Tour of Cambridge Chapels at Night

 As part of the Cambridge e-luminate Festival, we booked two places on a tour of the Chapels. I had expected a candlelit experience rather than lurid led lights that we were given. We started in Gonville and Caius Chapel with a rather boring Choral offering. More interesting was the two organ recital in Jesus Chapel preceded by a history of the organs. The older wooden panelled instrument is tuned prior to temperate scales and concert pitch so sounded very different.

Clear Night at Elveden

Thursday night was very clear so had a second go at the stars - this time lower ISO -400; 30 secs and f5.6. Caught what I think was a shooting star in second image - Peter reported seeing one in Caambridge that evening I saw on facebook later.

Images of Other Birds at Elveden

 Chaffinches are the easiest birds to capture in flight as they hover frequently in front of the feeders. A very agile blackbird kept getting in on the act and the Siskins were their usual aggressive selves.

Continuing Quest for Flight Images - Tit Species

Center Parcs has the best feeding station I have found for attempting to capture bird flight images as the background is a very long way from the feeders. However, being surrounded by forest the light levels are not great. These images were taken at 800 ISO, 1/1250 sec f2.8 to f5.0 on 200mm lens. Shutterspeed not high enough for the fastest movers and shallow depth of field makes capturing all the bird difficult.

Windy Night at Center Parcs

At Elveden with the family and had fun taking some images yesterday evening in the wood behind the 'Villa'. The gale had abaited a bit and the moon is nearly full but there were still strong gusts that swayed the tall pines and the clouds were moving very fast. There are a sprinkling of stars. I would like to have tried longer but haven't brought a remote with me. 30seconds f11 iso1600.

Hellebores at the Beren

 The Hellebores are looking at their best in Tinch's garden in Toft. The sight of these was complimented by the sweet perfumes of the Witch Hazel and Mahonia

Cambridge Floods and Stormy Skies

 After very heavy rain overnight, the Cam was right to the top of the bank and lots of flooding on the surrounding grassland. (Toft - Bourn Road is closed for the first time this year). Incredible stormy skies along with bright sunshine showed King's College at its best. Good weather for ducks and anyone for water pingpong.

Ely Cathedral in Monochrome

 I am continuing on printing for updated/new monochrome talks and enjoyed working on these images of Ely Cathedral. Mainly processed just through lightroom.