Bird Walk at Paxton

Our monthly walk at Paxton this morning concentrated on Birds, especially looking out for winter visitors. We did see a large flock of Redwings and several winter duck species - Wigeon, Goldeneye plus a lot of residents (36 species). Good to see all three Heron species (Great and Little Egret and Grey Heron). I spent a bit of time in the Cobham Hide after lunch and photographed a hovering Migrant Hawker.

West Site Cambridge

On Sunday, we visited Cambridge West Site for a few photographs as the sun went down.

Tate St Ives Interiors

 This is the final post from our trip to Cornwall recording the clean lines of the interior architecture of Tate St Ives gallery and definitely showing the Gasometer heritage with curves, columns and cross bars.

Gale Force Winds at Penzance (30th October)

 A very windy day for Phil's birthday (last Thursday) - I did manage to get my lighthouse image before the conditions got too bad. The developing storm certainly blew away all the cobwebs and would have taken me with them had a passing man not grabbed me and escorted me to a sheltering wall. 

CCC Outing to Eddington, Cambridge

Some of the newer (and more established!!) members of Cambridge Camera Club explored the West side of Cambridge yesterday including Eddington which is a new sustainable development to the west of Cambridge that normally is only noticed when using the Madingley Park and Ride or visiting Sainsbury's. 

The architecture from a distance is very uniform and potentially very uninteresting to photograph but closer it becomes apparent that a lot of effort has gone into giving each building individuality - for instance the 'randomly' staggered windows in the first image and the different window shapes and sizes in the second. I did not spend as long as I intended on the buildings as we decided to head to the lake while the light was good. The meshwork tower near the lake in the bright sunlight was an intriguing subject  (Sony RX100 converted to 720nm infrared).