It was such a glorious winter morning on the way to do my weekly shopping, I made a point of stopping on the way for a short walk. This scene presented itself for just about a minute before the mist engulfed the whole of Colmer’s Hill – a…
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In this post, I share my love of ICM: Intentional Camera Movement, as a technique for abstracting landscapes and other mostly natural subjects. Conventional wisdom has it that the shutter speed should be short enough to avoid any blurring of the subject, but by using a slow shutter…
Furzehill Plantation is a small commercial plantation of spruce just down the road from my house. Not very prepossessing to look at normally, sometimes the light catches the trunks just right and I can find an image I like. This was taken in autumn when the sun was…
So farewell then, Neil Armstrong Childhood hero, and Coiner of that famous phrase. With one small step you shuffled off Your mortal coil, And took a giant leap Into eternity. Tranquillity Base – the Eagle has taken off, Into the wild blue yonder. (After E J Thribb.)
An impression of English sycamore woods in the spring. Blue flowers and a blue sky of subtly different colour. These lesser-known undercliffs are to the East of Lyme Regis, and this is where the old road to Charmouth used to run until it slipped away and had to be…
A worthy contender for the “Who writes this crap?” award. This article on the BBC news web site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14306146 is a mix of sensationalist technobabble, misconceptions and plain tosh. It’s hard to believe that a “technology reporter” is actually paid to write stuff like this. Did you know…
My home village of Uplyme, in East Devon, seen in the snowiest winter for many years. The view from our field was breathtaking, as the sun rose over the woods and touched the far side of the valley with rosy light. A photo can’t really do justice…
A friend and I went up Pilsdon Pen to watch the midsummer sun rise. Despite a very chill breeze at just after 5am, we were rewarded by this wonderful view to the south, with the Marshwood Vale draped with early morning mist. Like many rural areas, the vale…
Late sunshine accentuates the vivid colours of wild sorrel seeds in a permanent pasture just down the road, belonging to Lyme Alpacas. The jewel-like reds are offset by the rich green of the grass and the golden splashes of field buttercups. One of those images that conjures up…