'Christmas in Cambridge'

There are the usual attractions on Parkers Piece in Cambridge this year though it no longer has the allure of going to the 'North Pole'. I was joined by some of our photography group on Saturday at the Fair and enjoyed trying to capture the lights and excitement (though not the sounds or the smell of the various food outlets)

West Site Cambridge

On Sunday, we visited Cambridge West Site for a few photographs as the sun went down.

CCC Outing to Eddington, Cambridge

Some of the newer (and more established!!) members of Cambridge Camera Club explored the West side of Cambridge yesterday including Eddington which is a new sustainable development to the west of Cambridge that normally is only noticed when using the Madingley Park and Ride or visiting Sainsbury's. 

The architecture from a distance is very uniform and potentially very uninteresting to photograph but closer it becomes apparent that a lot of effort has gone into giving each building individuality - for instance the 'randomly' staggered windows in the first image and the different window shapes and sizes in the second. I did not spend as long as I intended on the buildings as we decided to head to the lake while the light was good. The meshwork tower near the lake in the bright sunlight was an intriguing subject  (Sony RX100 converted to 720nm infrared).

Madingley Hall Infrared 1

Many years ago, I had my redundant first digital camera, a Canon 1D mkII, converted to infrared and Sunday it had its approximately annual outing. It produces very soft gentle images both in colour and converted to monochrome. Unfortunately I have only one battery that holds charge for a short while so I was also using the other end of the scale in size, weight and type of image, a Sony RX100M3 conversion which will feature in next Blog.

Points of View Cambridge 2025

Cambridge was very crowded on Saturday especially along the Backs and King's Parade - some of our photographic tasks involved tourists and well know buildings of Cambridge but, for the last topic, we had to seek out less-popular areas. Here a few images from this topic: "the Cambridge tourists tend not to see", starting with a Heron in Darwin College Garden and ending with a self-portrait in a metal hoarding!!