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The Chilterns

XiYu — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 23:32:56 +0000

Spring is indeed in the air.

Aston Rowant

Dark in Dartmoor

XiYu — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:10:51 +0000

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

XiYu — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:57:16 +0000

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

XiYu — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:20:38 +0000

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

East Anglia

XiYu — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:51:52 +0000

Bank Holiday at Black Park

XiYu — Sun, 08 May 2011 19:21:05 +0000

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

Easter Weekend Camping

XiYu — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:52:03 +0000

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 9/10^oC.

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

Infrared on May Hill

XiYu — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:25:17 +0000

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

XiYu — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:29:26 +0000

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

Birds go cheep

XiYu — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:25:57 +0000

Great tit (Parus major)

Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)

Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

Phesant (Phasianus colchicus)

Canada goose (Branta canadensis)