Wrest Park 2

A few more images from the 720nm infrared Sony RX100 conversion, processed to give high-contrast monochromes.

 

Wrest Park Gardens 1

 Yesterday's skies were ideal for a visit to Wrest Park and the use of Infrared/Full spectrum photography. This is the first set and are from an infrared-converted (720nm) Sony RX100  .  

To quote ' 'Wrest Park is an exceptional rarity – a magnificent house of the 1830s, set in an outstanding restored garden landscape originating in the 17th century. The house itself is remarkable, a near unique example of 19th-century English architecture following the style of an 18th-century French chateau. Its grounds are a glorious amalgam of three centuries of English garden design, and contain one of the few remaining formal gardens of the early 18th century.'

Unusual Angles in Toft

Motivated by a Camera Club project, I took my Fuji X100V on a walk round Toft taking images from the ground, looking up, looking down etc. For close ups, I attached a 250X close-up filter. 

Paxton Egrets, Swans, Geese and Darters

Little White Egret, Canada Geese, Mute Swans and Common Darters taken from the Cobham Hide on Sunday afternoon from the hide at Paxton.

Garden Wildlife After the Rain

 A glimpse of the sun after yesterday morning's rain, woke up all kinds of insects etc in the garden, especially Hemiptera and Spiders. This Walnut Orb Spider was so comfortably concealed in a leaf that I missed it on my first circuit. The Lacehopper (?Cixius nervosus) is probably the 'oddest' looking bug of the safari. The Lambs Ear old flower spikes revealed a very large number of bugs with several different species coinhabiting. ID sheets at end.