Saturday, August 1, 2009

This that and the next thing.

Just a complete mixture of stuff here.

This is a small rock-type thing that was on a beach,

I just took it from way down at the base to give it an interesting angle.





I like this. It looks like the tree is actually at the end of the bridge. Its not though :)







Me and my dad started having a camera shoot off ! So obviously I didnt take this picture!!





Some old ladder going into the sea


A boat called Beep






This is a completely different day. We went to visit some friends on the West Coast.
And me and my dad went for a walk :)
The guy sitting on the boat was posing and he didnt realise (Or maybe he did!)





This was part of a castle on the West Coast.



This is that castle. Or whats left of it.



Its called Ardvreck Castle, but when I first read the sign I was sure it said Aardvark, I was quite disappointed after that!

This is using the panorama setting on my camera :)


First I tried focusing on the graveyard. But I think it looks better like this !


Dog paw print





Its even got my shadow in it!!



Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Black Isle Wildlife park.

Yes, another wildlife park!
This was my dad's idea to go here- so both of us set out with our camera's!
This one is alot closer to home - luckily.
I learnt an important lesson!
Always charge your camera batteries before going on an outing.

We set of about 10am. Started taking pictures, and around 11am.
Batteries Empty.
The wildlife park people were very nice though, and said we could go back later again, without paying again, once we'd charged my batteries. So about 2pm. We set off again!!
There were Peacocks absolutely everywhere! And this one was very obliging and started showing off
Male and Female Peacock
His feathers are amazing!!


This may just look like water! But there's a duck in this picture. He just happens to be completely submerged!



And here is that duck!





This was one very nice hen - he sat perfectly still for ages while I took pictures!



This 'lil guy was sooo cute :) He kept coming out of his burrow looking for food!




The Wallaby's were adorable. I want one for a pet!!


These swans were doing some kind of mating dance - the noise they were making was crazy!


Always reminds me of 'comparethemeerkat.com'

This has to be one of the ugliest pigs I have ever seen in my life!


I put my camera through the railings, and the raccoon came right up to it.
It would have been an amazing picture,
there was just the problem that my camera was in full zoom.

The lemurs were really hard to take pictures of, as they were really rather feisty.
And extremely curious. So whenever you put your camera close to them - they tried to grab it!


I have never ever seen a goose sleep like this before!
He looks like he just crashed after a hard nights partying

Friendliest deer I've ever met! He let me stroke him and everything!

New Camera :)

I've been having to use my dad's camera for ages, so for my birthday he promised that he would get me a new camera.
And he did. It came on monday - and I love it!
Its an olympus SP-590.
26X wide zoom and 12 megapixel.
These are some of the first pictures I took with it.
Cliché, I know. There must be hundreds more pictures of piano keys.
But never mind.





This is a house down the road - Smoke was coming out the chimney so I thought it might be a good picture.



My sister and I were sitting in her bedroom, playing with her toys, when I had an amazing idea for a photo!
Tiger and Eeyore looking lost, as they aren't meant to be in that story! :)








My camera has loads of settings. One is it'll overlay two pictures. Which is exactly what you see here!!


Friday, July 3, 2009

Highland Wildlife Park

For the leisure days at my school, towards the end of term. We get to go on trips to different places, this year me and a few of my friends decided to go to the Highland Wildlife Park at Kincraig


Bus tour around the park


When you get into the park, you can drive around it.
We had one of the education officers from the park to give us a guided tour.

We were told about all the animals which we drove past.
Quite a few weren't out though, as they are doing some refurbishments.



Walking around the park.


The tiger was amazing. Just look at him :)And there was a couple of tiger cubs too :)

Wild cat

Capercaillie

The red Panda's were too lazy to get up for pictures :P


There was loads of monkeys! And they're all so interesting!
Grumpy monkey


Hungry Monkey :)



The otter was soo cute. He was asleep in his little nest.
I love the park's idea to have a glass panel so you can see him sleeping.


Snowy Owl


This goat's beard and antler's are amazing!



If anyone can tell me what this animal is I'll give them £100. Well, not really.
I really can't remember what he is!



Everybody know the rules of Chicken? :P


The pigs were actually really cute! Even if they STUNK!!



I had a great day :)

Monday, June 29, 2009

The Sky

I went out the other night and the sky was really pretty.
Just had to take some photos!


I like how the orange stands out and then there is just a silhouette

Electricity pylons always get in the way! But for once they came in useful (apart from the carrying electricity to my house thing) Made a good picture!! :)




About time...


I have been taking loads of pictures recently.
I just havent had any time to upload them!
So here are a few of my latests
This is part of an old house just up the road from me.



^My cute little sister who is also my model :D^


Wood pigeons on a tin roof,
as soon as I got close enough to take an even better picture,
they all flew away :(




Bumble bee.










This is my sisters pet snail. Well not really a pet as she only had him for a couple of hours and he was outside all the time but hey!
I have to say he made a perfect model as he didnt move at all :P







I love the detail in this one. Proud of myself :D



Highland Festival With Luis Palaui


On the 19th and 20th June. At Bucht Park in Inverness. American Evangilist Luis Palaui came to speak.


The day was filled with sports



Music


general fun!



And of course the gospel.
Was a great couple of days :)