Many Shades of Grey at Wimpole Cambridgeshire

Always a good place for a walk, Wimpole was decidedly grey yesterday under uniform cloud. I decided to give the infrared camera an outing and like the soft-contrast images it has produced

 

  

Cambridge on a Rainy Morning

Not many people hope for a rainy day but I was pleased  when yesterday morning proved wet as I was due to help Keith from Doncaster add to his portfolio of atmospheric Cambridge scenes. I did feel sorry for the Punting companies who were pretty idle in the morning. Thanks to Scudamores employee and the lady on King's Parade for posing for us. Amazed at the variety of food available to sit and eat on the Market now.

Focus Stacking and Extreme Macro

We spent an enjoyable day at Sylvie's learning about making Blogs and Books but I also ventured out into the grounds. Here a few attempts at getting very close. First with focus stacking a small moss - result plus first and last of 59 image stack. Secondly I used an extension ring on my 50 mm Touit lens on the fuji at F22 to get personal with some lichen. Not that successful - probably camera shake even though on tripod but must test lens combination in case sharpness falls off significantly at small aperture

Ink Abstracts

We had an evening of Drips and Drops at our village photography group - I only got as far as the ink  patterns!.

Bored Kingfisher at Rye Meads RSPB Reserve

The male kingfisher visited the nesting bank twice during my visit and stayed for nearly half an hour looking very bored. Very distant shots but still lovely to observe and photograph. The Gadwall and Teal are clearly paired up and look very smart. Surprised to see a fresh crop of Glistening Inkcaps (Coprinellus micaceus) in a tree stump though they are one of the first toadstools to appear

 

Living on the River Cam

Beautiful sunny morning for a walk along the Cam to pick up the car from the garage.

Fen Drayton Sunset and Starling Murmuration

Friday was a beautiful clear day after storm doris passed through on Thursday. Visited Fen Drayton RSPB reserve hopefully to see the Short Eared Owls. Failed on that one but a beautiful sunset and starling flocks. Willow catkins at their best.

Fulmars at Skogafoss and the Bird Out-Takes

On a few occasions, I regretted not having a long enough lens with me to do justice to the birds in their surroundings. The Fulmars were spectacular as they flew across the front of the waterfall (taken in the rain!!). Lots of Snow Buntings enjoying scraps. My favourite image is the last one but unfortunately a grabbed shot and not quite fast enough shutterspeed to capture the Oystercatchers flock - maybe a soft print on soft paper might work?