Fields in the Mist

Lockdown is back, so it's more images from a walk around the nearby fields.  This time on one of the recent misty mornings.  

Richmond Park - Infrared

By about 10am, the light had become quite harsh, the deer had started to settle down, more people were arriving and my Olympus batteries were just about dead.  So it was time to do something else.  Rather than head home, I chose to dig out the infred converted 40D.  I only had my 28mm and 50mm primes with me, so IR shots of the deer were sadly not an option (maybe next year).  But there were plenty of trees and people to offer good subjects.

 

Richmond Park - Deer

These images were taken at the start of the month, before the increase in Covid restrictions for London.  I was in the park for dawn, along with a couple of dozen other photographers.  Maybe it was becasue it was a Sunday, but there did seem to be many more 'togs than on my last visit a couple of years ago.  The morning started quite cloudy, but eventually the sun broke through and, for a while, there was some lovely light.  I saw one proper fight between a dominat male and a callenger (my first one after many such mornings), but it was too far away for decent shots.  I had to make do with some practice fencing between younger males, a huge amount of bellowing and, another first for me, one stag getting the reward for his hard work. 

Autumn by iPhone

A quick post (whilst I continue to sort through a large number of red deer photos taken at the start of the month).  The images below were all taken with my iPhone, using the Hipstamatic app, whilst walking around St Neots on a rather grey day.  They were all taken using one of my favourite 'lens' and 'film' combos.  For anyone interested, the 'lens' is Salvador 84, which gives the distorted double exposure look, and the 'film' is Kodot XGrizzled, which gives the slightly distressed look.

 

Botanic Gardens Infrared

I was keen for one last use of the IR camera before the green leaves began to turn.  So I took it to the botanic gardens on a sunny afternoon.

Bedford Infrared

 An occasional reader of this occasional blog complains that I never take any pictures in Bedford.  It's a fair comment, I don't.  So, on a sunny afternoon, I took the IR camera to Bedford for a walk beside the river.

Cambridge Street Photography

Last Saturday Ann organised a photohunt for CCC members in Cambridge.  Twelve cryptic photo clues led to 12 locations.  The idea was that you found the thing in the photo and either took your own photo of it or the area around it.  I decided to concentrate on street photography at each of the locations.  Some locations gave more opportunities that others.  I have posted a gallery featuring one shot from each location on the CCC website.  Here, I will just show a selection of my favourite shots of the day.

Note for posterity:  Under changes to the Covid19 regulations, this was the first weekend that it was mandatory to wear a face mask in shops.

It had been cloudy all day, and around 4pm the heavens opened.  But, as the old hill-walkers saying goes, 'there is no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothing'.  Luckily, I had the right clothing with me, and once I was suitably Goretex wrapped I managed to get my favourite shots of the day.