http://www.edwud.com Photographic Portfolio of Ed O'Keeffe Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:58:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Inverewe Garden is a botanical garden in the Scottish Highlands, just to the north of Poolewe in Wester Ross. It was started in 1862 by Osgood Mackenzie on the estate surrounding Inverewe House. This was taken in the walled garden, one of the first large areas in the garden that ... http://www.edwud.com/2008/07/05/inverewe-gardens-scotland/ I have been inspired by close up or macro photography over the past few weeks of browsing Flickr and seeing what people can do with still life setups and depth of field. The above photograph was a quick test for my new piece of glass. Kov took me to a ... http://www.edwud.com/2008/07/04/ed-keyboard-letters/ This is the second photograph of a heron that I have published taken on the Water of Leith in Edinburgh, Scotland. I prefer the one above, but others tell me they prefer the one of the heron wading. It makes me proud that this was taken on a 135mm zoom ... http://www.edwud.com/2008/07/03/heron-taking-off-water-of-leith/ Looking at how the angle the sunlight was falling on the "black bean", I wondered if the lens would be able to cope without getting lots of lens flare in my shot. Looking down at my little screen I knew straight away it would be a picture worth publishing in ... http://www.edwud.com/2008/07/02/black-bean-sculpture/ I don't like publishing photographs of myself, but as I see it, it's a better photo of my camera than of my face! I am very pleased to announce the launch of my second website. Show It Ed follows the same basic idea of this website, a new photo every ... http://www.edwud.com/2008/07/01/ed-okeeffe-behind-camera-with-flash/ Last night a tram going between St. Peter's Square and Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester came off the tracks. It happened at around 11pm and the above photo was taken at around 11am today. There are six more photographs of the scene after the jump. According to the police I spoke ... http://www.edwud.com/2008/06/30/derailed-metrolink-tram-manchester/