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Tag Archives: Hidcote Manor
Windows Fanboy….
I have been a fully paid up member of the Apple walled garden for nearly 12 years now. Before then I was a Windows fanboy. Perhaps the most ludicrous thing I did was drive forty miles to buy a copy … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Summer
Tagged Apple, Apple Fanboy, Damascene conversion, Gardens, Hidcote Manor, Microsoft, National Trust, Visual Basic, Windows 11, Windows 95
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Must it contain people?…
It would be exciting to say that huge momentous things happened to me this summer. It would be but they didn’t. Instead life just moved on with me along for the ride. Perhaps this is reflected in my photographs of … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Summer
Tagged Architecture, baseball, Bees, Building, Butterfly, Cattle, Central London, Combined Harvester, Cows, English Countryside, Farming, Flooding, Flowers, garden, Harvest, Hidcote Manor, Horse, Ladybird Books, Leicester museum and art gallery, London Series, Mercedes, MLB, Raining, River Soar, Roses, Rural, Solstice, Street Photography
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Battling with Sunshine…
Given the weather from the last few weeks it does seem somewhat contrary to complain when a nice sunny day comes along. Well being ‘ somewhat contrary‘ is a curse I have had to live with for a very long … Continue reading
Posted in 100 Days, Gardens, Macro, Summer
Tagged Bee, Flowers, Gardens, Hidcote Manor, National Trust, photography, sunshine
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71 Days
Is this what post Brexit Britain will look like? Of course not because pre Brexit doesn’t look like this – only in fantasy places such as Hidcote manor. What we do know is that the next 71 days are … Continue reading
Posted in 100 Days, Brexit, Gardens, Summer
Tagged All Saints Day, Brexit, Hidcote Manor, Kent, National Trust, Sunny Uplands
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Jessica and running out of RAM…
I have an ancient iMac that helps me produce all my digital output and just recently it has started to run out of puff when working with some of the very large files and new software. In a very real … Continue reading
Posted in Apple Pencil, Digital Painting, Gardens, Summer
Tagged Apple Pencil, Archive, Bee, Digital Painting, Flowers, Hidcote Manor, Procreate, woman
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Not always welcome…
As summer approaches the flowers start to come out in force and it is so tempting to make photographic images of them. But therein lies the problem. Flowers need light to look their best but the combination of the … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Macro, Photography, Spring
Tagged Damp, Flower, garden, Hidcote Manor, photography, sunshine, Tulips
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Catch up – Day 4
After an intense outburst of creativity today I am trying to catch up with images that I missed on my first run through.
Posted in autumn, Gardens, Jubilee Park, Macro, Photography
Tagged Cattle, Cow, Crow, garden, Hidcote Manor, Jubilee Park, photography, River Soar, sunrise, Tree
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Damp – Day 2
A wonderful day photographing the decline and decay associated with autumn at Hidcote Manor. The only downside was that I had to keep telling the staff that the weather wasn’t bad it was just what I needed….they tended to look … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, Gardens, Photography
Tagged Apple Tree, autumn, Decay, Droplets, Flower, Gate, Hen, Hidcote Manor, Spider, Web, Woodland
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Super Massive…
Posted in Gardens, Macro, Photography, Summer
Tagged Bee, garden, Hidcote Manor, macro photography, photography, Summer, Sweet Pea, University of Leicester Botanic Garden
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Getting dry…
Another visit to the rather damp Hidcote Manor – the lighting conditions were near perfect with a flat light and plenty of rain drops.
Posted in Gardens, Macro, Photography, Summer
Tagged Bee, Cobweb, Flowers, Hidcote Manor, National Trust, photography, Rain Drops
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