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March 2011

A great few hours at Westonbirt Arboretum, Spring is such a magical time to be here. Rhododendrons and Magnolias in flower; the scent of the Magnolias was really something. England is getting warmer at last, fresh green leaves
are emerging, signalling the start of the glorious Spring season, hooray!


Paperbark Maple	Paperbark Maple	Paperbark Maple	Magnolia


Magnolia	Cherry Blossom	Birch	Stewartia


Rhododendron	Rhododendron blur	Corylopsis	Corylopsis

Cherry Blossom

21/3/11 Dawn was beautiful this morning, sounds of Blackbirds, Larks and a Woodpecker pecking. It was too cloudy for photography, but I managed to get an image before the sun was smothered in grey

Glastonbury Tor

Used my DSLR to take some shots of the trees at Westonbirt Arboretum, makes a nice change carrying a lightweight Canon 5DMk2 - I haven't used it for months, preferring to use my larger cameras. I could spend hours at Westonbirt, it's normally so peaceful with birds singing in the trees, and very few people. Today was interrupted by the sound of a chainsaw, probably taking down some diseased trees (there are a lot of them around the South West right now). Still a great few hours spent among wonderful trees


Himalayan Pine	Himalayan Pine	Chile Pine


Coast Redwood	Larch Trees	Paperbark Maple

Went to Ashbrittle, Somerset to see the oldest living thing in Great Britain, no it's not Terry Wogan but a
Yew Tree, reputed to be over 3,000 years old. It was mature when Stonehenge was in use! 1,000 years before Christ. Quite something to see a tree that old, I've seen them in The States (they have even older trees there, the Bristlecombe Pine) but didn't know we had any that old. It was planted on a barrow (tomb) so probably has
someone important buried underneath. The poet William Wordsworth came to see it and wrote some prose.
Looks good enough for at least another thousand years


3,000 years old Oldest Tree in Britain	Winter Trees near Morebath, Devon	Tarr Steps


Winter Trees near Morebath, Devon	Tarr Steps


'Walking on Water' Brean Down	'Walking on Water' Brean Down

Great start to March after a bed February for photography. The view from Docklands over The River Thames to Canary Wharf is just amazing. I caught it when the tide was out and stood on a sandy beach; when the boats went by there were even waves! These sandy beaches would be great in the summer in between tides for the locals to relax on. I love London


Temple Quay, Bristol	St Pauls Cathedral

Canary Wharf, London


Canary Wharf, London	Canary Wharf, London


St Pauls Cathedral	St Pauls Cathedral	St Pauls Cathedral


St Pauls Cathedral	St Pauls Cathedral	Gherkin and Thames Boat


Twisted Oak Trees	Oak Tree


Twisted Oak Trees	Wreck of The Nornen


Pier Building, Cardiff	Sculpture, Cardiff Bay	Millennium Centre, Cardiff


Millennium Centre, Cardiff	Millennium Centre, Cardiff


Cardiff Bay	Millennium Centre, Cardiff	Millennium Centre, Cardiff	Pier Head Building

Millennium Centre, Cardiff

Canary Wharf, London


St Pauls Cathedral	St Pauls Cathedral


St Pauls Cathedral	Canary Wharf, London


Twisted Oak Trees	Wreck, Berrow


Twisted Oak Trees	Twisted Oak Trees	Twisted Oak Trees	Twisted Oak Tree


Twisted Oak Tree	Temple Quay


Pier Building, Cardiff	Sculpture, Cardiff Bay	Millennium Centre, Cardiff


Millennium Centre, Cardiff	Millennium Centre, Cardiff


Cardiff Bay	Millennium Centre, Cardiff	Millennium Centre, Cardiff	Pier Head Building

Millennium Centre, Cardiff

February 2011

St Mary Redcliffe

Oh dear, this month is off to a bad start; already the 20th and only one image to show for it. We've had an inordinate amount of grey days, only one good dawn (which I missed) and no dramatic weather at all. Definitely feeling the need to be creative, so perhaps I'll photograph the cat!

January 2011


Clifton Cathedral	Clifton Suspension Bridge


Peat 'Mountain'	Beech Tree Roots	Birch Trees, Sunset


Clifton Suspension Bridge	Millennium Square

Uh-oh, just reached the young age of 51. Time to take some more photographs before my eyesight goes completely. My hearing's already on the way out (too many Clash gigs in the seventies), but my photography is still improving - something I didn't expect. Perhaps I've just got even fussier? I looked at some of the 'Landscape Photographer of the year 2010' winning images and frankly I'd have deleted some of them, too many with obvious photoshop, and some just plain bad. There were some great images too though.
Something I always tell people who come for tuition, is to edit their images carefully and only show people their best work. That way you get good feedback and encouragement, rather than yawns and a change of conversation!

