Photography Very Much Not Welcome at Audley End

Despite this statement on the web page for Audley End - English Heritage welcomes all photographers to our sites and we hope you will share your pictures with us on Flickr and Facebook - we arrived this afternoon to find that no photography is allowed in the main building except for the very non-photogenic Nursery. There is a small disclaimer at the end that some properties have certain restrictions but we felt that it would be a courtesy to have the photography ban at Audley End prominently displayed on their website page.

We did however spend an enjoyable time photographing the Stables gardens, greenhouses (more later) and cottages.

The horse is a retired racehorse, Jimmy, who lives at Audley End and enjoys taking part in reenactments.

Last Photos from the Lofoten Islands

I had been wanting to visit the race course in Leknes ever since I spied it on our first day in Lofoten. The leaders declared the grey weather no good for photography and it might snow so most stayed in the hotel but Jane and I found our way to the race course and were rewarded with some trotting on ice. The horses have ice spikes on their hooves and travelled very fast.

Monday it snowed hard and so our afternoon flight was delayed three hours while the snow ploughs got to work.

Great Witchingham Horse Trials

Great light most of the day at the International Horse Trials at Great Witchingham. I alternated between slow shutterspeed (30th second generally) and fast speeds (800th/1000th)  though the second image was taken at 400th which was sufficient to freeze the motion and give good spray. The panning in the open fields was at 80th second. The toning to the first two is not intended and not sure why as they are monochrome in Lightroom and the whole batch exported together. Any suggestions welcome!!

                               

Icelandic Horses and Dogs

 Still processing the images from Iceland. Here a few 'aah' images of the Icelandic Horses, Huskies and Collie.

Reeth Wensleydale Show

 A few images from a very crowded and hot Wensleydale Show - dominated by Sheep, Shepherds and Horses as expected.

Equifest Peterborough

  A free and very large event at the East of England Showground but very difficult to photograph especially on a dull day.