Norwich in the Sunshine

More like June than November for a trip to Norwich with Barry. A few from my Bus Stops and Underpass projects along with some other people enjoying the city. It was Armistice day so, as a life-long Pacifist, my thoughts are with the futility of war and the waste of human life it entails on all sides.

Cambridge Firework Display

I decided on a wide view of the very colourful display on Midsummer Common last night to also include the crowd. The settings were between 2.5 and 5 secs, f22, iso400 except for the last one after the fireworks (3.2 secs, f10  iso1000). The breeze resulted in some attractive plumes and the cloud cover meant the light reflected back to illuminate the whole scene pretty well. Liked all the mobile phones glowing in the crowd!

Fawsley Mists

I wanted to try and get some good woodland mist pictures during this unusually prolonged spell of misty weather and so set off for Badby woods yesterday walking from Fawsley Church in heavy rain. The Fawsley Estate was designed by Capability Brown so lots of open vistas. I only found the edge of the wood with no clear path but there were some great misty cameos en route and back. There were also lots of toadstools in the grassland which provided interesting if rather wet opportunities for photography. Images of these and from a drier afternoon visit to the wood to follow.

Thanks to Daventry and Badby Clubs for their warm welcome on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.

Fungi at Fawsley Hall

This time it was sheep droppings rather than cow pats that were hosting the toadstools in the meadows around the Hall. Lots of colourful Waxcaps - yellow, pinky mauve and scarlet caps were found, also inkcap species and other small toadstools. I particularly liked the bowler hat on one of the tree trunks.

Frampton Mists

A few images before and after the mist cleared at Frampton. The slow shutterspeed birds were all taken at 1/10th sec but were all very different depending on the speed and the direction of the ducks' flight.