Shadows, Cycles and People in Cambridge

Very contrasty light this morning for my walk from the Park and Ride to the City centre. The low sun gave long shadows and bright rim lighting. 

Christmas Tree Festival Toft

Winter in Hardwick Wood Project

Last year, I took a lot of photos of lichens, mosses and fungi during the winter months and I hope to extend this project over the upcoming months. I was amazed by the abundance of fungi of all types in the wood yesterday from several types of Mycena to Club fungi, slime moulds, jelly fungi, ink caps etc. Here a few quick shots - I must go back soon with a good tripod and lighting to do them justice. 

Rugby - Steele-Bodger's Match

Spent an interesting afternoon photographing the Steele-Bodgers Rugby match - a contest between Cambridge University Rugby Union team and an invited team of professionals (a bequest from Micky Steele-Bodger a former England squad).  A very hard fought battle which CURUFC won. Images were needed both of the match and the hospitality side of the event. A difficult assignment as most of match was under not very bright floodlights and I don't have a 2.8 lens.

'Soft' Day at Paxton Pits

Paxton Pits show a dramatic rise in water level over the last couple of weeks with a lot of the islands now submerged. This has greatly reduced the numbers of birds to be seen but it certainly looked wonderful in the soft light with patches of mist over the water. Mostly shot at 1/500th except Herons at 1/60th - still experimenting with shutterspeeds and sharpness.