Holkham Park Deer

A very enjoyable day yesterday at Holkham - thanks Nick for arranging the RPS Nature Group outing and laying on very good weather and very cooperative deer. The males were busy setting up their groups of hinds and bellowing at each other. They are used to humans so take very little notice of photographers - one buck failed to get John's attention. I wanted to get some images that give the feel of the  motion of the herds - need further work on this!

Sheringham

Some images from Sheringham taken yesterday evening. Today is Holkham for a walk around the Park and Beach with RPS Nature Group. Hoping for a bright day and plenty of deer and birds!!

Foggy Morning in Toft

A very foggy yesterday for an early morning walk round the village - the only thing I found to talk to was a painted cow missing all the Cambridge crowds and, despite the notice, the fish and chip shop was not open.

 

Workshop on Flash Techniques

Yesterday evening, Toft Photogroup and CCC had a photography evening in Toft Churchyard practising various flash and night photography techniques.  Zoe came along with her black and irridescent angel wings and white fans and feathers. The three church images are comparable exposures - first with the security lights on, then unlit and finally lit by light painting with a handheld flash gun. The first and second images of Zoe are single flashes while the third and fourth images are long exposures with several flashes during the exposure. 

Knole National Trust, Kent,

Knole was extended from an earlier manor house in the 15th century and became a royal possession during the Tudor dynasty when Henry VIII's daughter lived and Elizabeth I is also said to have visited. From 1603, Thomas Sackville made it the aristocratic treasure house for the Sackville family, who were prominent and influential in court circles. Over more than 400 years, his descendants rebuilt and then furnished Knole in three further bursts of activity.

Thomas Sackville's Jacobean great house, unlike any surviving English great house apart from Haddon Hall, still looks as it did when Thomas died, having managed "to remain motionless like this since the early 17th century", balanced between growth and decay.