…’this is not your average garden’… according to Tania Pasco, author of the new book Wild Garden Weekends…. 12 of the best secret gardens in the UK
Coton Manor Gardens is the more than ‘average’ garden. I’ve not been before - I went today - I’m not a gardener - I took a camera - the wife took me - we took my mum - we all agreed - we will probably go again!
Thank you Coton Manor Gardens!
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You'd have had to be on a different planet yesterday (probably literally!) to have missed the fact that we'd witnessed a partial solar eclipse in the morning.
Everybody and there dog photographed it in some way, either through high powered telescopes or with iPhones.
Purist solar eclipse watchers were probably a bit miffed with the cloud cover and I know in some places the cloud cover meant it wasn't visible at all. In Northampton we had some cloud cover but I think it added some drama to the spectacle.
The images were shot using a DSLR with a 10 stop ND filter on the front of the lens and have had very little post-production work in Lightroom.
Here are my four favourite images from the selection I took.... see if you can spot the plane! (I didn't at the time!!)...
I like to walk, I do whenever I can, but rarely carry a camera with me of any kind let alone a full DSLR kit.
One of our favourite local walks is around Sywell Country Park in Ecton, Northamptonshire. It's a circular walk around an Edwardian Reservoir that is home to a lot birds and small animals and we've visited many times but I've never with a camera.
Earlier this week we were blessed with some glorious winter sunshine so I packed up said DSLR kit and wandered around the reservoir looking for something to point my camera at. I'm by no means a skilled nature photographer but, along with some great winter light and the inhabitants of the park obliging in front of the camera I came away with some half-decent 'snaps'.
There's a lot to be said for sitting outside in the fresh air and just watching nature go about it's thing in front of you undisturbed and I'd like to think I'll give it another go in the not to distant future.
A few from the day below. Click on any thumbnail for a larger view.
I'm not a great user of my phone to take pics creatively but occasionally will feel the urge.
A few of my 'urges'...
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