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July 2016
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Photographers Resource |
ISSN 2399-6706 |
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Issue No: 150 |
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The Lemurs at Bristol Zoo
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Half way through the year already and the
British weather is not the photographers friend. However we did manage to
get out a couple of days last month, with a visit to Bristol Zoo and
Stourhead, in Wiltshire
Our trip to Bristol Zoo was a typical British
showery day. It turned out this was a good location as many of the animals are
in buildings or have covered walkways, so we were able to dodge the showers. At
the end of our visit the sun came out, as usual, so on the way
home decided to travel over the Clifton Suspension Bridge. |
July, being the centre of our summer, is one
of the busiest months for events taking place throughout the UK. From the
heritage spectacles such as the Godiva Festival, Well Dressing, Wenlock
Olympian Games, Tewkesbury Medieval Festival with battle re-enactments,
through to
Swan
Upping
on the River Thames and the National Eisteddfod of Wales. But there is so
much more going on, on land, sea and in the air, whether your interest is wildlife,
motoring, airborne, sporting, carnival or the ridiculous you should find
something amongst our diary entries to suit you. |
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A Military re-Enactment with explosions and smoke
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On the wildlife front there are more insects and
bugs about, such as butterflies, Dragonfly and Damselflies, but also don't
forget to look down at your feet and look out for crickets and grasshoppers. A
good place for dragonflies is
Wicken Fen Nature Reserve,  in Cambridgeshire
where they have recorded over 22 different species of
Dragonfly.
Macro Photography,
the use of
Close-up Lenses
and using tripods is the photo methods required for this type of wildlife, but
you also need to be quick, they don't sit around for long. |
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Grasshopper. This one was amongst the stones at
Avebury,
in Wiltshire
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Looking out to
sea you may see dolphin pods, especially around the west and east coast of
Scotland. Its a feeding frenzy amongst all the wildlife, with all the new young being fed to get them big
enough and strong enough to make it through the coming winter, or as in the case of
some of the of the birds like Swifts and Swallows, to make epic journey's across continents at the end of
summer. |
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Our visit to
Stourhead, in Wiltshire
was mainly dry, at least while we were walking around the big lake it was,
so that was good and gave plenty of photo opportunities. This is somewhere we
normally visit during the autumn to capture the autumn colours of
the trees, changing from luscious green to oranges, reds and browns. However
during
May and June it is a mass of colour with the
Rhododendrons in full bloom. With it's large lake, grotto, garden temples
and historic house there is much to explore and capture here.
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A close up of Rhododendron Eisenhower at
Stourhead, in Wiltshire
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For something different this month, why not have a
go at some
Then
and Now Photography.
Start by identifying some old photos taken some time ago and then visit
the location today to see what has changed. We have a number of articles
throughout this resource to help you find out
Where to Get Old Prints From.
We also have a large selection of
Photochromes in our Photo Archive
 with many images
from around the British Isles. Photochromes are photographs that were taken from
the late 1800's to early 1900's, many of the British ones are from around 1905,
they were hand coloured to make them into colour photographs around 50 years
before colour photography came into existence. Take a look at
An introduction to
Photochromes
it's just like travelling back in time. The image below is an example of what
can be found in our archive. |
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What's New and Changed |
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Places Visited Last Month |
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Stourhead, Wiltshire
Bristol Zoo, Bristol
Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol |
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