In this segment of my day out with my Canon EOS 30, I’ve reached Tarrant Hinton. It’s a village largely cut in two by the A354. St Mary’s Church is the main attraction in the same way that the church often is in these little Dorset villages. This one is from the 13th century, inside is much like the outside, in un-plastered flint. Quite a change from the last church. There is a striking stained glass window, that I must find out more about – I wonder if it’s from the same artist that crafted some I liked and photographed in Gloucester Cathedral. Apparently it has a bell that dates from the time of Cromwell that was found just lying in a field!
Here the river runs right by the side of the small road, the image below is looking downstream and toward Tarrant Launceston.
Just over the A354 less than half a mile away is Tarrant Launceston, except not! In reality the only thing that can be seen other than about three houses, is Launceston Farm, below.
I really do enjoy these little jaunts out, in the case of this one along a small river. It makes for a great, relaxing day out, and the chance to use a roll of film. I find out so much that I didn’t know, or had heard about something but not connected it with a location. It also gets me using some of my cameras – all of which are under used! I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, I really would be better off with less cameras, used more! The trouble is, I usually say that before I buy yet another camera!!
The Canon EOS30 is for me, an easy to use camera, and leaves me free to just take photo’s. It has a nice large viewfinder, and critically, said finder can be focussed to give or take +2 dioptre, so I can “see in focus!” without having to put glasses on and off all the time. I find the 40mm STM perfect for the job too, in fact this short trip I didn’t take anything else. A while back I saw a body only, advertised for £20 – so I have a spare now! One for B/W one for colour or one for 100iso, one for 400iso??
S.H.O.U.T. 