Madingley American War Cemetery

By the time we got out for a walk today the cloud was beginning to build up. This set of images was taken with my low resolution phone camera but I am pleased with the set I have produced with a bit of Color Efex processing. I was aiming at symmetries, reduced colour palette and grain to hide the low detail.

Duxford Concorde Evening Visit

Yesterday evening, I accompanied Phil to Duxford where he was helping entertain a corporate group from Rolls Royce with a Concorde Nose Droop. Here he is in the First Officer seat operating the controls with 'Captain' Simon. After the demonstration, they turned off the main lighting giving great photographic opportunities. The group had their dinner under the wings of the various central aeroplanes such as the Sunderland. 

Playing with Fungi and Sunlight

Some images from yesterday's visit to Rory's Wood, attempting to use the low sunlight to try some creative images playing with bokeh and shadows.The subject is Mycaena haematopus

Sunlit Winter Woodland

Rory's Wood at Paxton was looking its best this afternoon with the low sunlight filtered by a canopy of golden leaves falling on the bright green ferns and the golden and green sedges and grasses. There are quite a few fungi about, particularly the Candlesnuff fungus and some small brackets. More creative fungi attempts to follow, The first photo made me think of hot Mediterranean Olive Groves rather than a chilly English Woodland!!

Paxton Slime Moulds and Fungi

 I spent a very engrossed couple of hours studying a large stump and several branches/logs around it for small fungi and slime moulds. Last year the stump was covered in the Fenugeek Stalkball and there are lots of fruiting bodies this year but not as prolific.

 I found a couple of definite slime moulds, several species of small fungi and quite a few unidentified cups, caps and 'hairy mats' including an ozonium, the bright orange carpet of hyphae supporting the firerug inkcap Coprinellus domseticus, no longer fruiting.