SINGING IN THE SUN (19/01/11)

No fog today, there was a frost and a little mist about this morning………..last night was cool and almost clear so I had another go at star trails………I’ve not cracked these yet but I am heading in the right direction.

    This doesn’t look too bad but if examined at high resolution there are gaps in the trails. This image is constructed in PS Elements from around eighty separate thirty second exposures. They are copied and pasted one upon the other with the blend mode set to Lighten…….This is, I suspect, the problem. The near vertical streak left of centre is not a shooting star it’s an aeroplane. I’ll keep bashing away and hopefully find a solution. I don’t have an interval timer and nor do I stand outside pressing the shutter………..If anyone is interested I will do a ‘Seeing To Pictures’ on the state of play so far.

This morning I waited till the sun started to burn off the mist and we had a couple of hours or so wandering the woods behind our camper…………..absolutely fantastic it was, to see some light, almost forgotten what it looks like. All the photos or most of them were shot from shade into bright light so I am afraid you will have to click out or tolerate the dark fore grounds.

This is the lower of two dams built to provide a head of water for the Bobbin Mill in yesterdays post.

     High Dam…………it is a bit further up the hill than Low Dam.

The following images are reflections of trees and clouds in water.

Enough?……….I can’t get enough of them and still have a few up my sleeve or in the hard drive. Yes that is a skim of ice on the water…………..spoils things a little but these images are a bit twee and chocolate boxy. Never have had much taste!

    We carried on up the hill towards a place called Stott Park heights…….I was hoping to get some pictures of a mist filled valley……………succeeded in part………….a very small part.

   I’ve not done one of these for ages………………………….I know……….Thank the Lord!… I hear you cry. (The Wood )…..My interpretation of Michael Orton's image style. I really admire his work which basically involved shooting two underexposed shots on transparency film. One sharp the other out of focus and sandwiching them together. I also suspect that he cross processed one image but maybe not.

That’s all, the dogs had a wonderful time and so did I…………we are sitting with the camper doors and windows open watching the birds on the feeders…………Don’t stop feeding the gallant little mites…..all the berries have gone.

I’ll see what tomorrow has in store………..When?…. Tomorrow of course.

Be good and have fun.

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