Southampton (last holiday post!)

 A bit out of sequence but felt I ought to record my first 'overseas' trip since February 2020 and also from a historical point of view - what will Southampton look like in the future if we stop importing oil. The Southampton oil refinery is the largest of six in the UK. It processes around 270,000 barrels a day. The docks are also a major industry plus Cruise liners and general boating activities

Fungi at Brandon Country Park

 Beautiful autumn day at Brandon with golden sunlight through the trees yesterday for our RPS Nature Group Fungi hunt. There was a good variety around though not in the large numbers we have seen some years. I concentrated on some of the very small specimens found in the leaf litter etc. Mostly these are single shots at F13/F16 with 23mm lens plus close-up lens. The last two images are focus-stacked at F2 and F16 (No noise reduction at the moment as computer a bit poorly!)

Sunset, Moonrise and Jupiter at its Nearest

I went to watch sunset and moonrise yesterday evening and to record a special astronomical event. Jupiter was closest to the earth yesterday evening  in 59 years. Jupiter will not be closer to the earth until (mark your calendars) next century, on October 7th, 2129!

Madingley American Cemetery

 Spent an enjoyable day at the American Cemetery sharing hints for using the FujiX100V with Ros. We investigated some of the special features including the in-built neutral density filter (images 1 - 15secs, 2 - 1/250sec), wide aperture (F2), panorama mode and multiple exposures.

Second Visit to the Red Squirrels Isle of Wight

We made a second visit to the Red Squirrel location that we enjoyed so much on our first day and were rewarded with beautiful light and equally beautiful subjects to photograph. My favourite image is with the light through the background trees