Sea Shell

Two old and damaged sea shells, collected years ago, inspired me on a rainy day to play around with a flashlight and red and yellow plastic film to create various light and shadow effects.
Pictures taken with Olympus E-5 on Gorilla flexible tripod, Zuiko Digital 50mm 1:2 Macro, some shots also with retro adapter.

More Still Life from Trish´s Studio

All pictures taken with Olympus E-5 with Olympus Digital 14-54 and Flashlight FS-FL36R

Valentia Harbour, Knightstown

Taken with cannon 450D using 50mm fixed lens an 70-300mm telephoto.

Valentia Island  The Island of the oak forest. Valentia, one of the largest islands off the South West coast of Kerry, is joined to the mainland by bridge via the Portmagee Channel. The island is one of great beauty and contrast. The western part of the island is dominated by the barren, dramatic cliffs of Bray Head which command spectacular views of the Kerry coastline while the mild effect of the Gulf Stream results in Valentia's balmy climate and lush, colourful vegetation. The island's main village, Knightstown, associated with the Norman Fitzgerald family, is reminiscent of an Anglo-Irish Village with its many stately buildings and refined ambience. But the island's historical lineage goes back much further than that. Tetra pod footprints were found on the northern part of the island. These magnificent imprints of history are thought to date from Devonian times between some 350 to 370 million years ago. An important quarry on the northern part of the island which opened in 1816 still flourishes today. The famous Valentia Slate has been used in many prominent buildings including the British House of Commons in London.

Still Life

Here are five of my shots from our night-in shoot on Thursday, I was looking for something different, so I´ve added some grain to the photos and changed the colours.
photos: ©Michael Herrmann 2010

Still life

Paul's organic vegie's

An old butter churn

For anyone who missed club night, we had a lovely evening of taking still life shots.
Photography by : Trish Sullivan