I decided to use the motor this morning. I was all walked out yesterday and getting to the Orwell Bridge with a shed load of gear is not that easy on foot. I pulled out of the garage to a bitterly cold morning but luckily for me no ice-scaping. It totally surprised me to encounter […]
Today, I saw a weasel
I got a shock this morning when I tipped a certain weight on the bathroom scales so I went for a long walk. The last time I walked to Sproughton from Ipswich town centre along the Gipping path must have been in early 2011. Whilst at Uni, I fell out of the habit. The river […]
Colour or Black and White?
I often ask this question. I began my photographic journey using B&W medium format film back in 1968. I don’t think it is nostalgia, but I do have a preponderance to preferring monochromatic images. Colour is very important in my life but it is always a toss up between deciding to make B&W images or […]
Hurrah! The days are getting longer.
I was out before dawn today. No bicycle. A bit too windy for me so shank’s pony was in order and yet more testing as I get to grips with the metering and handling of this camera. It is so different to the D3S. Being out before dawn is not too onerous a task at […]
Mortality – a week of highlights
The news this week has been dire in terms of wanton murder of children and teachers in Pakistan and hearing of the eight children found stabbed to death in Queensland. These two incidents seem to have wrapped up what has been a tumultuous year for man’s inhumanity to man, and in the 100th anniversary of […]
Alert, Vigilant and gone for a Burton
I was alerted to the Trinity House vessel moored in the Wet Dock a few days ago but last night as I made my way from the station to the UCS campus to visit the ‘Untitled.’ degree show student’s exhibition last night at St Clement Church I noticed a revenue cutter was moored alongside the […]
I like pies and sunsets
Regular readers will know that I like cake and there is nothing better on the earth than Mrs O’s Dundee cake closely followed by her exquisite lemon and black pepper cake. Not in the same sitting I might add. No, that would not work at all. The lemon cake is a Ruby Tandoh recipe. Look […]
More test results
This post is aimed at people interested in the resolving power of a prime lens coupled with a high pixel count sensor. Nikon D810 Nikkor 50mm AFD 1.4 Ipswich Borough Council have recently agreed to buy the Sproughton Sugar Beet site. For years, these silos have been a symbol of agricultural cum manufacturing business particular […]
Mixed feelings
Yesterday was a strange day. It is two years ago tomorrow that I maneuvered mother-in-law into the care home but it was on the Friday, a very wet Friday that the move took place in the dark that can only come from a December evening. These thoughts ran through my mind as I scuttled down […]
I walked for over 5 hours this morning
I have been preoccupied of late with getting my second attempt at funding for my extended Edgelands project into the system plus a financial year end and getting to grips with society group protocols at the RPS. We were warned of a weather bomb heading our way and yesterday on my morning constitutional I noticed […]