72% of Consumers Want Mobile-Friendly Sites

Search engine watch provide a compact highlights review of a recent Google survey into the mobile web. If your company isn’t thinking about mobile web yet, read this article!

I’ve found where you hide the extra toys daddy! (Taken with instagram)

I’ve found where you hide the extra toys daddy! (Taken with instagram)

#evoluch (Taken with instagram)

#evoluch (Taken with instagram)

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so what do think, genuine #banksy? (Taken with Instagram at Somerset Cricket Club)

so what do think, genuine #banksy? (Taken with Instagram at Somerset Cricket Club)

White Pansy on Flickr.I was out again this weekend armed with one of my trusty Helios 44M lenses and the macro tubes trying to finally get the grasp of that particular combination. This pansy was out in the front garden and I had watered it earlier in the day so I thought I should give it a go to try and get a couple shots. The lighting wasn’t great and I’m still not confident shooting handheld so I bumped the ISO up to 400 for the entire time I was out but I think I got away with it. This particular shot was with 41mm of macro tube and f4 aperture. I was about 20cm (8 inches) from the plant and the depth of field was quite shallow, but it gave the effect I was after. I’ll try and post a few more shots later in the week.Via Flickr: Helios 44M, 58mm @ f4, 41mm macro tube.

White Pansy on Flickr.

I was out again this weekend armed with one of my trusty Helios 44M lenses and the macro tubes trying to finally get the grasp of that particular combination.

This pansy was out in the front garden and I had watered it earlier in the day so I thought I should give it a go to try and get a couple shots.

The lighting wasn’t great and I’m still not confident shooting handheld so I bumped the ISO up to 400 for the entire time I was out but I think I got away with it.

This particular shot was with 41mm of macro tube and f4 aperture. I was about 20cm (8 inches) from the plant and the depth of field was quite shallow, but it gave the effect I was after.

I’ll try and post a few more shots later in the week.


Via Flickr:
Helios 44M, 58mm @ f4, 41mm macro tube.

Ladybird, ladybird fly away home on Flickr.Yesterday was one of the nicest days of the year so far, so we took the opportunity to get out in the garden. The number of ladybirds in the grass was surprising so I grabbed my camera and started clicking. About 100 shots later and I caught this little chap preparing to launch! Given the chance again I would have stopped down the aperture to f8 which would have got the wings in focus as well, but the best of the light had already gone so I was up against it slightly. Maybe next time.Via Flickr: Helios 44M, 58mm @ f4, 41mm macro tube.

Ladybird, ladybird fly away home on Flickr.

Yesterday was one of the nicest days of the year so far, so we took the opportunity to get out in the garden.

The number of ladybirds in the grass was surprising so I grabbed my camera and started clicking. About 100 shots later and I caught this little chap preparing to launch!

Given the chance again I would have stopped down the aperture to f8 which would have got the wings in focus as well, but the best of the light had already gone so I was up against it slightly. Maybe next time.

Via Flickr:
Helios 44M, 58mm @ f4, 41mm macro tube.

Found via StumbleUpon

Found via StumbleUpon

No2 Ferarri F430 GT3 on Flickr. Today I’m sharing something a little different. Before I bought my Canon DSLR I spent my years shooting car events on bridge cameras and digital compacts. This photo was taken at Brands Hatch back in September 2010 using my current go-to compact the Fuji FinePix F60fd. The event was one of the final rounds of the 2010 British GT3 championship and this photo of a Ferrari F430 GT3 was taken during one of the hour-long endurance races that day. I love the slight motion blur in this photo but even more I love the bright red glow of the brake discs. I hope to go to some more events this year but this time I’ll be packing my Canon 450D and a couple of fast zoom lenses, either the EF-S 55-250mm IS or more likely the EF-S 17-85mm IS. If all else fails if I can get close enough to the action I might see what I can get from my “nifty” f1.8 50mm Canon lens.

No2 Ferarri F430 GT3 on Flickr.

Today I’m sharing something a little different. Before I bought my Canon DSLR I spent my years shooting car events on bridge cameras and digital compacts.

This photo was taken at Brands Hatch back in September 2010 using my current go-to compact the Fuji FinePix F60fd. The event was one of the final rounds of the 2010 British GT3 championship and this photo of a Ferrari F430 GT3 was taken during one of the hour-long endurance races that day.

I love the slight motion blur in this photo but even more I love the bright red glow of the brake discs. I hope to go to some more events this year but this time I’ll be packing my Canon 450D and a couple of fast zoom lenses, either the EF-S 55-250mm IS or more likely the EF-S 17-85mm IS. If all else fails if I can get close enough to the action I might see what I can get from my “nifty” f1.8 50mm Canon lens.

ColorHexa - Colour Encyclopaedia

It’s not often I find a decent web tool for colours but ColorHexa is definitely one of them. Input any colour into the search box and then ColorHexa will return a bunch of information about that colour, including sample colour palettes and CSS snippets. A definite time saver for me when I’m pondering over colour choices for website designs!

Google Panda Strike Again!

Once again it looks like Google are refining it’s search algorithm with no less than 40 changes this February. If you aren’t seeing the effects yet I’m sure they will be filtered in over the coming weeks so pop over to the official Google blog and check out what’s changing.

I’ve not yet read the full list but I can guess what it’s going to say so my advice remains as always; build a site with good quality original content and become the best resource of information you can in your sector. Great content will be rewarded (unless it’s stolen by a more popular site in which case chances are your site will get canned for duplicate content).

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