Lens Ball by Claire Pulman Sony Alpha 7 III, 35mm, 1/125sec at f/11, ISO 250 Claire is originally from County Durham and now lives in Worthing. When she started taking photos she had her own darkroom. Then in 2001 she sold all her darkroom kit and took the plunge over to digital. She loves taking sunsets and landscape photography – she also photographs weddings. Claire explains about this image, ‘I took this while the sun was going down. I wanted to take something different as I have often photographed this part of the beach. I went out with my lens ball and placed it on a mound of sand and seaweed. Using the Sony A7III I lifted the screen at the back of the camera to get it shooting straight through the ball. I did some limited editing – I decreased the highlights a bit and upped the shadows. I really like the different perspective the lens ball gives you.’ See more at www. ClairePulmanphotography.co.uk. Chosen by Amy Davies, Features Editor
Splash! by Richard Bond Sony Alpha 7 ILCE-7, 1/200sec, ISO 80 Richard is 77 and lives in Hayling Island, Hampshire. He has been a reader of Amateur Photographer for about 50 years. During lockdown he was self isolating with his wife and found photography a great way of keeping busy while confined to his home. He ‘splashed out’ on a SplashArt water drop photography kit and has since been taking photos of drops of milk or water as they create interesting splashes. As he says, ‘I now have hundreds of interesting droplet images. Never a dull moment!’ Chosen by Geoff Harris, Deputy Editor
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