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The Chilterns

Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

Spring is indeed in the air.

Aston Rowant

Dark in Dartmoor

Saturday, August 20th, 2011

I was in Dartmoor last weekend with the intention of wild camping which turned out to be not so wild. We did however pitch our tent in a paddock complete with horse turds. Anyway, it was also a full moon and we had nice clear skies. It’d be the ideal location for star-trails. What these pics are missing though is the aurora. I miss the northern lights.

 

Infrared on Bury and Stocker’s Lake

Saturday, July 30th, 2011

Another day with blue skies and fluffy clouds. Bodies of water really do seem to give the pics an extra edge.

Infrared on Chobham Common

Monday, July 25th, 2011

Sunny day, blue skies with fluffy white clouds. Time for some infrared. I’ve got to say, this was probably one of my more successful forays into IR photography.

Where to?

A tree amongst the chalk heathland

Two paths

 

Bank Holiday at Black Park

Sunday, May 8th, 2011

Went to Black Park last Monday for a cycle. It was good cycling weather and not too busy either.

Easter Weekend Camping

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

This time with Bone up to the Forest of Dean. We actually stayed on a campsite in Mitchel Troy near Monmoth just over on the Welsh side. Unlike the last campsite, our pitch was on nice green grass and had a river running behind us and instead of being awoken by birdsong, we were greeted with the incessent crowing of crows as soon as morning broke.

The weather was pretty good, got rather hot during the day and quite chilly at night with temperatures of around 9/10oC.

The days were spent walking around, eating Dairylea and cooking.

 

Infrared on May Hill

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

Went hiking around the South Wales/England border over the weekend and figured I’d take advantage of the sunny weather and do some IR photography. I’m pretty sure I’ve processed them incorrectly, you can see some posterization here and there. I suspect I need to extend the shutter speed.

Pine trees on top of May Hill

More trees

Apparently, you can see 12 counties on a clear day

More trees

 

West Sussex Camping

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

West Sussex again, this time for some camping in Graffham.

Birds go cheep

Monday, April 18th, 2011

Great tit (Parus major)

Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)

Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

Phesant (Phasianus colchicus)

Canada goose (Branta canadensis)