Historical Toft 1. Railway Embankment

 When I moved to Toft in 1967 trains were still running between Oxford and Cambridge. It had been operational for over 100 years. The line closed after the last day of service on 30th December 1967. The embankment in Toft is completely overgrown but part of the original fencing is still evident while horses graze undisturbed in the neighbouring fields. The hoar frost and bright sunshine gave a new feel to the woodland.

Remembrance Sunday

A few images from a very misty walk around my Cambridgeshire village, Toft, on a very misty Remembrance Sunday morning. I managed a very distant image of a Hare and was thrilled to see very large flocks of finches including lots of Yellow Hammers and Reed Buntings and even larger flocks of mixed Redwings and Fieldfare (next post!!).

Almost a White Christmas, Toft Cambridgeshire

Perfect Christmas Day with a heavy frost and then lovely sunshine for the day. Toft looked at its best during our morning woalk, I only took a wide angle lens (10-24mm) which gave a few problems especially when horses decide to come a bit too close - still cleaning the lens!

Happy Christmas 2018

Beautiful frosty clear morning in Toft for an early morning walk in Toft. 

Guernsey - Sunset on Cobo Bay

These images are in chronological order and all adjusted to the same camera profile and temperature/tint. Interesting to see the changes in colour according to position of sun, time of day and for the fourth image the camera and lens used (this is XT1 and 10-24mm; others XT2 with 50-140mm)

Movement in Monochrome

A few images from yesterday's horse trials converted to monochrome through LR just to get some ideas of what might work when done in Silver Efex. Lots of different possibilities just with the colour filter used before any selective adjustments!

Holkham Country Fair

We visited Holkham Country Fair yesterday before returning to Toft. A very expensive outing if you have children with fair rides, donkeys, face painting all to be paid for (£2.50 a go in the fair) in addition to entry. However, it does offer great entertainment from Dhzigitovka! The Way of The Cossack Warrior  with their amazing horsemanship to Dog Agility and Carriage Racing. Great to see other breeds than Collies doing well in the Agility including my favourite breed (Red Setters of course) and a Golden Retriever for Matt.