I like to call this one "Framed" due to the natural border. I was out trying to take a Macro of the 'Common Adder'. (Didn't get the shot.) Anyway hope I've posted it in the right place.
I’m a very amateur one. The Creative Director (OH) points out the subject to be captured along with angle/framing advice and I point my camera at it, take a guess at exposure/shutter speed etc. and press the little black button.
OH and Panasonic do the hard work and I’m just a beer and cheese powered bipedal camera mount.
I love walking through the stunning landscapes of the Aveyron, but seldom photograph them, because I prefer making photos that are unexpected. The one below is of Workington, which vies with Barrow in Furness for the title of the ugliest, most depressing town in Cumbria. The photo’s title is Workington, a Mountain Farm and the print is 24" wide.
Just a hobby for me, have had some photos published locally and nationally when working with my Nikon F3. Lost interest for many years, just treated myself to a D500.
Apart from the ruggedness, that tipped the balance when choosing. Long lens I have a 200 - 500 and with the crop factor 1.5 gives total 750mm at 500mm. Now I just have to find the time to observe, set up a few hides… Finding time, that’s another thing…
We used to see kingfishers occasionally here 30 years ago, but not any more. On our October trip I saw some on 2 occasions - if you’re a birder then France looks to be pretty good.
I do landscape, street, occasionally portraits and a bit of travel. I don’t have the patience & dedication for wildlife, nor the long lenses.
That F3 was a great bit of kit - hope you still have it. I kept most of my film era stuff: Minolta 7000, Bronica ETR, and picked up a Nikon F301 along the way.