Norwich Exteriors

On Tuesday evening I was giving a talk at Norwich and District Photographic Society, so decided to spend the afternoon in the city beforehand.  Norwich is one of those places I've driven around on many occasions (often to visit my friends at WEX, it has to be said), but I've never really had the opportunity to wander around the centre.  The first thing I discovered was that the parking situation is even worse than Cambridge, and I ended up in Magdalen Street as other sites were full.  Not the most charming part of town, although the local (boarded up) pub did have a very convenient commode outside the front door.  Potentially useful in an emergency, I suppose...

The sun started to shine as I crossed the river, though, and I was soon in the mediaeval streets (which were more charming, if less commodious).

I'd never visited Norwich Cathedral, so was determined to spend some time there.  The late afternoon light was really lovely, and the cathedral itself was absolutely stunning.

Watch out for the next thrilling instalment of pictures taken inside the Cathedral.

Autumn Sunshine

It was such a beautiful afternoon that I took Isla for a walk around the fields between Newton and Foxton.  My original plan had been to avoid having to throw anything for Isla to fetch; but, within a couple of minutes, she had managed to find a stick and drop it at my feet.  Anyone would think that she was some kind of retriever.

At this point I removed the emergency backup toy from my pocket as this was far easier to throw than a stick.  Needless to say, the rest of the walk was spent playing "fetch" as normal.  Hey ho.

After all that running around it was essential to cool off in the river.

To add insult to injury, Isla managed to lose her toy on the walk back to the car.  Typical...

Stowe Gardens 2 (Colour)

The second set of pictures from Stowe Gardens in July are in colour, although the very harsh lighting conditions in the middle of the day were not particularly conducive to colour photography.  To "help" us, Jonathan - the organiser - came up with a set of nine topics we might like to tackle:

1. Parallel
2. Out of Focus
3. Detail
4. Water and Sky
5. Taken Inside
6. A Colour Image which doesn't contain the colour Green 
7. Circular
8. Creative
9. My Choice

Well, I remembered the subjects some of the time, but mainly just wandered around in the hot sun enjoying the gardens.  I've captioned the images which claim to match the subjects...

 

Water and Sky

Parallel

My Choice  (who'd have thought I would choose dogs?)

Out of Focus

Definitely Not Green

A view of the Outside, though the Inside, taken from Outside

Detail

Circular  (done in Photoshop)

Circular  (done in camera)

Creative  (ish)

Stowe Gardens 1 (Infra Red)

Back in July there was an outing, organised by the RPS East Anglia Region, to Stowe Gardens in Buckinghamshire.  This isn't the first time I've been to Stowe (see previous visit here), but it was a great excuse for a day out in the sunshine - especially since it was midweek and I no longer needed to go to work.  Magic...

Stowe is a great place for Infra Red photography, and the bright sunshine resulted in high contrast images with lots of "glowing" foliage.

 

It was high summer when I visited Stowe before, so next time I definitely need to choose a different season.  Autumn colours, perhaps?