I picked up this leaf as I liked its colour, but ended up liking how it curved as it dried.
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Cloud over the hills
A quick post (I’m playing catch up very badly ;-)) here’s a view of the Pennines under a cloudy sky.
Read MoreIs it that time already
Standing in the garden at 0400hrs today I stood for a moment and gazed at the stars, then I decided to cut short my morning coffee in order to take a couple of photographs, well you never know when the skies will be clear again. As I focussed the camera I noticed a couple of stars poking above the Pennines and realized that it was Orion making an appearance, I hadn’t realized the season was that far on. Anyway, here’s Jupiter and Venus above the Pennines, lets hope for plenty…
Read MoreIf you go down to the woods today
This afternoon was the first really dry day with reasonable light we’d had for ages, so I put the camera and a sketchbook in my bag then went for a wander in the woods. I spent quite some time photographing leaves to use as reference for paintings/drawings then started sketching. From the (far too many) photographs which I took down in the woods it wasn’t a leaf which I liked on the screen back at home, it was one of a patch of light on a mossy branch, almost a…
Read MoreThe Pennines
A view of the Pennines from this morning.
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