27) Low Angle

Low angle photography gives a unique perspective of photographing a subject from below the traditional eye line and opens up a whole new world of different perspectives of both everyday and the not so much everyday subjects. The great thing about this topic is the possibilities are endless. Will a spontaneous shot work well or perhaps maybe some careful planning pay dividends? Shutter speed and aperture settings could also play a pivotal role in the finished photo. There are some links here and here.

Nature by TJ

The indifferent weather of summer 2012 made this topic quite challenging as opportunities to get out there with the camera have been limited at times. For me the essence of nature is being able to get up close to animals, plants and water, and to capture colour and vibrancy. I considered various ways of approaching this, and I decided to go for the "bigger" picture idea and get as much into the photo as possible to represent what nature means to me. I spent some time walking round a huge lake at Wellington Country Park near Reading taking photos and it was pretty much the last photo of the day I have chosen as for some bizarre reason the aquatic army seemed to gather together at the end of the day. It was a lovely tranquil scene and if I ever want to spend some quiet time on my own then is the kind of location I would choose.

My other photos captured individual elements of the whole story. The top left photo I concentrated on plant life with ducks in the background. Top right with the duck was a pleasing photo with the close up detail and water drops. Bottom right with what I am presuming are duck eggs is nature at work, and finally bottom right I chose a photo from Henley Regatta where amongst all the racing boats nature was never too far away.

Nature by The Blonde

I took these shots after a horrible grey and rainy day, I was so fed up of being inside looking out that I grabbed my camera and headed out to see what I could find! The muted light brought all the colours out and once the rain had stopped the insects also ventured out, and I was lucky enough to capture a couple just landing or hovering on flowers. I choose the final one, as I love the pop of colour and the depth of field making the background fuzzy, so the eye is naturally lead to the hover fly and its beautiful iridescent wings.

26) Nature

What better subject for this time of year? The abundant wet weather here in the UK has given the plants and flowers alot of watering, so the hedgerows are bursting with colour, not to mention all the insects and animals out there munching on it all!