Epping Forest in the Rain

Hoping that the weather forecast was wrong, a group from CCC set off for Epping Forest this morning and managed a few hours photography in the rain before it turned too heavy. Fortunately then time for a pub lunch!! I liked the way the trees appeared to be crying dark tears. Toadstools and umbrellas always favourite subjects.

Cambridge Botanical Gardens

A short visit to the Gardens yesterday in beautiful warm sunshine. I was testing out Phil's 55-200mm lens on my Fuji and pretty pleased with the sharpness results. I like the new glasshouse dedicated to Tropical Wetlands - the first time I have seen the Lotus plant other than on ARPS Visual Arts panels from the Hong Kong.

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.