Incredible colour photos from the early 1900s!

I just came across this site from a poster on Facebook. Truly amazing, clear colour photos from 1910 and earlier, using a process of taking three exposures one after another, each with a coloured filter (red green and blue), later combining them to form a full colour image.

A small example:

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A guitar for David!

My 12 year step-son likes to strum on the kids' guitar, but its a bit small for him. I asked him if we got a guitar for him he would want me to teach him and he said yes, so we decided to look for a full sized classical. Yesterday we found this Taygus in a second-hand shop. It needed a restring and I got some cool looking silver/black strings for it. Its just settling in now-will take a while before it stays in tune but it sounds great! Only cost us £20 too (about $40?) Brand new it costs about £60 ($120) so was a bit of a bargain! Just hope he still wants to learn.... Taken with the Canon 30D and 19-35mm zoom out in the garden   

 

A Spider's Skin

Testing out the new flash bracket, (a C bracket made by Boling that we found on Ebay for £13) I stumbled upon this old spider skin in the shed.

Just walking the dogs....

I spotted this little scene the other day-and after some cropping to concentrate just on the legs I realised it reminded me of the work of Elliot Irwitt, who liked to capture just the legs of people and dogs.

London Pride!

A close up of a popular plant growing in many gardens, known as London Pride, showing a single flower. The plant is a kind of cultivated Saxifrage with small flowers which from afar have a whispy look. Its only up close we see the details! I used the new flashgun through a piece of polystyrene with a black tshirt as background, camera on manual so no light reached the shirt.

Chasing a Weevil

This tiny chap was spotted climbing amongst some low nettles, and I had to get on my knees with my macro lens. Took a few attempts to get one decent shot but it was worth it in the end!

...and then there was light....

New flashgun arrives, a Canon 270 EX, with, surprisingly for such a small unit, bounce and zoom!