Cambridge Mosque

 I made a short visit to the Cambridge Mosque yesterday with my granddaughter on a very wet morning. I was surprised how much light entered the prayer hall through the domes. Single shots except image 2 which is an in-camera multiple exposure.  I made a short visit to the Cambridge Mosque yesterday with my granddaughter on a very wet morning. I found the combination of intricate geometric shapes, patterns people themselves make and architecture took my attention

Hardwick Later Fungi Photography

 The sun had enough warmth on Friday to melt the ice by midday and gave some lovely side lighting as in the Jelly Ear. Some images are Focus stacks and all images are taken with Fuji 100XV using a  250X Raynox Macro adaptor for the smaller species. Last image is an in-camera composite of one in and one out of focus image 

Frozen Mosses and Toadstools Hardwick Wood

A very cold night left ice on all the Mosses and Toadstools in Hardwick Wood which quickly melted as the morning sunshine reached them.

Lichens

 Been experimenting a bit with lichen photography - these are with full-spectrum camera which demonstrates some of the colours etc that invertebrates might be seeing with their different sensitivity  to us to the various wavelengths of light. Only the yellow/orange colours stood out to my eye - others were dull grey.

Gulls Catching Flies

The Black-headed Gulls were busy catching flies from the surface of the water making very elogant shapes against the dark water. The Grey Heron just looked grumpy.

Raindrops on Flowers

Spent a short while in the garden yesterday photographing some of the flowers still in bloom and berries covered in droplets. I was using an old manual Olympus lens which gives very gentle backgrounds and seemed to suit the low light conditions. I need to be a bit more careful with my focusing however.