363/121: 20 June 2010: In the wink of an eye..

Visited The Sage at Gateshead again today…this time to see Suzanne Vega. Misjudged the timing a little…got there too late to shop but too early for the gig. Had just convinced Naomi that she really wanted to look in the Baltic when the hooter went off to tell us the Millenium Bridge was going to be lifted.
Quite surprised by how much the whole structure seemed to flex as it was being tilted. Not sure if that was genuine or an optical illusion – either way, here’s a picture of it. It seemed quite a lot of effort for the rather small boat that passed through.

365/115: 14 June 2010: A Welsh River

Spent the evening in Betws-y-Coed ahead of meetings at Trawsfynydd the next day. Quite a pleasant evening so took a stroll into the village and took lots of photos which i think I’ll be using for my next assignment.
Not tried one of these blurred water shots properly before but as the accessible waterfalls were in the shade it seemed a natural thing to do. For those that don’t already know the effect is achieved by putting the camera somewhere sturdy and stable (a tripod is ideal, but a handy rock will do) then reducing the aperture to get a nice long shutter speed.