Stratford Upon Avon Christmas Lights

We finished our visit to Stratford upon Avon on Saturday photographing their Christmas Lights - rather more impressive than Cambridge's usual efforts. A couple of multiple exposures first as I am still experimenting with this feature. The camera allows you to see in live view to select a first image,  where to position the second image and to undo if not liked after taking.  The final image is a RAW image

Warwick University PAGB Finals

We attended the PAGB  PDI championships in Warwick University yesterday on what was officially  the hottest day of the year (31.5) and it felt it. The air conditioning was definitely not up to the job of cooling a theatre crammed with people. Cambridge CC did not do as well as recent years(somewhere mid-table) but that is not surprising as it is difficult in a general interest club to get enough range of excellent images to compete every year with the more competitive clubs.  So any CCC members out there, we very much  need some new images. Good pictorial natural history, sport, simple design and limited colour evocative landscapes and any images that include interesting backgrounds and people, whether composites or travel/street did well yesterday.

Leamington Spa Travel Lodge

 Leamington Spa Travelodge is probably the grandest TL I have stayed in. The conversion inside and outside has been very well done.

Brandon Marsh

I took a trip to Brandon Marsh near Coventry today in between lectures in Droitwich and Redditch. It was very dull light but suited the Cormorant and flight of Shovellers. A Kingfisher had been seen fairly regularly at one of the hides so I sat waiting for an hour or so. just as I thought I would give up it arrived and posed for photographs from all sides as well as a yawn or two, I missed the flight towards me however.

Images from Evesham

This morning was very frosty but clear with a very bright blue sky. The images here were taken a short walk from the Travelodge along the river so not quite from the window (defeated in trying to make interesting picture of the Little Chef outside my window). The river reflected the sky to give a lovely range of colours in the first image. The dead grasses produced more muted colours in the second image.The Canada Geese flew past while I was photographing a couple of hot air balloons.The predominant tree is the Alder and I thought it made an interesting backdrop for the Wood Pigeon.