Well tried my hand at landscape this week with the 1D, not sure it likes to go too wide however it sure is impressive. The 1.3 crop is taking some getting used to after spending my digital life on 1.6. Having switched back to the 40D for a few shots I must admit to being quite shocked, had to change the WB as the difference in colours were miles apart. Everyone keeps harping on about all the custom functions and have I got used to the yet? Hell Im even in Manual already six days on, if you can take a picture you can take picture no matter how menus are available.

Here is one from today at Whitley Court taken with the ONE, this was shot in Manual and a ND Grad used to hold the sky back. Great lead in lines and strong contrasts make this image work for me hope you like it too.

Well its finally here after all those months, I now have a Canon EOS 1D Mark III. Amazing! Ive had people try and coerce me out of it and into a 7D which dont get me wrong is very nice, but bang for your buck its not a 1D. The frame rate is impressive, built like a tank and sounds like a machine gun going off, feels really solid in the hand.

Had a bit of practice with it this week at the twins cricket match and got an invite to the Speedway with Jamie, nice one! Im ticking off the photo projects at a real rate now so I need to get my thinking cap on look for new ideas and inspiration.

Update

Well been a few months since I last posted on my blog. Well the day has finally come and Ive purchased a new camera body the EOS 1D Mark III. The great thing is I now have enough Pro equipment to register on Canon Professional Network. I was surprised at how easy it was getting to grips with this new body, but I guess having a film background thats helped. The real test will to today taking pictures of the kids at their cricket match, so really looking forward to it.

What else? Been scouting a couple of locations for different ideas recently, funny how you suddenly find the most amazing images in the most unusual places. For instance Ive come across this Bluebell wood right next to the M6 Hilton Park Services.

Some of the other locations have proved pretty fruitless too. A couple of projects are now nearing completion, the Manor Hospital which opened yesterday. The Save the Gates campaign has now seen the Patent Shaft Gates resited in the middle of the town centre having spent three months being refurbished. So need to find a few more projects to get my teeth into.