Wonderful Light: Phone Camera

I took Ted for his afternoon walk from Toft church to Comberton church - the light turned out to be wonderful with dark clouds in the distance - unfortunately I only had my phone with me - an old model with a not-great camera. I always enjoy this track - it is recorded that John Bunyan would have walked this on his journey from church to church in the area. Very different then as, where the golf course now is, was marshland even when I came to Toft in the 1960s

Frampton Marshes Landscapes

The overcast conditions at Frampton on Tueday suited landscape photography very well bringing out the subtle tones and colours

Sidgwick Site November Evening

We enjoyed an hour photographing the Sidgwick site in Cambridge yesterday after all light had gone from the overcast sky but with damp pavements and heavy cloud reflecting back the city lights. Difficult to know where to set the White balance when processing the images so I have left it on as shot with the variety of colours this produces.

RSPB Frampton Marsh Birds

Overcast but largely dry day for our RPS Nature Group visit to Frampton Marshes. Not ideal for distant photography, but I did enjoy the landscape (later blog post) and a few birds came close enough for portraits in habitat. Frampton is renown for its huge flocks of ducks and waders and also Raptors - we  enjoyed views of Peregrine, Merlin and, for one Member, Short-eared Owl.

Birds at Bushy Park

Although we chose to visit Bushy Park for the Deer, we were very impressed by the large and relatively tame bird population. Here are a few from the visit  - starting with a Jay that had taken an acorn up into the oak tree to eat - followed by Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, Paraqueets, Jackdaw, Blackbird, Grey Wagtail, Stonechat, Egyptian Goose up a tree! and Mallard. 

Red Deer in Autumn sunshine

 We were lucky to have a couple of hours of beautiful autumn sunshine to enjoy the Red Deer at Bushy on Monday. The herd had two stags - the largest seemed very relaxed and did not seem to object to the presence of a somewhat smaller stag that was still interested in the Hines. A young buck just showing knobs where the antlers will form spent time digging in the bracken and had been wallowing in a mud hole. The oak trees obviously offer tasty morsels for those that can reach up.