Greg 365

Day 365: One Minute To Midnight (The End)

Greg McMullin — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 23:59:06 +0000

And so the project comes to an end. I decided to finish on this, the sister image to the first image of my project. The difference between them is that I now understand exactly how to get the shot I wanted. On day one I took 30 images trying to get the exposure correct. This time I took 3 to nail it. That’s a 100% improvement! Isn’t it? There are too many positives to list about this project and the negatives are just to pointless to mention. I wish the best of luck to anyone setting out on a 365 in 2011.

Now the thanks…

Thanks to everyone who ever commented on any of my pictures on my blog or on flickr, you guys kept me going.

Thanks to my friends and family who put up with me carrying my entire camera collection everywhere!

Finally thanks to all photographers I have met and received inspiration from, both in real life and online.

Anyway that’s me done. I hope you will take a look at the photoset of all my 365 images and let me know which one was your favourite.

Again. Thank you all.

Day 364: Memories Of Africa

Greg McMullin — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:59:04 +0000

The day and the flight were long. We arrived in Amsterdam late, my wife had to attend a medical emergency on the plane and that made us later! It was touch and go for us to make our connection. We ran (well… jogged) to the gate and despite being called over the tannoy several times, we made it! But our luggage didn’t. It remained in Amsterdam for a while. This was fine by me as it meant it was delivered to our door the next day! We got back to Sheffield by about 9pm and I realised I had not took a picture. I wasn’t going to fail on the second to last day so I found the postcards we had bought at the airport and made a collage.

Day 363: Nairobi City Market

Greg McMullin — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:59:06 +0000

And so came to an end our African adventure. This was our last full day in Kenya. We traveled down from Embu to Nairobi in the morning and went to the Nairobi City Market to get some souvenirs. This building comes as a surprise, it was originaly built in the 1920′s as an aircraft hangar but its airstrip has long been swallowed by the city. At some point after that it became a wrestling venue and after then it was re-purposed to be the “European Market” where the colonial Europeans shopped. I had been there before on my previous Kenya Trip and so I had this shot planned. I wanted to get up on the surrounding balconies and try to do a multi-shot panorama for later stitching. I thought I had blown it as I did not use exposure lock and the middle shots of the windows came out very dark. Lucky Autopano Pro came to my rescue and managed to even out the exposure in the shots. I refrained from cropping this shot so you could experience the whole of this fantastic structure.

Of course it goes without saying that this needs to be viewed large.

Day 362: Rain On Leaf

Greg McMullin — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:59:04 +0000

After our game drive we travelled back down the valley to Nyeri to stay in Outspan Hotel. Outspan is an old colonial lodge and is frankly amazing! Opulent 1920 style luxury in every room. That afternoon we had a heavy rainstorm. The heavens opened. The next morning I found this leaf that still had the remnants of the previous days deluge on it.

Day 361: Abadares Panorama

Greg McMullin — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 23:59:53 +0000

This panorama really does not do the view justice. The Abadares National Park is just insanely beautiful! This was taken mid-way through our game drive as we stopped for cocktails to watch the clouds roll by. I tried to process this image last night but photoshop would not grant me my request. I spent 5 hours watching my laptop grind its way through. Today I tried a different tactic and used Autopano Pro. It was done in 20 mins.

To do this justice please view the full size image.

Day 360: Tusks

Greg McMullin — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 23:59:41 +0000

After the festivities of Christmas we hit the road again. Traveling first to Outspan, the colonial home of Lord Robert Baden-Powell, then onto the famous Treetops Lodge. Treetops was amazing. A 50 strong herd of Elephants visited us in the night along with Hyena, Warthog and Buffalo. This picture was taken of a lone matriarch Elephant who arrived at Treetops just about the same time we did!

Day 359: Kenyan Christmas Dinner

Greg McMullin — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 23:59:19 +0000

I went through the pictures I took on Christmas day. Lots of them were of my new family and I would feel strange posting them without their permission. So I have decided to post this wide shot of the general festivities that happened in Embu on Christmas day.

Day 358: BEWARE! Dangerous Edges!

Greg McMullin — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 23:59:04 +0000

We spent a fair bit of time on the road between Embu and Nairobi. Its being completely rebuilt by the chinese government and it is in a terrible state. Roadworks in Kenya are like nothing you have ever seen. Traffic in Kenya is very very aggressive and thus its an all out free for all on the roads! Luckily we were travelling in a bus and size usually wins. These little signs would crop up along the roadworks. Hand painted, I get the feeling there were only put in place after several vehicles had gone over!

Day 357: Loading The Likoni Ferry

Greg McMullin — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 23:59:52 +0000

Our time at Diani Beach reached it’s inevitable end and we travelled back to Nairobi to prepare for the Christmas festivities. On our way back we crossed Mombasa harbour on the ferry. There were signs all over the embarkation stage forbidding photography but I could not resist documenting this huge human migration. Moments later I was told off by a security guard. He was too late I had my shot.

Day 356: Our Home By The Sea, Villa Barizi

Greg McMullin — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:59:21 +0000

This was were we stayed for our few days at Diani Beach. The place was amazing. The roof was held up by this single huge beam. It was just crying out for a vertical panorama.

It is safe to say you should probably see this large.