Catch-up processing of some images I took a while ago, at the Hampton Court Food Festival. The ticket price also included access to the palace. I have previously visited the grounds a few times, but this was my first time inside. All images are hand-held 3 shot HDRs.
Last Saturday the was a living history fair in St Neots, organised by St Neots Museum. There were a dozen or so stalls with reenactors covering periods from the Vikings to the Edwardians. Reenactors are always great value for a photographer. They are very willing to pose, to show off the costumes that they have put so much time and money into. The only difficulty is finding a sympathetic background. Not too hard at an historic dockyard or steam railway, but much trickier in the middle of a busy St Neots Market Square. So I gave up trying for clean shots of whole people and instead concentrated on hands and costume details.
I recently joined other CCC members for an outing to Madingley Hall. It was good to see some people I hadn't seen, except on a Zoom screen, for 18 months, but the weather was not that kind. The morning started dull and grey and turned to rain after a couple of hours. There was enough time to explore a little and get some shots with my IR camera.
After Shoreditch, we moved on to the the City. It had been dull and grey for most of the day, but finally the clouds started to clear and we had some nice light.
I recently had my first photography trip into London since the start of the pandemic. It was a fun trip with a couple of pals and a couple of beers. We started at Kings Cross, where I didn't get anything useful, before moving on to Shoreditch.
Finally catching up with some photos I took a couple of weeks ago at Sharpenoe clappers. It was a hot and fairly still day (remember those?). I got there reasonably early, but the butterflies were already very active. There were lots of Chalkhill Blues, so I finally managed to get a half decent shot of one.
Time for some colour. My friend Vic has a round flower bed in his drive, that he has turned into a miniature wild-flower meadow.
