A look at the Prestbury flora scene as it is today …
Green to Gold
The colour in St Peters churchyard is beautiful!
Autumn Fire
Another shot from the village churchyard in Prestbury, Cheshire.
Teasel by The Bollin
Abstract detail – Prestbury railway crossing
Stop Look Listen
Manchester bound Pendolino train
Parrots Field – Prestbury, Cheshire
The autumn colour is starting to appear in the village, sycamores first with the best reserved till last as the beeches turn amber / yellow. I have spent most of the day pottering about on my bike with camera, a certain fixation with the wooden bridge over the Silk Road and a plan to ride the tow path to Congleton beckons. The Bosley area is highly photogenic.
Fallen sycamore leaf
Prestbury Cricket Ground
Last weekend, some photos were taken in and around the village of Prestbury. For the first time I ventured up to the cricket club with camera, no one was there, this is unusual at the time of year?
Another first is experimentation with cross-process effects and looks, which I rather like (on certain subjects) not least this one. I am often intrigued by the curious trappings of sports grounds, strange objects whose purpose is not always obvious yet which have a well-established form, hints of a Peter Greenaway-like obsession with the ritualistic nature of English ‘games’.
This could be the next album cover for Toro y Moi : )
Down by the river Bollin in Prestbury, Cheshire
It is a lot more spring-like down here now, new shoots are in abundance and the valley is starting to look green again — just. This shot was taken with my new Nikon D300S fitted with a vintage Nikkor AI 35mm f2.8 lens, one of my all time favs! I wanted to create semi abstract images with a lot of bokeh, to try to denature my subject and remove it from its normal context — graphic intentions, interest in textures and shape etc.
Mini Daffodils, St Peters Churchyard, Prestbury
The churchyard is a sea of daffs and crocuses — spring has finally arrived! This is a D300S shot with vintage 35mm Nikkor AI f2.8 lens. Beautiful piece of glass with a very nice shallow DOF.
The first snowdrops in St Peters Churchyard
Spring is definitely on its way! This shot was taken with my new Nikon D300S fitted with vintage Nikkor 35mm AI lens (f2.8 -f22). I have had this lens for many years but not been able to use it with digital until now. Nikon D80s don’t work with the older fully manual lenses.
I think it is far surpassing most of my dedicated DX lenses for sharpness and colour accuracy and I wish I could find more of these — at affordable prices! I much prefer to work with a fully manual set up and the 300S with these lenses feels more like a step back in time to the days of 35mm film, a traditional ‘organic’ feel to ultra high technology camera gear is always a very nice thing.
Pink sky at night. Is what we like to see!
Light painting on Prestbury golf course —- very happy with these! An interesting and challenging night.
Last of the snow scene photos from winter 2010. The image has been treated with the intention of replicating the look of traditional printing on gold toned Ilford grade 2 fiber based paper. Minimalism is one of the most difficult “design categories” to achieve in landscape photography but having much of the ground covered in snow does help.
