Points of view in Saffron Walden

Yesterday was our camera club's annual Points of View competition where last year's winner chooses the location and topics. Gaby set it in Saffron Walden and chose the following 5 topics: Market Day, Sweet Things, Bridge End Garden (monochrome), Ancient and Modern, and the Church. Here are a few out takes from these topics plus a couple that I liked though not relevant to the task. I was very pleased with the panorama (8 shots) except for the dominant central figure.

Bridport Dorset

We are spending 3 nights here with friends from Cambridge Camera Club staying in the Greyhound Hotel, a very historic building in a town that still has many traditional shops etc but for how long?

CCC Walk at Grantchester

Yesterday evening, we held our annual meet up and walk at Grantchester. Usually there are lots of Demoiselles, Mayflies etc to photograph in the reeds and long grass but this year has been so dry that insects were in very short supply but we our walk around the village produced plenty of photographic opportunities.

Dorset 12 Burton Bradstock

Parking at the National Trust Car Park, we walked over the cliffs to Cogden beach and along the beach towards Burton Bradstock. Lots of flowers, a few butterflies such as these Large skippers and some interesting insects including the amazing Tephrid flies with their picture wings and iridescent eyes. (Although now on the way home, I will be continuing my 'diary' of our CCC trip to Dorset for a few more days. We hope to return next year so this acts as a guide to places to visit and what wildlife was seen). 

Dorset 7 Kimmeridge Bay

 A few images from an afternoon visit to Kimmeridge Bay where the tide was coming in fast covering the rock pavement. Taken with ultra HDR mode on the Fuji which allows the full tonal range to be captured accentuating the colours. Last two image, Barry, Debs and Jim in action - some of our party of 12 from Cambridge CC enjoying a week of sunshine in Dorset.