Wordless Wednesday: shadows on the field

Verge project: high summer

I have to be up front here, summer is not my favourite season. It can be - for me - too hot, muggy and stormy, even here in Northumberland and its quite often hopeless for photography. As far as the verge is concerned it goes from interesting to a mess very quickly! So I tended …

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Above the Coquet at Farnham Bank

We recently went to explore a section of the Coquet we’d seen on the map but not visited before. It was a typical July day of high humidity and summer clouds. Lovely views down to the river and across to Holystone and Sharperton with Agrimony in swaths on the river bank.  

The seawater pool, St Monans

We had a wonderful holiday in May in the East Neuk of Fife, staying in the village of St Monans. One of the features is the old seawater bathing pool, now disused. You can read more about it in this article. The still water provided a perfect mirror for the sky. It was also a …

Sunset and Sky

There was a lovely sky last night, the setting sun catching the clouds opposite turning them a lovely pink colour. So we had to dash out with our cameras and take some shots In the west the sun caught the trees and set them ablaze with light.   Walking back to the house the moon …

November in colour

A follow on from the "Monochrome" post, same camera same lenses. The Northumberland countryside looks great in either format.

November in monochrome

Lots of photographs taken this month due to purchasing a new micro four thirds camera and some lenses. I'm appreciating the convenience of an electronic viewfinder, camera body image stabilisation and the - relative - low cost of lenses. All photos have been shot with the Lumix G8O (G85 in USA) and a variety of …

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October Country

It's been a lovely October here in Northumberland with little rain and fantastic skies. I'm about to change cameras so these are some of the last photos taken with my trusty Nikon D3300.

August in black and white