Drive II

This is a slightly different treatment of the same flower as the in the previous post. Firstly, the depth of field in this image is quite shallow. Secondly, the post processing has resulted in a less contrasty image.

Something different next time.

Drive

This particular plan was growing on the drive, at the base of the garden wall. The image was made using a sheet of black paper as a background and available light.

I have a couple of other images using different treatments of this subject, which I may post shortly.

Slim Pickings

The lean period continues, I'm afraid. I have another set of images still in the camera, maybe there'll be something decent amongst those. In the meantime, here is a rather sorry mono image of a flower from our garden.

Got the Mumps

For those of you unfamiliar with Somerset, this is not Glastonbury Tor. It is, in fact, a nearby landmark which is somewhat smaller and less well known - the Burrow Mump. 

In this case, the church fell into disrepair because the locals decided that they couldn't be bothered hauling themselves up the hill on a Sunday morning, and built another church at the bottom.

As you can see, a couple of hardy souls made it to the top on the day that we visited. In fact, we made our way up there shortly after this image was made - there's a handy car park at the foot. All the place needs to be perfect is a tea shop - it is NT after all.

What A Scream

Not sure what sort of flower this is, but I do like the "Scream" mask in the top centre of this image. I'd like to be able to say that I noticed it pre-capture, but I didn't.

Everything's Beachy

Many years ago, I lived in a place called Bollington. The town has its own symbolic structure, a brick pyramid call White Nancy. Burnham has one also, the old lighthouse, which for some reason, I've never photographed . 

Anyway, now that my son is attempting his Cubs photography badge, I'm touring these local landmarks. To be honest, I could have picked a better time. With the tide out, the beach isn't very photogenic.

So, hardly a classic with which to get this blog back up and running, but needs must.