{"id":2215,"date":"2016-04-19T08:43:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T07:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=2215"},"modified":"2016-04-19T08:43:56","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T07:43:56","slug":"still-in-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=2215","title":{"rendered":"Still in focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"Still in focus\" data-info-url=\"\" data-backend-url=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gft\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6135.jpg\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=2215\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"color\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p>I find it helps to have a subject or theme in mind when I am out with my camera.\u00a0 I walked the dogs round the field yesterday, the first time for a while because of the damp weather which makes the field quite muddy.\u00a0\u00a0 The wind had blown all day and the sun was out and the field was accessible again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6135.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2226\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2226\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6135.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6135\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6135.jpg 600w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6135-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had the idea of taking pictures on the theme of <em>Focus on the Foreground<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 I had thought to try a picture of a daffodil with a yellow blur of daffodils behind.\u00a0\u00a0 However, there just did not seem to be the right clump of daffodils and I came away with just one, and it&#8217;s still not whast I wanted.<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6137.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2217\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2217\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6137.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6137\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6137.jpg 600w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6137-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6151.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2225\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2225\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6151.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6151\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6151.jpg 1500w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6151-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6151-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6151-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6151-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6145.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2223\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2223\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6145.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6145\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6145.jpg 1500w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6145-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6145-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6145-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6145-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6141.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2220\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2220\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6141.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6141\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6141.jpg 1500w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6141-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6141-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6141-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6141-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are not many trees in the field, but I focussed on details and I am quite pleased with the resulting pictures.\u00a0 And of course there is always a gorse bush in bloom at this time of year.\u00a0 One or two other pictures presented themselves, like the reeds beside the burn and a young rook hopping about beside the path.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6147.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2224\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2224\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6147.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6147\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6147.jpg 600w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6147-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6138.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2218\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2218\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6138.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6138\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6138.jpg 1500w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6138-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6138-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6138-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6138-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6139.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2219\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2219\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6139.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6139\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6139.jpg 1500w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6139-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6139-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6139-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6139-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The dogs are not too happy with me stopping to take pictures all the time.\u00a0 Lily got quite bored and Poppy was trying to entice me on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6142.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2221\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2221\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6142.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6142\" width=\"1501\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6142.jpg 1501w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6142-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6142-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6142-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6142-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1501px) 100vw, 1501px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6143.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2222\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2222\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6143.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6143\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6143.jpg 1500w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6143-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6143-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6143-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6143-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" 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