On the 12th July I went to the Watford Cheetahs for their last home game of the season to see them take on the Bedfordshire Blue Raiders.

As usual, all shots taken on the 5D MkII with 600mm L F4 & 20D with 100-400mm L

The Blue Raiders ran out eventual winners in a 22 – 14 victory which wasn’t decided until late in the fourth quarter.

I like to include shots which tell the story of the game as well as just the pure action, so usually my sets will contain things like the coin toss, spectators & players on the sidelines & the refs

And I usually include a few shots of the teams shaking hands.

We have a rockery in the garden which consists of a waterfall where frogs inhabit. I’m not sure how many we have but I have seen up to 4 or 5 fully grown frogs at any one time.

This little feller made an appearance yesterday & hung around long enough for me to grab the Tamron 90mm macro lens & stick it on the 5D MkII.

Shots were handheld as I lay on the patio trying to get as close as possible. The last shot was taken at a few inches distance before it hopped off onto the waterfall & disappeared into the little pond at the bottom (I say ‘pond’ it’s actually just a very large bucket).

On the 4th July this year I popped up to Silverstone for the annual Renault World Series day. This is a superb event for motorsport fans, especially considering it is free of charge. You can apply to Renault for free tickets & you get two days of varied racing in several different classes.

One of the highlights of the day is seeing the Formula 1 Renault from last season doing it’s stuff. It was nice to see the test driver lose it, too.

You get three classes of Renault in the F1-style of car – open wheel single seaters, the Renault Meganes & the Renault Clio Cup. There is qualifying or racing from around 9am until 5pm, almost non-stop.

Here are some shots which have been fairly radically manipulated on the computer to give them an ‘HDR’ type of look.