Got his spot

Wilson has reserved his winter spot.

Wilson

Wilson

Wilson

Wilson

Wilson

Wilson

Wilson

Tired dog

Lots of ball chasing

Doggy nose

Earrings

At Henshaws

World sight day

Henshaws

Tweet

I tweet too dam much!

Wilson

Dog

Sleeping dog

Rainy gym day

Channel 6

Mouse

Beer

Recent Flickr Shots

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So Much Hostility, Plate 6 by Thomas Hawk

So Much Hostility, Plate 6
Originally uploaded by Thomas Hawk

Loved this idea, need to keep my eye open for things like this :)

Hover Fly

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Tortoise

Tortoises
Originally uploaded by Alastair Montgomery

Slow and steady?

Saltburn Cliff Lift

Saltburn Cliff Lift
Originally uploaded by Alastair Montgomery

Detail of the stained glass in the cliff lift at Saltburn-by-the-sea

On the Bench

On the Bench
Originally uploaded by Alastair Montgomery

Seaside bench at Saltburn-by-the-sea

Pile of Pigs

Pile of Pigs
Originally uploaded by Alastair Montgomery

Bacon in the making? ;)

Old Bentley

Old Bentley
Originally uploaded by Alastair Montgomery

Taken with my HTC Desire

Quarry Skyline

Quarry Skyline on the North Yorkshire Dales

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Dales View from Toft Gate Lime Kiln

View over the Dales from Toft Gate Lime Kiln

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Moss and Lichen

Moss and Lichen growing on a dry stone wall near Kilnsey, North Yorkshire.

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Toft Gate Lime Kiln Close Up

Close up shot of the Toft Gate Lime Kiln in the North Yorkshire Dales.

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Hanging on

Hanging on
Originally uploaded by Alastair Montgomery

Toft Gate Lime Kiln

Experiments in HDR

Here is my first real attempt at an HDR image, taken from three shot with a 1.3+- exposure bracketing.
The foreground is a bit blurry as the wind was moving the plants and I wasn't using a tripod, notes for next time.

• After converting from the RAW files I arranged the three images as separate layers in Photoshop.
  
• The layers where arranged as +1.3 exposure,normal,-1.3.
  
• Then I added layer masks to the top two layers.
  
• Painting on the top layer mask I removed the "burnt out" sections from the top layers so the correctly exposed section from the layer below showed through.
  
• I repeated this again on the second layer.
  
• I ran a low Gaussian blur on the layer masks to soften the edges of the masks to reduce the halo effect.
  
• Then I merge each layer into the one below to create the finished image.
  

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Ripon Sunset Clouds

Ripon Sunset Clouds
Originally uploaded by Alastair Montgomery

Lilly

Lilly
Originally uploaded by Alastair Montgomery

From our front garden

Experiments in Photoshop

Been playing with this tutorial in Photoshop, using Dragan and David Hill Effects

Here is the before


and the after

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