Dave Frost Photography

Thank you for leaving me alone

Dave Frost — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:39:26 +0000

Following on from the previous post, poor old Daisy was duly left alone, and after a few hours hard graft last night successfully delivered four bouncing bundles of mischief. Cunnrently un-named (apart from number one who seems to be lumbered with Sticky) these ladies (and one gent) are all healthy, doing well and blissfully unaware that they’re going to have the camera shoved in their faces at every opportunity over then next few weeks….

First photo of this bunch – The eldest is around three hours, and the youngest around 30 minutes.

Fuck off and leave me alone……

Dave Frost — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:24:57 +0000

In keeping with the animal theme, Daisy, the long suffering Shih Tzu is now feeling every day of her pregnancy. Not only is she fatter than a Mars Bar Munching salad dodger, she’s a bit miserable with it.

Only a few more days to go and there’ll be plenty more to keep her occupied than a Camera in the face.

Which way to KFC?

Dave Frost — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:06:38 +0000

“Woody” and his mate used to live in the Leylandi trees at the back of the garden. Last year however, the trees went and he was forced to move next door but one.
Don’t think he bears a grudge though as he often drops in to say hello and aggravate the dogs.

Quite tricky to get a shot off as he moves about quickly – it’s also very gloomy out there at this time of the year.
Was pleased with this attempt, especially as the patio doors haven’t been cleaned for weeks. The Sigma 70-300 is definitelty out performing the old Tamron in pretty much every area at the moment.

Waxing Gibbous……

Dave Frost — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:27:52 +0000

Two words that no matter what, always make me smile like a naughty schoolboy. Absolutely no idea why, but it just does. As the old lens died whilst attempting a moon shot, I thought I’d test the new one on the same subject. I have to say that I’ve been impressed with the image quality of this sub £100 lens for the football photos with little or no chromatic abberation which was sometimes a problem with the Tamron.

Was quite pleased with the result of the moon as well – Detail is pretty good for a cheapy lens, and unless you’re pixel peeping it’s generally an acceptable image. This is a pretty heavy crop (not quite 100%) of the full photo, and as had a contrast boost and a little unsharp mask added prior to uploading.

Shutter speed was 1/320 @ f8.0 and you can see a bigger version here on my flickr stream

Shiny and reflective.

Dave Frost — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:21:30 +0000

Not sure why, but seem to have become slightly obsessive about reflections recently. Haven’t touched the camera for over a week and cabin fever has not irreversibly set in. Been meaning to hve a crack at these things since the storm in a teacup shot (see my Flickr stream) to try and capture some clouds etc. reflected in the water. for the last two weeks the skies have been a monotonous grey, so as the sun attempted to shine this afternoon I felt obliged to have a go at this.
Regrettably, my cd tray only had this knackered old thing in (it’s got more scratches than a cat’s scratching post) and I didn’t get the tripod out, but went OK from a test perspective.

For those that care, this was taken hand-held, with the Canon 50mm f1.8 plus 36mm kenko extension tube.

Daily Mail – Don’t Panic, there are still some things not on the list…….

Dave Frost — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:44:45 +0000

OK, so it’s got absolutely nothing to do with photography, at all, except for the fact that Digital Cameras don’t currently seem to pose a health threat (yet).

You’ve got to love the Daily Mail – What other UK newspaper would care so much about it’s loyal readers that they’d bend over backwards to warn you about all of the things that might be bad for you !! Thank heavens that smoking isn’t as bad as this lot, or I’d really be in trouble.

Without further ado, the unabridged (but probably not yet complete) Daily Mail list of things that will give you cancer.

Everybody needs it,

Dave Frost — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:42:28 +0000

Not everybody finds it. Some people find it and lose it, some people find it and throw it away. Ultimately, Love is a gamble.

It may be old, but it’s still one of my favourites

Dave Frost — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:48:25 +0000

A simple shot, of a simple owl. Snatched without thought.

You don’t need to be a forensic scientist

Dave Frost — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:38:10 +0000

To find fingerprints in my house…..
Was extremely bored the other day so I dusted off the 50mm and stuck 36mm worth of Kenko extension tube between it and the body. Went on a circular tour of the house randomly snapping anything I could focus on.

The great thing about the Macro shots is that they show up every single speck of dirt, grease or crumb of chocolate. Shortly after I took this, I cleaned the light switch.

A Dogs Life???

Dave Frost — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:33:57 +0000

I’d love to meet the person that coined the phrase “a dogs life” to mean that life’s a drudge, nothing but hard work with little thanks or love. How wrong could you get? – Every dog I’ve ever had, has had a better life than me. A dogs life, in my world, is one of regal laziness. A life where everything you ever need is handed to you on a plate, you’re constantly showered with unsolicited affection and love and generally speaking, it’s all pretty cushy.

See what I mean?????