Happy New Year to 'Old Friends' in Toft

These two Hawthorn trees in Toft's Great Meadow (yes there are two!) are old friends that I have known and watched grow together in perfect harmony for the nearly 60 years. Their branches make a perfect shape as if they are one. I do not know if they started as one very small sapling that split or two that germinated together. In the Churchyard the Snowdrops and Aconites are showing quite a few blooms. A bit sombre in monochrome but it has been very grey recently!!

Wimpole Estate

 Yesterday was very enjoyable showing Lynn around the Wimpole Estate and taking lots of photographs in the varied locations and with changing weather conditions. I was using my full-spectrum camera which gave some interesting colours and tones to the day.

Wimpole Farm

We had Wimpole Farm to ourselves yesterday - very different to school holidays and during lambing. Large numbers of piglets in the pens and more to be born so very noisy with all the grunts. I always like an excuse for monochrome as with the old farm machinery 

Early Morning Light

Yesterday morning was a very clear sunrise giving bright direct light to the landscape so more experiments with the Full Spectrum camera either with a 950nm filter as images 1,3,4 and 8 or using without. With the direct lighting early in the walk, the results were striking when converted to monochrome but generally the complete spectrum images gives a lot more scope when converting to monochrome or using as colour images.

Newnham, Cambridge on Frosty Morning

Taken on an early morning walk into Cambridge from Newnham recently with the mist and frost adding atmosphere to the playground.