learning as I snap

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Afternoon wander

An unusual colour for hydrangea flowers
I'm having trouble with sky colours

Mini-Vermont effect

Kirby Hall catches the sun



Friday, October 28, 2011

Clipsham Yew Tree Avenue


I feel a little like Alice through the Looking Glass, among very large chess pieces.

half a mile of trees, late afternoon, long shadows, low sun... and then my battery ran out.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Spider web in the rain

There were surprisingly few webs around when I was looking this morning.  I enhanced this pic as it was originally very dark - my fault since I took it with a fast shutter speed.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Autumn skies and berries and textures

Seaton, glimpsed from the path near Gretton, spotlit by the sun

I've left the foreground darkish to emphasise the sky - taken 3.15pm Oct 25th

Haws

Sloes

umbellifers - seed-heads
? flower

brambles

fence

Brick wall - surprise, surprise. .