Monthly Archives: September 2018

Just before we went off on our break last week, we moved the bird bath, which we’ve had since shortly after we moved here, from a place at the back of the rose bed where we can barely see it … Continued

A week of lovely places and interesting things finished today on another high note, with a visit to Elwelme in Oxfordshire for lunch with my sister, brother-in-law and nephews. As well as enjoying the kind of hospitality that did nothing … Continued

After another Lightroom-heavy morning of back processing (please do take a look at my red squirrel from Wednesday, if you haven’t already seen it – because squirrels), I went off to Leamington Spa this afternoon to exchange my dud camera … Continued

First day back home after several away = photo processing. And more processing, and then yet more processing. Towards the end of the afternoon, when it was starting to feel as though I was taking root in my desk chair, … Continued

By this morning the good weather we’ve enjoyed for most of our trip had been replaced by teeming rain, so we weren’t as sad to leave Liverpool as we might otherwise have been. We broke our journey home at Wightwick … Continued

This morning we renewed our acquaintance with the wonderful collection of Victorian paintings at the Walker Art Gallery, and then went on to the World Museum, a few steps down the road, to see the exhibition China’s First Emperor and … Continued

This morning I was down on the hotel terrace before 6am, photographing the estuary as the light gradually increased, and listening to the competing conversations of the owls in the wood and the wading birds out on the mud flats. … Continued

Sometimes it pays to have low expectations. R and I are at the Portmeirion Estate this evening, en route to Liverpool where we’ll be staying for the next couple of days, and although I was happy to accept his suggestion … Continued

This morning I set up the 5DIV, which was a pretty intuitive experience after working with the 5DIII for so long – but the return of a touch screen, a luxury I’ve not had since selling my 70D a couple … Continued

Me that is, not the bee. I’ve been contemplating upgrading my full-frame camera for a while now, and today, when I realised that the Canon autumn offers had begun, I spent half the morning re-researching my decision to move to … Continued