Squashy Frog Photography http://www.squashyfrog.com My personal photography site which inludes my photos and articles on photography and all my interests Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:33:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 51.206390.06983SquashyFrogPhotographyhttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with Yourminis.comAdd to Any Feed Reader Yellow http://www.squashyfrog.com/2009/08/04/yellow/ http://www.squashyfrog.com/2009/08/04/yellow/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:33:00 +0000 Kol Tregaskes
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http://www.squashyfrog.com/?p=364 Yellow by you.

Photo taken in the garden on one of those rare sunny days here. ;-)

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http://www.squashyfrog.com/?p=359 Cornfield by you.

A slightly long walk away from the house I found these fields ripe.

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http://www.squashyfrog.com/?p=357 Sheep and the lamb by you.

I was out with the long lens one day and captured a few shots of the sheep and their pups who were in a field behind out vet.

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http://www.squashyfrog.com/?p=350 First snow by you.

Hello, this is my first proper new photo in ages!! Sorry for being away for so long. Just lack of time, lack of motivation and lack of access to Photoshop CS. Hopefully I’ll be able to get a few more done before my trial runs out in 12 days time.

This was taken in the fields near my house after a we got covered in snow (for the first time in years) in February 2009. We don’t get much snow here so I made the most of it and took lots of pics.

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http://www.squashyfrog.com/?p=348 Chris Moyles and Fearne Cotton - The Red Nose Climb 2009

OK everyone if you can please donate as much as you can afford to Comic Relief. Either via the website or via text. Please visit the site above for more info.

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http://www.squashyfrog.com/?p=346 Another shot from Millennium Wood in Edenbridge.

Frost

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http://www.squashyfrog.com/?p=343 Saturated photo.

Wires in a field

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http://www.squashyfrog.com/?p=341 The Tonbridge Squirrel

These chaps were so easy to photograph. As soon as I walked up to the canal near Tonbridge Castle they were everywhere. I was only there for a minute or two but got lots of photos.

I’ve given this one a comic feel with the help of a PS action.

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http://www.squashyfrog.com/?p=332 A frosted branch in the sunrise.

Warm frost

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http://www.squashyfrog.com/?p=327 The blue bells (and buttercups) have sprouted everywhere here in Edenbridge! This is the field behind our local vet. There is a small wood on the other side of a stream and this is the edge of the woods. Behind me is a field of buttercups, to the left of me is a hill leading to the railway track and to the right of me is a field full of sheep. :-)

To me this shot looks like it’s an HDR image but I can ensure you that it’s not and most of the processing was done in Camera Raw with some tweaking in Photoshop.

Shot taken with my Sigma 10-20mm wide angle lens, which I’ve not used in ages!

Blue bell fields forever

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A peony in the back garden. I’ve had a little play with the saturation.

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http://www.squashyfrog.com/?p=287 In a continuing effort to post something, anything here (instead of just leaving it to collect dust) I’m going to try and post a pic a day from my Flickr stream.  Nothing fancy, but please add your comments here and/or on Flickr.  I’d love to have any feedback on this and anything I post here, on Flickr as well as FriendFeed (which I’m trying to link to this blog as much as possible).  Today’s pic:

High contrast shoot of a water-covered leaf in the back garden.

Drops on leaf

Click on the image to go to the pic on Flickr.  There you can see the original plus comments already posted.

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http://www.squashyfrog.com/?p=248 My dog, Kaz, covered in mud one day. He stuck his whole head in a muddy pond while on a walk in the fields.

Dark and dirty (ie. the first photo) can be found here.

Even dirtier and darker

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http://www.squashyfrog.com/?p=245 I asked the question on Twitter and these were the replies.  Thank you for all the kind people who replied, if you wish to add your tips please reply to the tweet here.

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koltregaskes: What is the best photography tip you could give to anyone? #photog #photography #photographer #tip

about an hour ago
icebeard 999 normal What is the best photography tip you could give to anyone?

Photo_John: Learn to see what’s really in front of you. #photography #tip

about an hour ago
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jigarchamp: Shoot More! Shoot More! and…Shoot More! #photog #photography #photographer #tip

about an hour ago
Photo 2 normal What is the best photography tip you could give to anyone?

johncpiercy: bring your camera everywhere

about an hour ago

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http://www.squashyfrog.com/?p=240 For some reason this shot came out really dark (no idea what I did) but I went with it and created this pic of Kaz after he stuck his head in a muddy pond.

I’ve recently been taking him to a new place behind our vet.  It’s near a field of sheep but completely fenced off so he doesn’t cause them any grief.  It’s a long walk to get to it and so is very quiet, though the odd train going by does break the silence.  It’s also near the oh-so-lovely sewage works but I don’t really notice it.

You get a pretty good view as the field is on a hill so I hope to put up my shots from it.

Dark and dirty

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2836364575 bf9bfdc268 Squashy Frog Photography gets a generous mention on Discovery Through eLearning

Please also check out Tracy’s Discovery Through Photography blog.

Thank you, Tracy!

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1001 Noisy Cameras Universe (NetVibes) http://www.netvibes.com/1001noisycameras#1001_Noisy_Cameras_World
Adobe Photoshop Express http://www.photoshop.com/express/
Alltop – Photography http://photography.alltop.com/
Aphlog http://aphlog.com/
Aviary http://a.viary.com/
Camerapedia.org http://www.camerapedia.org
deviantART http://www.deviantart.com/
Digital Camera Magazine http://www.dcmag.co.uk/
Flickr http://www.flickr.com/
Flickr Grab http://www.flickrgrab.com/
flickrstr http://flickstr.basementserver.com/
flickrvision http://flickrvision.com/
Free Digital Photography Tutorial Site http://www.geofflawrence.com/
image suggestions from InSuggest http://images.insuggest.com/
iPhotoForum.com http://iphotoforum.com/
Photo Answers http://www.photoanswers.co.uk/
PhotographyVoter http://photographyvoter.com/
photophblow http://www.photophlow.com/
Photoshop Essentials http://www.photoshopessentials.com/
PhotoshopTechniques Forum http://photoshoptechniques.com/forum/
PictPicture http://www.pictpicture.com/
Pixdaus http://pixdaus.com/
Talk Photography http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/
vi.sualize.us http://vi.sualize.us/
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2748792991 6602a11cb4 Facebook Page for Squashy Frog Photography

Everyone is more than welcome to join as a fan.

Check the article titled, “Facebook Blogs Network page for Squashy Frog Photography” for details of the other FB page.

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2748793171 c82c3ac780 Facebook Blogs Network page for Squashy Frog Photography

Free feel to join the network!

Check the article titled, “Facebook Blogs Network page for Squashy Frog Photography” for details of the other FB page.

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2748793797 304bd43575 NetVibes page for Squashy Frog Photography

There is lots of things here, the first page is feeds from my various social media pages, Twitter, FriendFeed (profile and room) and Flickr.  Then there are several tabs including:

  • Photography Articles: headlines from the best photography-related blogs on the net
  • Photos: A collection of my favourites photos and most interesting from Flickr
  • Photography Blogs: list of the best photography blogs around
  • Photography Sites: another list, this time of the best general photography sites you’ll find
  • General News: a few feeds from my favourite news pages
  • Internet: the best feeds from a few Internet blogs
  • Entertainment: feeds from various entertainment sites
  • Sport: sports-related feeds
  • Misc.: and various feeds from sites that don’t fit into any of the above
  • Kol Tregaskes: these are feeds from my personal social media/news services

They’ll be more added all the time so please anyone is welcome to use this page.

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