'Day trip' by Me

Day trip, a photo by PhotoPuddle on Flickr.

I took this photo on the ferry between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. That's Portsmouth you can see in the distance. I was really hoping to be able to take some cool shots from the boat so was a bit disappointed when there wasn't actually much to take pictures of. I think this was the best one I took in the. I wasn't immediately impressed with the results but quick tinker increasing the blue and making the image more square left me with something I'm more pleased with. I like this photos because I think it captures the excitment of going on a boat somewhere. I can't help thinking that for my two year old daughter it must have felt like we were travelling for miles and miles and would have been a really adventure.

'Boat trip' by Me

Boat trip, originally uploaded by PhotoPuddle.

As part of my daughter's birthday celebrations we had a short break away in Poole. We were lucky enough with the weather that we managed a trip over to Brownsea Island which was fantastic. If you've never been then it's definitely worth a visit if you get the opportunity. On the way back the ferry took us on a cruise round the islands of Poole Harbour. It was rather fascinating actually. I took lots of photos of my daughter enjoying her first ferry ride (or rather her second ferry ride as we'd already got the ferry there!) and lots of photos of the islands. The one I want to show you though is one I took whilst simply pointing my camera up to the sky. I am really pleased with how it came out. I love how you can see the wind in the flags and I love how the sky is so blue. Makes it look like it could be a summer day and not the middle of autumn. I also took some lovely pictures of autumn leaves which I'll share with you in another post!