Friday, October 4, 2024

The Painted Church Cambridge

As part of our Documenting Cambridge project ( Public Home Page), I spent a couple of hours at the 'Painted Church' in Cambridge yesterday morning lit by beautiful autumn sunlight. I only had a compact single focal length camera with me so these are planning shots for a later in depth visit. All Saints' was built by the architect George Frederick Bodley between 1863 and 1870 and is a notable example of English Gothic Revival style, both for its exceptional hand painted walls and for the spectacular stained glass.The wall and ceiling decorations were applied by F. R. Leach & Sons and form complex, bold stencilled patterns throughout the church. The east window was designed by Edward Burne-Jones. 

Thursday, October 3, 2024

Fungi Photography Paxton

The numbers of fungi has increased since my last visit on Sunday with fruting bodies pushing through the leaf litter and coming out of logs, trunks and mossy areas throughout the reserve. Here are a few that I managed to identify - the first being my favourite -  Brown Cups (Rutstroemia firma) growing inside a Turkey Oak acorn cup. 

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Cambridge Camera Club Exhibition 2024

This year Cambridge Camera club is holding its Annual Exhibition in October (our traditional time up till about 10 years ago and is also returning a venue last used 9 years ago: St Andrews Street Baptist Church. As before we are being made very welcome indeed and I am sure will have a very enjoyable week now the hard work of erecting the Exhibition is over. 
Do visit if you are in Cambridge. It is open 10.00 -17.00 till Saturday.