Longstowe Church, Cambridgeshire

 The present church was built between 1863 and 1864 of brick faced with flint stone.It stands on the site of an earlier building and has various remnants including the tolling bell which dates back to the 14th century.  The original church was burnt down in 1719, but monuments to the Cage family were saved, and are now in the chancel (images 1,2). The Cage family purchased the manor of Longstowe  in 1571. It passed through various families and presently is owned by the Bevan family. The church is very dark and must be very atmospheric when all the candles and oil lamps are lit. (All images handheld at 1/15th sec and iso3200 - a tribute to my Fuji compact camera!!) 

Locked Down Cambridge Market

Some images from a visit to Cambridge Market on Monday (19th), the day when slight easing of restrictions came into force. The Market is dominated by fast food outlets and customers well regulated with Stewards present to ensure rules are adhered to. Sad to see Don Pasquale all boarded up.

 

Close Up on Spiders and Beetles

The top of our plastic storage bins attracts lots of invertebrates as it warms quickly in the sun. Here a Zebra Jumping Spider pursues an Ant-like Flower Beetle plus Red mite, 22- and 20-spot Ladybirds plus a nearby Rosemary Beetle. Images 1, 2,  5, 6 and 9 are focus stacks of 10 images each, handheld.

First 2021 Visit to Central Cambridge

We needed to visit the Building Society in Cambridge and took the opportunity to photograph Cambridge in the spring sunshine.

Bee Flies

The warm sunshine yesterday brought out the Bee Flies and several other flies and insects in the carden. The bright directional light late in the afternoon made photography difficult but produced this wonderful shadow.

Cambourne Business Park

A bit of distraction photography after the supermarket errand this morning but in very poor light and very windy. I had fun setting a recipe in Nik Color Efex that gives an interesting result with the chosen set of images.