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Today in Great Dunmow the Flitch Trials were held. These trials test the love and commitment of couples who have been married for at least a year and a day who have to prove that they live in marital harmony. Held every four years these trials have taken place since
I found this old circuit board, which was for an old amplifier I had, in a cupboard earlier today. I spent some time taking some close up shots and, as often happens with macro work, these two characters appeared.
OK – this is a bit of a show off post, I admit it. I have 4 full frame lenses, the 3 shown here and the lens that took the photograph. I am in need of the 70 – 200 f2.8 lens…but that won’t appear until well into next year…if
It was lovely all morning as I sat in the office, so, come lunchtime I shot out to Roydon and the River Stort. As I rummaged about in the back getting my gear together I was aware of some pretty dark clouds in the vicinity so grabbed my brolly as
Sometimes, it’s just not going to be your day…and today was not my day to get anything sharp. Having had a pleasant enough day weather wise, whilst cooped up in the office, I had great hopes of a pleasant evening wandering the streets of Bishops Stortford taking part in the
I took a quick walk over the Recreation Ground in Dunmow this evening…I took a rather daft chance and went in t-shirt, shorts and camera…no coat, no bag for camera. Whilst I was only ever 15 minutes away from home it suddenly dawned on me that I may struggle to
A brief break in the rain this afternoon meant I could pop out and grab this shot f a hoverfly venturing into a foxglove.
All the yellow rape has long since faded and we are left with the rather dull green crop now. On our walk through Rowney Woods we walked through the crop and noticed some wild wheat growing. I’ve recently got a 14-24 lens which is mega wide and I’m slowly learning
So, half of Britain is flooding at the moment as we go through the wettest Summer for a long time. As I drove back from work we had the most torrential downpour that quickly caused flash floods on the road…but as soon as we were getting drenched, we were out
We had the 2nd meeting of the Dunmow Photography Club this evening. Everyone brought in a few pictures based around the colour red and the rest of the group critiqued them. My new D800 caused plenty of interest. I took a shot of the leader of the group specifically for
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