Scuba Diving

I have been Scuba Diving for 29 years...........

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watch........

just a very bling dress watch belonging to my wife......

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chic shoes.......

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Cala

The favourite of my wife......we grow these in our garden

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Sandstone and Seaweed

At low tide, in a bay near my home, I found this..........

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Water Colors

Water has an amazing effect on colors..........these were below the surf at a beach here where I live...

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don't you just love christmas.

This young lady was promoting cameras in a store near my home, and I couldn't resist a shot of her......um.....wares..... ;-)

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Hydraulic Ram

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Cliff Diver........

I don't do chops, but I thought I would have a go at this one........please rip it to pieces if you will, it is the only way I will learn...:-)....the picture in the background is my own.

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driving........a self portrait

I took a number of shots of myself driving in these cool snow shades, to get a reflection.........so I guess this is a 'drive by' shot..........

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Still Life............

I have never really been a fan of still life..I don't shoot such things, but I thought I would have a go at 'constructing' one........ All the images used are my own...

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Lemon Entry My Dear Watson....

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fountain of light

2.5 sec exp f13 1000 iso

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Sun Over Lara Bay

I am not keen on shooting in the direction of the sun, I usually try and avoid it where possible. This shot was taken late afternoon, as the sun burst through the clouds, I could not resist shooting it. I converted to black and white, I liked the effect, it has more impact I think.

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Cala Lily

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No More Light

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Help For Haiti

An audience of over 600 people were treated to the music of The Sensational Simon B and Ian 'The Sax' Jones, and 12 other musicians, at Polly's Music Hall this week, in a bid to raise money for the Help For Haiti charity set up in the town. The event raised a staggering 5, 324 euros. During the conc...

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Thru The Looking Glass.......

Whilst playing with Fine Art shots for another contest, I made a few focus mistakes.......this is one of them!

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minimal detail

No selective editing, just b/w conversion, then winding up of contrast and brightness, curves and levels.

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more than one.........

made using 6 images, with the guy moving forward to a new position each time.

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just legs.

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nameless

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Get the point.......

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Across the Bay

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