Garden and Local Birds

Our Dunnocks are paired up and displaying while a pair of Blackcaps come to our feeders. Already Bluetits are inspecting the nestbox. A Buzzard regularly uses the fallen stump in the field next to the house along with a Jay. The Stonechat may be passing through as not seen before.

Spring Flowers

Some flowers taken with legacy Olympus OM50mm lens at various apertures (irises are F16, F8, F4 and F1.8).

Shallow DOF Caldecote Church

We took a walk through the mud and flooded fields to Caldecote Church this afternoon. I was using a legacy Olympus OM 50mm f1.8 lens which gives very smooth backgrounds and muted colours.

Winter Birds in Toft

A few birds from a walk round our village. . Lots of Redwings feeding on the ground along with Blackbirds and Fieldfares. Great to see a Siskin in the trees - it was only a dark silhouette to the eye so pleased to be able to do the ID on the computer after lightening the file. The Starling is definitely the star of the set with his iridescent plumage

Park Street Car Park Cambridge

As we had to be out in the car, we took our exercise in the Chesterton area of Cambridge - a delight not to be battling with our local mud and ice! Park Street Car Park is such an anomaly and yet has all the intrigue for me of concrete structures. It was built around 1960 and was due for closure and redevelopment to a hotel and car park  this spring. However, the contractors have dropped out so at the moment it has a reprieve - a relief in some ways I am sure for the local residents. 

Mosses at Madingley Hall

 This winter's project is Mosses and Lichens - very much still in progress! Here a collection from Madingley Hall playing with depth of field and backlighting. The bright light reflected off the snow behind some of mosses gave interesting bokeh.