeh wednesday, this was shot with the Canon f2.8 100m macro lens, and as i said in yesterdays posting, I like to shoot the wild poppies through their whole life cycle, i think there’s beauty to [...]
End of the line.
By Jason Swain. Poppyseed heads captured here as they approach the end of the line, shot with the Canon 100mm f2.8 macro lens, and a bit of grain added during post-processing in Adobe Lightroom. I like to shoot wild poppies through their whole life cycle, i think there’s beauty to be found at every stage. [...]
Monday Morning Montbretia
By Jason Swain. Backlit Montbretia (or Crocosmia) flowers in my garden, shot from below to isolate against a lovely blue sky. Having fun with the shallow Depth of Field and lovely colours from the Canon 50mm f1.2 lens and the Canon 7d. Monday Morning Montbretia blues, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. ———————————– ©2012 Jason Swain, All [...]
Red Poppy Kisses
By Jason Swain. I couldn’t help thinking of lipstick when i saw the water droplets and rich reds in this poppy macro shot with the Canon f2.8 100mm lens on the 7D body. And Red Poppy Kisses seemed like a perfect title Red Poppy Kisses, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. ———————————– ©2012 Jason Swain, All Rights Reserved [...]
The Poppy Seed Head Sundial
By Jason Swain. Macro of a Poppy Seed Head shot from above with the Canon 100mm f2.8. PP done in Lightroom 4. The Poppy Seed Head Sundial, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. ———————————– ©2012 Jason Swain, All Rights Reserved This and the other photos on the site are all ©2012 Jason Swain with All Rights Reserved. The image [...]
On your mark, Get set, Grow! The Olympic Poppy.
By Jason Swain. The Olympic Poppy, another from my wild poppies series shot the Canon f2.8 100mm macro lens. I hope to win the award for the most tenuous (and tedious) Olympic link with this title and see this earlier post for another view of an emerging poppy flower. On your mark, Get set, Grow! [...]
Eryngium maritimum – Lensbaby
By Jason Swain. Another Sea Holly (Eryngium maritimum) study from the floral photo archives. It’s still one of my favourite plants to shoot, i think it has an unconventional beauty with its spikiness and purple and green colouring. This one was shot with natural lighting, using the old manual lensbaby lens, the f5.6 aperture, and a [...]
After the rain – Poppy macro
Taken on my recent poppy macro shoot with the Canon f2.8 100mm macro lens, this one is just after a rain shower and the poppy petals had amazing colours. After the rain – Poppy macro ———————————– ©2012 Jason Swain, All Rights Reserved This and the other photos on the site are all ©2012 Jason Swain with [...]
Emerging – Flowering Poppies
By Jason Swain. Continuing my recent recent fascination with all things poppy related, here’s a shot of some emerging flowering poppies from my garden. Shot with the Canon f2.8 100mm macro lens, giving lovely DoF and colours. Emerging – Flowering Poppies, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. ———————————– ©2012 Jason Swain, All Rights Reserved This and the [...]
Centre Stage with Natural Lighting
Another poppy photo from the series shot with the Canon 100mm macro lens, and this is pretty much SOOC with natural lighting. I love the way it looks like it’s either staged lighting or heavily post-processed with a vignette. Centre Stage with Natural Lighting, originally uploaded by s0ulsurfing. ———————————– ©2012 Jason Swain, All Rights Reserved [...]
Bumble Bee Number 1733, this is poppy traffic control, you have permission to land.
By Jason Swain. Having a look at this years crop of poppies through a different lens again, this time its with the Canon 100mm macro, and after the experiments with the 50mm and long-exposures, its just a nice simple Bumble Bee in flight shot, where i wanted the bee to be in focus with a bit [...]