Red Hat Society Visit Cambridge

While running a one-to-one photocourse in Cambridge yesterday, we came across these ladies brightening up the town in every way. Thanks Chris for enlightening about the Red Hat Society. There are more than 40,000 chapters in American  but also 100 chapters in UK (http://britishredhatters2.weebly.com/). They follow the  opening lines of a popular poem by Jenny Joseph to dress 'disgracefully' and to have fun. They welcome new members so if you fancy dressing up, visiting lots of places and celebrating birthdays etc in style then visit their website (http://redhatsociety.com/).

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple

 With a red hat that doesn't go and doesn't suit me.

Chesterfield Market

 Chesterfield has a very large bric a brac market on Thursdays - the set of images I took seemed to be predominantly red and blue and went well with four Nottingham ladies shot on Tuesday.

Red, Yellow and Blue

 Some colour-coordinated images from London trip to go with the 30 degree plus temperatures

Large Red Damselfly

 A couple of Large Red Damselflies hatched from nymphs during yesterday afternoon. The one above emerged successfully but the one below failed to extract the wings completely. With today's cold wet weather, I doubt either will be successful in surviving to mate.

Sunrise through Condensation

I couldn't resist photographing yesterday's sunrise though my study window - very apocalyptic.

Balloon over Toft

The noise of the burner alerted us as this splendidly red balloon came right over our bungalow.

The light was so clear that you might even be able to recognise someone on board. It must have been a wonderful sight looking down from there. The balloon landed only a few fields away towards Comberton but there were trees masking my view of the touch down.

Red

I have been taking images during the year for our Camera club's end of year themed competition. Now is the time to choose one print for each of the five set subjects. One of the themes was red. Here are four images that haven't made my final choice but that I like.

Norfolk Poppies

It is odd why just one field of rape seed should produce such a wonderful display of poppies while similar fields around have just a few red patches.

This one near Swaffham is one of the best I have seen and was just at its peak yesterday.






Although the hairs show up best on a sunny day, yesterday's dull conditions worked OK with backlighting and there weren't the usual bright shiny areas to detract.

Poppy Time Again

Noticed some very red fields around Cambridge already - these are from last year but will have to get shooting the poppies again.

Style in Cambridge

Very stylish umbrella seen in Cambridge while shopping.