Misty Marden

Wales

Spent saturday in the Brecon Beacons, we were going to stay over but decided to scout out where to stay for another visit in a couple of weeks instead. I did manage a quick wander into the wilderness as the sun was falling..

Ice!

Not quite cold enough for wintery scenes, but a rare appearance of some solid ice in these warm winters of late..

A trapped leaf in a patterned frozen pond and difuse sunlight reflecting off frozen flood water near Silbury Hill.

Back in the saddle again..

Short daylight hours and a bit of January fatigue finally overcome. Some photos of a mostly overcast Wiltshire countryside..

More practice..

Sunday sunrise..

Winter Sunflower Field..

Slacking..

Not posted for a while so here are a few more photos...


Autumnal colours at Chew Magna Lake wildlife reserve.


Windows of the 15th century St Mary the Virgin church, Calstone.



Birnbeck pier & sunset, again.

Avebury revisited

Not sleeping well, so I got out to Avebury for another sunrise... unfortunately the rain clouds kind of spoilt the plan. Was a cool walk around Avebury in the rain though. These are two photos that I took, merging multiple exposures in Photoshop to avoid having a dark foreground or over-bright sky (cheaper than ND-grad filters). Not fantastic, but I like them.

Weston-Super-Mare

Off to Weston on saturday, nice blustery weather, stormy clouds and a half decent sunset.





The excellent Birnbeck pier - built in 1867, used in WW2 to research secret weapons, now a grade II listed structure and the only pier in the world to link to an island no less.

More info:

http://www.birnbeckpier.org/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/west/series7/birnbeck_pier.shtml

Dusk til Dawn

Sunrise in Avebury - beaten to the best spots by a group of photographers, fair enough but they kept wandering into my shot, annoying b'stards.





Through the woods..







Watched Casino Royale at the cinema (I think I've given up with my pretty naff movie reviews)..

..sunset over Chippenham

Birds in the park..

Stourhead & Fonthill Bishop

Visited Stourhead National Trust park at the weekend.. luckily we got there early as the queues to get in were stupidly long when we left (people queue out the door and car queue 2-3 miles down the road). Was a nice walk around though, even if the autumn colours aren't full on yet and the place was swarming with cameras - probably the most Canon 1Ds and Nikon D2X's I've seen at any one time. Here are a few of my humble efforts...

Frosty Sunrise

The first frost of the autumn, not particularly impressed with my photos, but they are proof that I managed to get up early again. It was fun anyway..