Saturday 8 March 2008


A couple of Grotesque stone carvings that I found on an old building in Harnham [OLD SCHOOL, 2 NETHERHAMPTON ROAD]. This building is listed as Grade 2 by English Heritage. See HERE for more details and a photograph.
They are described as dogs in the listing!

Friday 7 March 2008

A strange selection today. The first one is of two women chatting on a bench in the Old George Mall in front the Accessorize shop.The second one is more daffodils - this time contre jour. Pure white daffs are difficult to expose correctly but I think I have managed it here more by luck than judgment.
Finally a close up of a bit of London Plane tree bark. It struck me as a bit like a monster of possibly some embroidery as in the second version. This was made from the top one by using the tachyon filter. It is good to find a use for such an obscure thing.
Taken on 6th March. A straight abstract of a rear light cluster of a Citroen C4


Wednesday 5 March 2008

A BIG day today. I was up and off early [i.e. 8.10 am] and walked to the station to catch the 8.45 to Waterloo and then on to St Pancras and then walk to Greys Inn Road for a meeting. The meeting was for Subject Co-ordinators for which I represent the Photography part.
Anyway it was a grand opportunity to take a few photos in the refurbished St Pancras station. What a superb place it is now. International trains leave from here now. The platforms for these trains are behind the glass panels behind the man admiring the Sir John Betjeman statue.

Tuesday 4 March 2008

Today we went to the Bell Inn in Wylye. Below is the church in infra red.
Whilst there we went into the church. This is a detail of the Pulpit. Beautifully carved. This a kaleidoscopic version of it.


Monday 3 March 2008

Today I took just two pictures. One of a periwinkle close up & sadly unsharp. The other the letter E also no sharp!
Clearly I had to disguise my failings and here are the results.
The E has had Mehdi Vibrations filter followed by the Tiles filter set to 4 tiles and 10% offset.
The Periwinkle went through cropping and then Medhi Kaleidoscope filter followed by the Wave filter. In addition a quick brush with the Smudge tool. What beauty.

Sunday 2 March 2008


Today we went on a 5 mile walk around Rockbourne and Whitsbury. Lovely walk and a lovely day to do this. Basically we did this as a recce for the Chiselbury Grove Strollers Easter walk in 3 weeks time, This was a normal field until I flooded it. I liked the stubble edge on going over the crest.