Ramsey 1940s Weekend

Last weekend I visited the 1940s Weekend held at RAF Upwood on the outskirts of Ramsey. The event was bigger than last year with more reenactors and a much bigger airshow. Sadly, the extra people meant that the various living history groups were rather tightly grouped together, making it much harder to get a neutral backgrounds.

'Past Its Best'

As mentioned in my last posting, the recent Abbey-Horizons outing had a panel theme of 'past its best'. Here are my 5 images. With more time I could have replaced Image 3 with something that fitted a little more closely to the others, but I was happy just to get 5 on-topic images. The last two are my favourites of the set.

Evening Visit to the Botanical Gardens

Last Wednesday saw another photography evening for the Abbey-Horizons group. This time we chose to go to a late night opening of the Botanical Gardens. The weather wasn't really on our side. It was decidedly dull and grey, and no sooner had I arrived than it started to rain. We all sought shelter in the glasshouses, and I then spent most of the evening in just one part of the first one, concentrating of macro shots. Towards closing time, the sun broke through the clouds, so I ventured outside (although still not far).

There was a loose panel theme of 'past its best' that I managed to find 5 images for, to varying degrees of success. However, as usual, I will save those until after the next Abbey-Horizons meeting. In the meantime here are a few of the off-topic shots I took.