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6X6: Trees at Hinton Ampner Pt2

My visit to Hinton Ampner in all honesty wasn’t to see the house, or even the garden, it was the trees. Call me a tree hugger! The wonderful example above, is a Pedunculate Oak, all that is known is that it’s “ancient” – and has a girth of about 520cm! It’s a wonderful oak –Continue reading “6X6: Trees at Hinton Ampner Pt2”

The Tarrants: Pt 1

Last summer I had a day out along the small, seasonal river, called the Winterborne. I took my Canon EOS 30 with the STM 40mm and loaded it up with a roll of Kodak’s E100 slide film. The first slide film I’d used in years. It took the lab quite a time to process theContinue reading “The Tarrants: Pt 1”

6×6: Hinton Ampner in Colour

A week or so ago I posted a few black and white photo’s made on my visit to Hinton Ampner. I didn’t think that they were too successful, but today I received my last 3 colour films back from processing, and am much happier with those results. I tend to try and post off 3Continue reading “6×6: Hinton Ampner in Colour”

Travel: In a hole in the ground..

After wandering about the Valley of the Kings, in the heat of the day it was a welcome break to venture underground and slightly cooler temperatures! At this point in time I can’t remember which tombs I went in and which I didn’t, and to make matters worse I can’t find my travel diary either!Continue reading “Travel: In a hole in the ground..”

35mm: Takumar Trek Pt2

For those of you who have a long memory, you may remember that I decided to walk the “Castleman Trailway”. I wrote an intro and the first part, which you can read here. Here I continue exactly where I left off. A path runs under this old railway bridge to Hincheslea Bog, but this isContinue reading “35mm: Takumar Trek Pt2”

6×6: Cheesefoot Head

Cheesefoot Head is a natural amphitheatre. Basically it’s a dairy/arable farm, that produces milk, oats, barley and wheat. I was curious as to why it was called a “head” when clearly it’s a depression, only to find it’s more commonly known as Matterley Bowl – much more sense! The South Downs Way, is just offContinue reading “6×6: Cheesefoot Head”

6×6: Trees at Hinton Ampner

Hinton Ampner is an old estate, which is now owned by the National Trust. When I say old – Roundheads set up camp in the parkland during the Battle of Cheriton in 1644! It sits within the South Downs National Park, and so it sits in an area of great beauty. If one were walkingContinue reading “6×6: Trees at Hinton Ampner”

Filters: CU+3

I had three exposures left to use up on a roll of 120. I have a Hasselblad 501CM which, for those of you who have not used a “Hassie”, does not have a traditional filter thread. It has it’s own bayonet, mine takes the B60, the previous one I owned years ago took B50! AnywayContinue reading “Filters: CU+3”

35mm: Actors or people?

My trip to the “Thomas Hardy Victorian Fair” in Dorchester was both rewarding and frustrating. Rewarding in the sense that I came away with some reasonable photo’s, frustrating in that they could have been much better. The obvious problem of course is trying to get a natural expression on a subject, in period costume, withoutContinue reading “35mm: Actors or people?”

Travel: Valley of the Kings

Just over the hill from the Valley of the Queens, lies the more famous Valley of the Kings. More famous because of one out of 65 tombs, (known so far) and that is the tomb of King Tut Ankh Amun. In case you haven’t read any of the other posts in this series, I visitedContinue reading “Travel: Valley of the Kings”