Hardwick Wood Fungi

There are lots of small fungi in Hardwick Wood at the moment  but no large Parasols or Geotropes yet. Several species of Ink Caps  while the pore tubes on the Beef steak fungus are intriguing. Taken around midday so not the best lighting and no idea what the small insect is on the first image

The Painted Church Cambridge

As part of our Documenting Cambridge project ( Public Home Page), I spent a couple of hours at the 'Painted Church' in Cambridge yesterday morning lit by beautiful autumn sunlight. I only had a compact single focal length camera with me so these are planning shots for a later in depth visit. All Saints' was built by the architect George Frederick Bodley between 1863 and 1870 and is a notable example of English Gothic Revival style, both for its exceptional hand painted walls and for the spectacular stained glass.The wall and ceiling decorations were applied by F. R. Leach & Sons and form complex, bold stencilled patterns throughout the church. The east window was designed by Edward Burne-Jones. 

Fungi Photography Paxton

The numbers of fungi has increased since my last visit on Sunday with fruting bodies pushing through the leaf litter and coming out of logs, trunks and mossy areas throughout the reserve. Here are a few that I managed to identify - the first being my favourite -  Brown Cups (Rutstroemia firma) growing inside a Turkey Oak acorn cup. 

Cambridge Camera Club Exhibition 2024

This year Cambridge Camera club is holding its Annual Exhibition in October (our traditional time up till about 10 years ago and is also returning a venue last used 9 years ago: St Andrews Street Baptist Church. As before we are being made very welcome indeed and I am sure will have a very enjoyable week now the hard work of erecting the Exhibition is over. 

Do visit if you are in Cambridge. It is open 10.00 -17.00 till Saturday. 

Previous Exhibition can be found at  Ann Miles Blog: Cambridge Camera Club Exhibition (pin-sharp.blogspot.com)

Fungi Season Starts at Paxton Pits

As we have had plenty of rain in the last few days (!!), I was hopeful that there would be enough fungi around for the Workshop there on Wednesday (and for the following week's one at Brandon). There are not huge numbers visible, but a hunt around found plenty of different species and some attractive clumps. The images below are a mix of natural light and added LED lights and of single shots and Focus- stacked images. The Dead Man's Fingers is particularly difficult to portray so will have another go at that one!