Toft Christmas Lights 1

With 12th night upon us tomorrow, I grabbed the opportunity to take a few images of the Christmas lights around our village this evening. A second set will be a bit more creative (i.e those out of focus ones or with motion blur!!)

 

New Year Walk at Barton

We took a walk round the fields at Barton hoping to photograph a Hare or two. We briefly saw one retreating so here a miscellany from the morning. Several very smart -looking Reed Butings. There are a couple of very strange scarecrows - the one with dolls' heads is enough to scare anyone let alone a Crow. 

Focus-Stacked Mosses and Fungi

The first four images are Focus Stacks using a 50mm macro lens and the automatic focus bracketing of my Fuji camera. Depending on how deep the stack needs to be, I varied the number of images in the bracket - the first image has 76 images in the stack; the rest used 35 images. The final two two are straight shots. 

Final 2020 images from Toft

Some images from yesterday's frosty misty walk around my local area. We saw several robins feeding on berries especially in frost-free areas deep in bushes. The frost was spasmodic often on one side of twigs or only on the tops of trees. 

Frozen Woodland Floor

The overnight low temperatures and mist resulted in ice crystals in the mosses, leaves and even fungi. 

 

Wintry Trees 2

During the second half of my walk on Monday, the mist cleared a bit revealing more distant features in the landscape. The sunflowers have just about shed their seeds.