Playing with Canon Cameras and Manfrotto Tripods & Heads

I have a little project going on (and on and on...!). I want to take a photograph in the same place at least once per week of the same subject. I intend to put a photobook together for the local church to sell as part of it's fundraising later this year.
My subject? Wentood Forest And seeing it is just up the road from my cottage in Llanvair Discoed it is an ideal spot.   It is also one of my favourite places to walk with my two dogs and wife. We can be there in 5 minutes and the place is so large we never have to see any human again all day!   Needless to say the dogs just love the idea!!
I'm using the same lens as well as the same camera body - Canon EOS 5D Mark II and a 24-70mm f2.8 L USM. Along with this I am also using a Manfrotto tripod and joystick head.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II with Manfrotto tripod and joystick head

Canon EOS 5D Mark II with Manfrotto tripod and joystick head

As you can see the tripod legs really extend out and I can raise the centre column and move it to 90' to the legs. This allows me to get really low down (I could get lower with this set-up) and provides loads of stability for a 10 second timed shot.

View back towards the main car park at the top of Wentwood

View back towards the main car park at the top of Wentwood

As usual comments always welcome!!

Andrew Miller

www.andrew-miller.co.uk

Andrew Miller - Photographer or Tree Surgeon?

Andrew Miller - Tree Surgeon

Remember all that snow we had a while back? I do - the village I live in South Wales (Llanvair Discoed) was nearly cut off but thanks to the great efforts of Monmouthshire County Council and their gritters and snow ploughs we were ok.
Anyway, we have a few trees in the garden. In fact we have taken about 15 trees out in the past 20 years and still have loads more.
Thing is one of the trees in particular had grown way tooo close to the main power line coming into the house and with the weight of snow the only option was to get up there and chop it back.... guess who got the job? Ma, my wife or one of the two dogs? Yeah Me!

Snow in Wales!

Llanvair Discoed

Yup – loads of snow, and it being the Winter Solstice up I went with a camera and tripod at some ridiculous hour (actually 7am) to get these shots… albeit a little belated!

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Snow in Llanvair Discoed, Wales

Other Landscape images from Andrew