Cambridge Chrstmas

I wasn't able to attend the rescheduled CCC outing on Sunday, to shoot the Christmas lights in Cambridge.  But I did make it in for a couple of hours today. I stayed fairly central, mainly around Kings Parade and the Market Square.

Derwent Water

I recently had a short trip to the Lake District, based in Keswick.  I was only there 2 full days.  The focus of the trip was to knock another 4 hills of my dwindling to-do list (just 10 left).  The weather was not kind.  I prioritised the dry (but grey and misty) day for the 13 mile loop I had to walk.  Which left a raining grey day for photography.  I started off looking for autumn colour, but that wasn't working, so I ended up by the water trying some minimalist misty monos.

Towards the end of the day, the rain had stopped and the sky opened up little.  There was almost a sunset.  Almost.

Wimpole Infrared

More IR.  A few shots from Wimpole taken a couple of weekends ago.  This time rendered in monochrome.

Light Painting at Paxton Pits

During the week, I attended a light painting workshop at Paxton Pits, organised by the Friends of Paxton Pits, and run by Peter Wood.  Peter started with a talk in the visitor's centre.  He showed us some of his work and talked about the equipment he used.  Once it was dark enough, we headed out to the meadow behind the visitor's centre.  Peter first did a couple of demonstrations of what he can achieve. Rather irritatingly my remote release came loose just as Peter was starting his second painting, by the time I was reconnected I had missed part of it. Hence the odd gap in the right hand side of the second image.

 

 

We then spent the rest of the session, seeing what we could achieve on our own.

Cambridge IR

Another set of IR images, this time from a longer stroll around Cambridge.  All of my channel swaps have been done using DxO PhotoLab 7, which I find easier to use for this than Photoshop, and with a more interesting colour range.

Bedford IR

 A small selection of colour-swapped IR shots taken on a short stroll beside the river in Bedford.

Burnet Moths

These were taken a couple of weeks ago on a visit to Sharpenhoe Clappers. There were a lots of Burnet moths and they were very confiding.

 

 

The Walled Garden at Wimpole

 I always enjoyed a visit to the walled garden at Wimpole.  Such a variety of shape and colour.

Fox

I saw this chap one evening whilst looking for the local barn owl.  I was stood by the gate of a small field that had been recently mown and baled for hay.  I saw the fox across the back of the field a couple of times, before making its way forward.  The fox was half-way down the field before it saw me.  At which point it sat down and stared at me.  It soon became clear that fox wanted to get through the gate I was stood by, and was quite prepared to wait me out rather than detour. We watched each other for a while, the fox having the occasional stretch or fidget.  After about 20 minutes, with the light failing fast, I moved off and watched from distance as the fox went through the gate and across the road to the fields beyond.

Poppies

There are poppies in the usual field near Burwash Manor.  Not exactly a carpet of red, but better than last year.