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Lyddington Bede House

By cpadmin

Lyddington Bede House

Last Thursday I called in at the English Heritage property Lyddington Bede House.

Its a small property, once a Medieval Palace for the Bishop’s of Lincoln, has an interesting history. It is set in a chocolate box village called Lyddington in Rutland, a little off the beaten track but worth a visit. Here are three images. There are ground floor rooms and then the Bishop’s Great Chamber above it with a wonderful Tudor Ceiling. Above that there s a roof space constructed of timbers. Incidentally, there is a nice pub not far away too that makes its own beer. As I was driving I was unable to sample that liquid refreshment!

This is a quote from the English Heritage website for the property.

Set beside the church of the picturesque ironstone village of Lyddington, Lyddington Bede House originated as the medieval wing of a palace belonging to the Bishops of Lincoln. By 1600 it had passed to Sir Thomas Cecil, son of Queen Elizabeth’s chief minister, who converted it into an almshouse for 12 poor ‘bedesmen’ over 30 years old and two women (over 45), all free of lunacy, leprosy or the French pox. Visitors can wander through the bedesmen’s rooms, with their tiny windows and fireplaces, and view the former bishops’ Great Chamber on the first floor, with its beautifully carved ceiling cornice. Come and discover this delightful visitor attraction in Rutland.

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The Walkie Talkie. Image of the week – 7th April 2018

By cpadmin

The Walkie Talkie

Captured from the River Thames, this images features 20 Fenchurch Street, nicknamed the Walkie Talkie because of its distinctive shape, emerging from the older City of London buildings. It is almost as if the Walkie Talkie is of a completely different scale to the other buildings around it. It could be that the new building has been put in place by “Photoshop”, but sadly, it’s not the case. Although all of the other buildings in the image are not “old” they blend in together with the walls of the Tower of London (now we are talking “old”) in the left foreground. The steel and glass construct Walkie Talkie sets itself apart from the gentler feel of the older buildings. Simply put, have an example of the ever changing face of London, for better or worse.

It is almost as if the “Walkie Talkie” is of a completely different scale to the other buildings around it
The Walkie Talkie

 

Equipment: Sony SLT-A65V, Tamron 16-300mm

Settings: F10 1/160 ISO 100

Image of the week – 30th March 2018

By cpadmin
Yellow Gerbera
Yellow Gerbera

Yellow Gerbera

Shru’s macro image of a yellow Gerbera shows an intricate pattern of petals. Here the colour develops from lemon on the outside to a richer tangerine towards the centre petals. This creates a really warm feeling. The concentric rings of petals therefore draw the eye in from every angle and the central part of the flower creates a contrasting and eye-catching display.

The first scientific description of a Gerbera was made by J.D. Hooker in Curtis’s Botanical Magazine in 1889. Hooker he described the flower as “Gerbera jamesonii”, a South African species also known as Transvaal daisy or Barberton daisy. Therefore Gerbera is also commonly known as the African daisy.

Equipment: Canon EOS 7D Mark II EF 100mm Macro IS USM plus Extension Tube Set

Settings: F5.6 1/6ss ISO 100

Updates to our website and facebook page

By cpadmin

Website updates and new Facebook page

Website updates. We’ve updated the RHS Hyde Hall images this week. I went back to the gardens today because I wanted to check the Latin name of the Salix. The gardeners had pruned the long wispy bits away and it doesn’t look anything like as good today.

We also have a new Facebook page called Compass Photography Group, which is replacing our previous Facebook “Group”. Soon we hope to directly link posts from this site to the Facebook page.

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Here is an image not included on the Hyde Hall page. Here the camera lens focuses on the sapling and its branches, whilst blurring the daffodils in the background to form a carpet of colour

RHS Hyde Hall daffodils
Carpet of Daffodils

Image of the week – 23rd March 2018

By cpadmin

crich tramway village

A period picture from days gone by! This street scene is from the Crich Tramway Village in Derbyshire, cut in post-production to a square format. The empty Sheffield tram approaches the chicane under the bridge in the morning sunlight. There are lots of lines to lead your eye to the tram and past it. The colours of the material used in the bridge and the cobbles go nicely with the green of the trees to create a pastel feel to the image which was captured before the day got busy.

Equipment: Sony SLT-A65V, Sony 18-55m Sam II

Settings: F5.6 1/800 ISO 200

 

 

New Image Gallery added

By Mike Fogg

California dreamin!

New image gallery added with images from a trip to California has been added. This gallery shows images of San Diego and images from the wonderful drive north. We used US Highways one and 154 on the first part of the journey that saw us end up in The Russian River, just north of San Francisco.

Claperboard house - San Diego Seaport, california
Clapperboard house – San Diego Seaport

 

Photographic Exhibition at Chelmsford Museum

By cpadmin

Photographic Exhibition

A Photographic exhibition of eight of Mike’s images is now displayed at Chelmsford Museum. The images are of the coast and seas around Orkney. They will be in place until the end of January 2019. Each of the images is set in a square format and can be found to the right of the main entrance. They show different aspects of the wonderful Orkney coastline, from calm waters to (almost) raging seas.

Exhibition at Chelmsford Museum
The pictures in situ

Finally, entrance to Chelmsford Museum, in Oaklands Park, is on Moulsham Street, is free. Besides Mike’s images there is lots to see.