“Bridge”

Hi everyone,

A Toned work of Hampton Court Bridge. Many years ago I used to work in one of the buildings in the top left of the shot. I walked over the bridge and back twice a day to a from work.

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Kind regards

leigh sig 2

New work- “Tree by the lake”

Hi everyone,

Colourful painterly work of a tree on the lake.

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Best wishes,

leigh sig 2

 

New work: “”A coffee in the park”

Hi everyone,

Shot this on a stroll down by the river last summer and had a coffee at the cafe.

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Kind regards to all,

leigh sig 2

New work – “River Work” – Painterly

Hi everyone,

Metaphorically-speaking I pulled just about all of my rabbits out of the hat for this one and it’s got tress in it! πŸ™‚

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Kind regards

leigh sig 2

New work: “People watching in Prague”

Hi everyone,

Painterly market scene, Prague

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Kind regards

leigh sig 2

It’s not called noise it’s called texture.

Hi everyone,

I submitted more than thirty additional works to Alamy. I heard back that an image had failed their QC process because it had noise and was soft. I’m not it the least bit worried or offended about that as they are a photo agency and as such they assess things using their own criteria and I am not, nor do I desire to be an editorial photographer. What I am annoyed about is that if one or more images submitted do not pass their QC then all the submitted images fail.

I cannot find any way of identifying which image/s apart from the one that they mention that have/might fail QC and therefore just re-submit the other images in-bulk. What it looks like one has to do is re-upload and re-submit one by one or a few at a time at the best and keep on doing so until the submitted images have all passed QC. I have e-mailed them for clarification on this point and I am awaiting their reply. If this is the way that their system works then I shall request that they delete my account as the QC process takes on average 24 hours every time and thus it’ll take weeks if not months of trail and error to upload my work, something I have neither the time nor inclination to do.

Kind regards

leigh sig 2

 

New work: Ham House in the Winter

Hi everyone,

Somewhere I’ve returned to quite a few times over the years ever since I was a kid. One can sit on the lawn and the squirrels are so tame that they’ll take food from one’s hand.

 

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Kind regards

leigh sig 2

Skylum Photolemur 2 for freeπŸ†

Hi everyone,

I though I’d share this with you, hope it is of interest.

From Skylum Software:

“We’ll give away Photolemur 2 for free for three days once this video gets 100,000 VIEWS!

All you have to do is follow these 3 simple steps:

1. Watch this video.
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3. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to stay tuned.”

Additional I got quite a nice photo tutorial e-book by e-mail after subscribing to their channel. I know this is an advertising campaign by them but free is free πŸ™‚ .

Kind regards

leigh sig 2

People like trees.

Hi everyone, according to Flickr my most popular four works, all of them with trees in them.Β  No coincidence that they were all Explored on Flickr. Okay, I can take a hint and fortunately I live near plenty of trees!. πŸ™‚ . You’ll find all my Explored on Flickr works on this page.

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Kind regards

leigh sig 2

Lens changer + reporter/backpack straps combo.

Hi everyone,

This works well, lens changer thingy plus my Op/Tech reporter/backpack straps attached to my Op/Tech camera strap and system connectors. They could be lengthened and adjusted as a matter of preference so that the camera is at the top and the lens is lower down if required as the system connectors fittings are interchangeable.

On further experimentation I have decided that, for me, it works better with the camera at the top, attached to the reporter straps and the lens changer below it attached to the camera strap but hey if I change my mind I can easily change them around. πŸ™‚

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Kind regard

leigh sig 2