Blickling and Felbrigg Halls

 Decided to use my National Trust card and visit two properties near Holt.Blicking had the more attractive exterior; Felbrigg is smaller and more compact.

Hunstanton Iconic Buildings

Hunstanton is due to refresh its various shops, building, Kiosks etc to improve its image but I suspect the Oasis Centre, Pier, Bandstand and Lighthouse will remain untouched.

Shapes and Contrasts

 A few shapes and patterns from the Oasis centre at Hunstanton.

Hunstanton

In North Norfolk to give some lectures basing myself in Hunstanton. Grey day which seemed to accentuate the solitary nature of the few figures on the beach. They obviously like their trees here as in Gorky Park Moscow. I liked the designer pink tongue of dog to go with rest of outfit.

Paxton Pits - Nightingale, Scarce Chaser and Diving Terns

 Paxton Pits was alive with damselflies and dragonflies yesterday morning. A Nightingale stayed long enough in a thorn bush to capture it with food for its young. This is my first photo of a Scarce Chaser - a common dragonfly species at Paxton pits but, like the Nightingale, not common elsewhere. The Common Terns were dipping into the water picking up dragonflies . I was fascinated by their reflections as well as the poses.

Wet Evening in Lyme Regis

 We went into Lyme Regis during our CCC trip to Dorset, hoping for a good sunset and light for long exposures etc. As we arrived the rain started and got heavier till we were forced to abandon photography and head back to Kingcombe. It did produce some atmospheric shots. The first, a favourite from the evening, is a straight shot - the result of using a 10-stop neutral density filter and not focusing before putting on the filter. The other shots have only been processed quickly in Lightroom -I will reprocess with Nik software when I get it loaded on my new PC.
I have put together a book of images from Kingcombe area yesterday evening - really as an experiment doing a Blurb book direct from Lightroom 4 - very quick to do but not quite as flexible.

Higher Kingcombe Lodge

 Many thanks to Andrea for another splendid long weekend at Higher Kingcombe Lodge. A party from the
Cambridge Camera club filled the 7 en-suite units in the stable block with an overflow into Kincombe centre. With our meals provided in a large dining/living room available all day for our use, it is an excellent place to base our photographic holiday. I can recommend  Higher Kingcombe Lodge to anyone wanting bed and breakfast or full board accommodation. The lodge overlooks seven fishing lakes looking very attractive in the morning sunshine.

Hirundines at Kingcombe Lodge Lakes

 A definite challenge trying to capture the moment when the Swallows and House Martins touch the surface of the Lake to pick up water. Great fun as they do great acrobatic tricks as they emerge.

Buzzards, Heron and Hobby

 We spent a couple of hours at Kingcombe Lodge before heading home and were rewarded with views of the Heron, a passing Hobby and up to four Buzzards in lovely light.

Toller Porcorum Demoiselles and Dragon

 The Beautiful Demoiselles at Toller were mostly not yet fully mature but the brilliant blue of the male is beginning to show with the green and brown females. A Southern Hawker put on a good flying display for me and then perched conveniently

Powerstock reptiles etc

 Another session at Powerstock Common produced some great reptiles- Common Lizards including black form (juvenile) and a Slow worm (a legless lizard not a snake). The Scorpion Fly wanted to get in on the act.