John Devises photography

Quote from John "I have been obsessed with wildlife and the natural world for as long as I can remember. Over the years I have accumulated a wealth of knowledge that has enabled me to understand my subjects sufficiently well to be privileged to enter their world. I get such a thrill, when through patience, or perhaps a little edible bribery, a normally timid species accepts me sufficiently to enable a close approach and to allow me and my camera to capture something of their essence. Every picture on this website has a story behind it, and my aim is to hopefully share with others, something of the beauty and wonder of the natural world that I have been honored to witness and photograph during my years as a wildlife photographer."

 These pics are simple but effective. The use of colour and shapes makes the pic and the and focal point is very specific. I like the shadows and contrast the light produces.
Composition is clean with little to distract the eye from the main subject.

Guy Edwards Photography

Guy Edwardes is a professional landscape, travel and wildlife photographer based in South West England. He is able to provide a wide variety of images for publishers and advertisers around the world with a need for high quality creative and atmospheric photography. He markets a continually updated file of over 150,000 images in his own picture library. Images that cannot be sourced directly can often be obtained from the agencies that represent him. He is always happy to discuss commissioned work and can supply text to accompany images, as well as complete articles. He also runs regular photographic workshops and lectures on photographic technique.

Really liked these pictures as they create good images with high colour content and and very focused features. Seems a lot of post production has been undertaken to blur the surround and centralise the focus

More Pics in Nature

On the nature theme took these pics again in birmingham. Steve suggested there is a crossover to my other theme - the lines and Architectural features give it away. Liked the shapes created by the leaf and the tones created by the shadows.









This poppy appeared in the entrance to the Cathedral. The shapes, colours and tone ranges are interesting. The depth is created by the blurr of the rear poppy.

Birmingham Pics

Planned a trip into Birmingham to take some pics aligned to those of Paul White. Tried to focus on specific details to create interesting shapes and colours. Tried unusual angles and perspectives 

Black And white

As the weather looked good and it appeared the light was going to be OK decided to plan a trip into Birmingham. Principally wanted to look for good opportunities to produce some pics in a similar vien to those produced by Stoller.
Liked this pic as the perspective is clear and the tonal range and shapes are varied. There are several pictures in this one. Could have taken lower and used an upward perspective to add interest.The person in the distance adds scale to the picture.

Used ISO 100 with f/13 and exposure at 1/25

Chatting to Steve this pm he suggested comparison to Ed Swindon and the artist M C Escher. 

These are all Ed Swindons pictures. Somewhat manufactured ! But end result is good. Irrelevant detail is blacked out to focus on the main point of the pic.

ISO 100 f/4.5 with shutter speed 1/125

Internal of St. Phillips Cathedral. Slightly darkened but only to increase the intensity of the window shadow on the wall. Liked the resulting shapes and tones. Even the perspective works well to draw the eye into the picture.

ISO 100 f/13 Shutter speed 1/20 th sec.