Lensbaby Autumn

We recently had a speaker at the club who talked about different lenses and the creative influence these could have on your images.  This talk made me do a couple of things.  Firstly it added a couple more lenses to my Amazon wishlist.  Secondly, it made me dig out my Lensbaby Composer.  Before the leaves were stripped from the trees by the recent storm, I used this for some slightly more creative autumn shots. The Lensbaby Composer can be tricky to use, and I find that my results with it are very hit and miss.  Frankly, more miss than hit.  And, I was using it with the widest aperture insert, which always ups the jeopardy.  But, it did give me my most interesting shots from what, photographically, has been a very poor autumn.

Club Night Photography Outing

Last weekend, I joined other CCC members for the annual club night photography shoot in Cambridge.  We started on Kings Parade, before heading, via the Mill Pond, to the University's Sidgwick site.

Ignite at Polesden Lacey

I have wanted to photograph one of the National Trust winter light events for a few years.  But they were always fully booked by the time I tried to get tickets.  This year there are events at more locations and a friend was able to get us tickets to 'Ignite' at Polesden Lacey, near Leatherhead in Surrey. 

Old Tractor at Wimpole

The other Sunday, I had nothing to do and fancied a piece of cake, so, for the first time in about 2 years, I visited Wimpole Hall.  Cake was the main purpose of the visit, but I took a camera hoping to find something of interest.  I found something at the farm, in the shape of an old Fordson Major tractor.  The paintwork was splattered with rust and lichen and I spent a pleasant half hour or so taking a series of hand-held close-ups.  I would have liked more depth of field on some of the shots, but didn't have the light.  I will have to take my tripod, the next time I fancy some cake.