Cannock Chase

Thank you Anna for the guided tour and for looking after me so well during my visit. Also to Stafford PS and Lichfield  CC for making me very welcome. Overcast day yesterday to explore Cannock Chase but still very beautiful with the autumn colours. I have included files processed  in Colour Efex (top) and Viveza (next two) with Raw adjusted file (right} to encourage those who have the Nik software sitting idle to investigate its potential. Quick adjustments on small laptop screen but hopefully give an idea of their use.

Bradford National Media Museum

I ran a coach trip from Cambridge up to the Bradford National Media Museum. The general consensus was that the content of the galleries was disappointing with lots of visual dispays but very little information and not the details we were expecting. The photographic content is particularly sparse with only one gallery showing photographs and here only an invited exhibition. Must try the new Media Space gallery at the London Science Museum where photographs from the Bradford Collection are displayed. It does seem strange not to have an equivalent gallery at Bradford.

White buildings

 Shades of white from a trip to Bexhill.

In Praise of Trees

 I decided to try a set of five tree images with the one from the previous post as the central image. I am not sure whether they work together yet. I will only know this when prints have been made.

Woodgate Valley Country Park

Woodgate Valley Country Park on the outskirts of Birmingham comprises 450 acres of many different habitats. I had a short walk there on sunday morning and was interested to find that, like Toft, it has a Bourn brook running through it. Photos taken on Sony Nex set by mistake to jpeg but has produced very acceptable images.

Time to Compose

I took advantage of a free evening tonight to process three images from recent trips using textures and composites ready for next week's CCC Aperture group meeting. I particularly like the three trees shot in the centre of London!

Center Parc Birds

 Today was my time to go out with camera and enjoy the forest. A frustrating but enjoyable  morning in the bird hide was followed by a walk round the perimeter of Center Parc in beautiful autumn sunshine. The abundance of food this autumn has drastically reduced the number of birds at the feeders or around the villas but it will certainly benefit bird populations this winter.

Firework Display

 Having missed other firework displays this year, I was delighted that Center Parcs put on a tremendous show last evening - one of the best that I have seen live. These are all straight shots on Fuji Nex other than taking out a post bottom right. The first shot is their test firing - for them to test the wind direction etc; for me to test exposure - 15sec at f3.5 iso 400 - a bit too bright but I do like the sky colour. During the main display, I used 0.4 sec and let the camera meter (f value f4-f7.1) I will probably take out the blue fountain light as it does take the eye.