Kew Gardens - Spring

Ok... so I think I lost a week there somewhere... Anyway, the good news is that I've actually been out with the camera for 2 weekends running now!

A couple of weeks ago I made it down to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew with Tony F (the man with the new 40D - I'm so so jealous!). In the last few years they've planted a few hundred thousand bulbs there, and we were lucky enough to catch the last weekend of them. Some of the trees were flowering too, just to top it off. The light made things pretty tricky - but I think I managed to get some good shots.




My own idea of time delay photograohy :] About 2 days I think. I had loads of fun playing with the Depth of Field along the branch in the first shot...

Just me playing around with Picasa... one day I really need to learn a little more about Photoshop.

And finally those bulbs I mentioned before...

Country walk

We were out in the English countryside again this weekend - we're training for our trip to Mt Kilimanjaro, so we're out hiking whenever we can. Our walk this weekend took us through loads of fields and past this amazing old churchyard. Daffodils were out too :) We weren't really there to take photos, so I had to be quick - another place I could have spent hours in with the camera! The day got more overcast as it went on, washing out the colours, hence me playing around with the sepia this week.