A Weekend's Hillwalking in the Lakes

Last weekend I spent a couple of days walking in the Lakes, to boost my Wainwright count (155 since you ask).  It wasn't really a photography trip, but I did take the 7D mark II with me and managed a few shots along the way.

 

This last shot was taken with my iphone using its panorama mode.

Isabella Plantation

The Isabella Plantation is an enclosed woodland garden within Richmond Park.  The plantation has a large collection of Rhododendrons and Camellias, as well as many other rare and unusual trees and shrubs.  When I visited there were several Magnolias coming to their best and a good display of Narcissus.  It wasn't the best day for close up shots, being both bright and breezy.  So I mainly used a very minimum depth of field and tried a few quite abstract shots.

Polesden Lacey

Easter weekend had some rather mixed weather.  Good Friday was the best day and I thought it might be a good idea to get out in the countryside and visit a National Trust property.  So we headed to Polesden Lacey, an Edwardian house and estate, near Dorking.  It is apparently one of the Trust's most popular properties, and on this particular sunny Friday most of the population of Surrey seemed to have shared my good idea.  As well as a good stroll around the gardens, I had a go at some hand-held interior shots.  The first image was a 3 shot HDR, the second a single shot.

   

Colours and Textures at RAF Barnham

During our trip to RAF Barnham, all of the photographers were drawn to the wonderful patternation on the decaying steel doors of the hutches.  In a couple of cases the original doors had been removed and stored inside the hutch, to protect it from further weathering.  In those cases a new door had been fitted with a photo reproduction of the original door's weathered look.