These images were made with my new large format digital camera, a Cambo Wide DS, with Schneider Apo-Digitar
XL lenses with a Phase One P45 (39 Megapixel Digital Back). It gives a new meaning to the word sharp: -


Wells	Wells Cathedral	Wells Cathedral


Wells Cathedral	Wells Cathedral


Wells Cathedral	Market Place, Taunton	Pine Trees


Wells Cathedral	Pine Trees	St James, Taunton

Had an amazing hour watching the Starlings coming home to roost on the Somerset Levels: -


Starlings	Beech Tree	Nunney Castle	Western Red Cedar


Beech Tree Roots	Colmers Hill, Dorset


Colmers Hill, Dorset	Oak Tree, Sunset


Oak Tree, Sunset	Millennium Square, Bristol	Millennium Square, Bristol


Cheesewring	Alfreds Tower	Nunney Castle	Alfreds Tower	Cheesewring


Cheesewring	Nunney Castle	Cheesewring	Golitha Falls


Clifton Suspension Bridge	Clifton Suspension Bridge

December 2010

Thank you God for the incredible weather. I know I've only been here for 50 years in this lifetime, but I've never seen such magical sights. Trees covered in Hoar Frost and Snow over most of Somerset and Bristol. Simply glorious. Such
transient beauty; all gone in a day and a half - but what a day and a half!


Misty Forest	Tree, Frost and Snow	Suspension Bridge, Snow	Clifton Downs, Snow


Tree, Snow	Trees, Snow	Trees, Frost


Clifton Downs, Snow	Clifton Downs, Snow	Trees, Frost	Trees, Frost


Trees, Frost	Trees, Frost	Tree, Frost	Trees, Frost & Snow


Trees, Frost & Snow	Priddy Village, December, Trees, Frost & Snow


Tree, Frost, Snow	Tree, Snow	Trees, Frost


Trees, Snow	Trees, Snow	Trees, Frost, Car, Burrington


Tree, Frost	Reeds, Frost	Trees, Frost	Trees, Frost


Trees, Sheep, Frost, Mendips	Trees, Frost, Mendips


Weeping Birch Trees, Night	Scots Pine Trees, Night	Scots Pine Trees, Night	Trees, Night


Scots Pine Trees	Trees, Mist


Shipwreck	Burnham Lighthouse, Snow	Burnham Lighthouse, Snow


Frosted Cow	Burnham Lighthouse, Snow	Burnham Lighthouse, Snow


Marine Lake, W-S-M	Marine Lake, W-S-M	Knightstone, W-S-M

This image was made with my new large format digital camera, a Cambo Wide DS, with Schneider Apo-Digitar
35mm XL lens with a Phase One P45 (39 Megapixel Digital Back). No, it's not a Christmas present to myself, this
is my job! It's incredibly sharp: -

Poplar Trees, Hoar Frost & Snow


Burnham Lighthouse, Snow	Poplar Trees, Hoar Frost & Snow


Lighthouse	Lighthouse, Snow	Tree, Snow	Cat


Lighthouse	Trees, Frost, Mendips	Trees, Frost


Tree, Frost	Trees, Frost	Trees, Frost


Clifton Downs, Snow	Clifton Downs, Snow	Trees, Frost	Trees, Frost


Misty Forest	Trees, Frost	Trees, Frost	Tree, Frost


Trees, Snow	Trees, Snow


Trees, Mist	Tree, Snow	Tree, Snow

My car temperature guage reached it's lowest point ever; minus 8 degrees. The edge of the sea was frozen
here in Burnham: -

Lighthouse

November 2010

Yet another Autumn has gone by without making it up to Scotland, disappointing. Still, the reason I couldn't go is because I was busy with clients, so no complaints. I missed the peak time at Westonbirt too, but still managed to
get a few shots that I was happy with: -


'New' Grand Pier	Bare Maple Tree	Leaves with Raindrops	Wet Maple Leaves

The shot above of the rebuilt Grand Pier was taken on a wet evening that showed no promise at all. Luckily, the Phase One camera takes such good long exposures that I still managed to get a good shot, with plenty of detail
(39 megapixels) and colour (16 bit processors). My timing was good for getting some foreground detail before it was covered by the incoming tide.

I love Beech Trees at any time of the year, but in Autumn some of the leaves go golden, some brown and some stay green, making a great subject close up or far away. They have interesting smooth silver bark and are great shapes too, whether in leaf or bare in winter. Definitely in my top five Trees.


