This image was taken in Cumbria at Blea Tarn in May on a landscape photography holiday. The clouds were beginning to gather and there was rain in the air. There was a break in the clouds and I just got the patch of light on the far side of the tarn as it skipped across … Continue reading MMX: Tarn and Clouds →

This image was also taken at the edge of Bassenthwaite Lake with an Olympus E-620. These small yellow flowers were forcing themselves through the stones and gravel of the lake edge and the cream coloured rocks and sparse grass gave a nice backdrop for them. I slightly softened the image and put a vignette around … Continue reading MMX: Rocks and Flowers →

This was an early attempt at a combined colour and monochrome image. The can was found on the side of Bassenthwaite lake in Cumbria. The idea of the bright green of the beer can against the texture of the pebbles appealed to me. Taken with an Olympus E-620.

This is another image that was taken on the Long Mynd. We were just finishing the walk and the sky was starting to darken over and rain looked as though it was on the way. Descending off the Mynd I had the feeling we were being watched and looking up on the hillside, I saw … Continue reading MMX: Curiosity →

This was taken at the start of a walk on the Long Mynd in Shropshire. As Janette and I started the walk along Carding Mill Valley, I looked up and saw the hill to our left surmounted by wisps of cloud or mist. Near the top was a group of sheep that were grazing on … Continue reading MMX: Sheep and Mist →

Continuing my series of blogging some of the images I am considering for my 2010 yearbook MMX.On a visit to Attingham house I was really taken with its clean lines and form. The light just happened to be right in providing contrast and form to the building and so I used the E-620 and 14-42 … Continue reading MMX: Attingham →

This is another image taken at the Black Country museum with my E-620. There are many shops in the living museum set out as they would have been many years ago, and they all offer great photo opportunities. This particular shop appealed to me because of the different goods in the windows and hung outside … Continue reading MMX: Baths and Brooms →

This was taken at the Black Country Museum using my Olympus E-620. The cables are power lines for the trams that run through the museum. I liked the way they seemed to radiate out from the lamp post like the outer strands of some giant cobweb. The museum is a great place to get images … Continue reading MMX: Cables and Lamp →

As you walk down from the site of the castle in Henley-in-Arden you come to the moat at the bottom of the earthworks, which is now pretty much overgrown. As I walked over the site of the moat, I glanced right and saw a copse of trees and thickets that had grown in the old … Continue reading MMX: Dark Copse →