Tall Ships Festival

On Sunday I joined some other CCC members in London for a visit to the Tall Ships Festival.  We started at Woolwich Arsenal, but events there seemed rather subdued, so we quickly moved onto Greenwich.  The ships were complemented with living history reenactors, various kids entertainers and all the usual food and drink stalls.  I spent some time getting shots of the reenactors, before following the Thames path down as far as the Millennium Dome.  The day was flat calm, so the few ships moving up and down the river had to do so on their engines alone.  Those sails that were up were purely for show.  I was particularly taken by the juxtaposition of the ancient tall ships against the modern and even taller buildings of Canary Wharf.

Aldeburgh

Some more from last weekend.  After our visit to Tunstall forest, Vic and I spent the rest of the day at Aldeburgh.  We bimbled around for the afternoon, taking some detail shots.  I also tried a couple of long exposures with my 10 stop filter.  Once the sun started to drop, we had some lovely low light and concentrated in the fishing boats against the shingle.