Beech Trees, Draycott Sleights	Beech Tree Leaves	Weston Wheel

'New' Grand Pier


Lighthouse	Haldon Belvedere	Beech Tree	Haldon Belvedere


Purple Flower Collage	Haldon Belvedere	Haldon Belvedere, Devon


Weston Beach	Weston Beach	Brean Down, Uphill Church


Clevedon Pier	Clevedon Pier	Clevedon Pier


Clevedon Pier	Severn Crossing	Severn Bridge & Second Severn Crossing


The Balmoral	Harbour, Portishead	Sculpture, Portishead	Sculpture, Portishead


Sculpture, Portishead	Sculpture, Portishead	SS Great Britain

Lloyds Building, City Skyline


SS Great Britain	Bristol City Skyline from The Harbour


SS Great Britain	Cranes, Lloyds Building


Bristol City Skyline from The Harbour	SS Great Britain


Sculpture, Portishead	Sculpture, Portishead	Sculpture, Portishead	Clevedon Pier


Weston Beach	Weston Beach	Brean Down, Uphill Church

Lighthouse

October 2010

After September was such a great month for photography, I'm not expecting too much from October, but
mine's off to a fine start with a great panoramic of Watermouth Bay in Devon. Seamlessly stitching 7 images
together makes this a 64 megapixel image(!) that will enlarge to wall size.

Watermouth Bay, Devon

I spent too long driving around to find 'the view' though, frustrated by parking charges everywhere (this doesn't happen in France, over here everyone's too greedy to take some money off you) and a Private Beach (shouldn't be allowed; the council should buy it back for everyone to use). Finally I found a way to park near the South West
Coast Path, and walked to the view.

Been having fun with my compact camera (Canon s90), and here's an image of St Pauls Cathedral taken hand-held
(I was with my wife, so no tripod). Good performance for a compact, but not good enough to go on sale: -

The image below was very lucky; I'd photographed it the day before and felt like I'd covered it. Then, whilst driving past in unpromising midday sun I saw the clouds looking good, and by the time I'd set up this amazing cumulus cloud moved into exactly the right place. It perfectly echoes the line formed by the hedge in the lower part of the shot. This gives the composition a sense of balance

Tree, Exmoor

My favourite trip so far this month was to Golitha Falls on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. Stunning in Autumn with it's
layer of fallen Beech leaves (see below).

The Starlings are flocking together on the Somerset Levels; I've been twice to Shapwick Heath already but didn't get a photograph worthy of publishing here. Got a good cloud image with no Starlings instead

Clouds

This months message to myself is to get out of the car and walk; there's only so much you can see from the front seat


Beech Trees	Boat, Padstow	Clouds	Sycamore Tree


Gate, Somerset	Cows, Somerset	Cow, Somerset	Cow, Somerset


Cows, Somerset	Cows, Somerset	Cows, Somerset	Cow, Somerset


Cows, Somerset	Flowers Galore


Golitha Falls, Cornwall	Beech Tree, Golitha Falls	Golitha Falls, Cornwall	Golitha Falls, Cornwall


Golitha Falls, Cornwall	Golitha Falls, Cornwall	Golitha Falls, Cornwall	Golitha Falls, Cornwall	China Clay Hill


Golitha Falls, Cornwall	Golitha Falls, Cornwall	Golitha Falls, Cornwall	Golitha Falls, Cornwall


Golitha Falls, Cornwall	Golitha Falls, Cornwall	Golitha Falls, Cornwall	Looe, Cornwall


Mevagissey, Cornwall	Mevagissey, Cornwall	Mevagissey, Cornwall	China Clay Hill, Cornwall


Rock, Bude, Cornwall	Boats, Rock, Cornwall	Polzeath, Cornwall	Trebarwith Strand, Cornwall


Floating Sand, Cornwall	Floating Sand, Cornwall	Floating Sand, Cornwall


Sandymouth, Cornwall	Sandymouth, Cornwall	Rock, Daisies, Cornwall


China Clay Hill	Golitha Falls, Cornwall


Sycamore Tree	Golitha Falls, Cornwall	Boats, Rock, Cornwall	Trebarwith Strand, Cornwall

Self Portrait, Aquarium


Dunster Castle	Dunster Castle


Beech Trees, Exmoor	Beech Trees, Exmoor	Tree, Exmoor


Trees, Exmoor	Trees, Exmoor	Watersmeet, Exmoor


Watersmeet, Exmoor	Watersmeet, Exmoor	Watersmeet, Exmoor	Watersmeet, Exmoor


Dunster Castle	Dunster Castle	Beech Trees, Exmoor	Beech Trees, Exmoor


Watersmeet, Exmoor	Dunster Castle	Tree, Exmoor	Trees, Exmoor


Cows, Collard Hill, Somerset	Scots Pine, Collard Hill	Watermouth Bay, Devon


Horse, Exmoor, Somerset	Clouds	Tree near Culbone Hill, Exmoor, Somerset


Tree near Culbone Hill	Coming Home, Watermouth Bay, Devon


Watermouth Bay, Devon	Tree near Culbone Hill	Scots Pine, Collard Hill

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