Driving through the valley roads up to my mums house we noticed a field full of cows. As I had my camera on me we decided to stop so I could get some photos of them. While most of them turned their backs and walked of down to the other end of the field, this young cow was a little more curious and stood around and I was able to get some photos of him. I used a telegraphic lens and was therefore able to get some pretty close up photos of the cow and was able to capture some of the minor bits of detail such as the hairs on his nose and the tags in both ears. The way the cow looks straight into the camera creates a connection between the viewer and the cow.

This is one of my favourite photographs I have taken so far. The rose is so well focused and the detail in the rose is perfect. I digitally enhanced the colours in the rose just to make it stand out more against the background, not that it really needed it. I like the contrast of the decaying buildings in the background and the rose in the foreground. It shows there is still like growing there. This photo has a lot of depth to it and could have different meanings to different people depending on how they interpret the picture.

Both of these photos were taken on one of my trips to the Ilford Polish camp, which has now sadly been demolished. I enhanced the colour in both of these photos to make the cracks in the glass stand out more. My favourite out of the two is the photo on the left because I feel there is too much detail in the right photo. Detail is good, but there can be too much to take it all in sometimes.

I think the lighting on the icing of this cupcake creates a lot of depth. I was extremely happy that I managed to get most of the cupcake in focus as I was using my macro tubes which limited the depth of focus on the photo.

The photo has a lot of detail, including the tiny bit of icing that has dropped of and stuck to the wrapper of the cake.

I like how the colours of the icing look really vibrant, making the cake look almost good enough to eat.

For the back drop of this photo I used my laptop screen, setting it so that it was completely white. I like the way the light shines through the leaves, bringing out all the detail in the leaves, like the veins and all the different colours that may not be so visible without the light shining through them. Layering the leaves in a big group like this makes the photo look a bit more natural than just having 1 single leaf by itself.

Without the black spots, this photo of a maple leaf would be very plain and boring. The spots make the leaf a little more interesting to look at which is what made me spot this leaf in the first place.

Using the white backdrop avoids washing the green colour from the leaf. The black spots help the eye to move across the picture, focusing on each individual spot and the detail around it.

Me and a couple of my friends decided to take a trip to the zoo for our own little photography trip. I got very lucky with this photo of one of the tigers that day. The way the tiger is looking directly at the camera makes this photo extremely powerful. The depth of field is just strong enough that the tiger becomes more prominent against the background.