Winkworth Arboretum

I visited Winkworth Arboretum (National Trust), near Godalming, on my way down to Chichester area yesterday. It was mainly cloudy but the spring flowers still looked great and a Grey Wagtail and Little Grebe entertained me for a time near the famous boathouse 

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