Halloween is Nigh

A bit of fun light-painting with the Wednesday Workshop group of CCC last night. 

Life on a Cow Pat

Another beautiful day for a walk at Wandlebury hoping for a good number of fungi. There were very few around in the woods but the meadow had lots including two cow dung specialists, Coprinus niveus, the Snowy Ink Cap and a Panaeolus species.

Fungi in Gamlingay Woods

We had a stroll in Gamlingay Woods this morning and found several types of fungi especially lots of Mycena pura - Lilac Bonnet and some very large Funnel caps (?Clitocybe giganteum).

Contrasts at Blist's Hill

Jane and I had a very sunny day for our visit to Blist's Hill Victorian Village on Thursday. I decided to work on high contrast scenes and adjustments.

A Shrewsbury Bug and Another Travelodge

Good to see Jane and her mother on Wednesday. We hunted the garden for macro subjects and found this rather splendid Green Shieldbug. 

Tamworth Travelodge has slightly less attractive surroundings to Stafford with an electricity substation, railway, Lidl and lots of roundabouts. The internal staircase is more photogenic.

Unusual Surroundings for Travelodge

Staying at Travelodges for next nights while lecturing in the Midlands. Impressed by the Lakeside setting for the Stafford M6 Travelodge. Still practising with the Fuji XT camera - this time on small insects. My 18-35 mm zoom has done a reasonable job on Macro subjects especially if used on Manual focus with the focus assist on.

CRUFC Beat Top-of-the Table Taunton

Cambridge Rugby Union Football Club played very well to secure an impressive win 32-19 against Taunton to go joint top with them in the table. I was trying to concentrate on situations where the ball was being passed or very evident in the image - the first image sums it up - 'it's my ball'