10-20mm – cranbury attic photography

Testing out my stomach muscles

January 17, 2015cranburyatticphotographyLeave a comment

I could feel the strain!

Woodland in the Autumn

October 26, 2014cranburyatticphotographyLeave a comment

This was taken on a walk through Spearywell Woods in Mottisfont, Hampshire, which is owned by the National Trust. It has a fantastic Beach tree plantation, although much of Spearywell is softwood.

Where Once There Was Softwood…..

August 16, 2014August 16, 2014cranburyatticphotography

This is Foxbury in the New Forest. This used to be a softwood plantation, but now the timber has been extracted and the National Trust are returning it to heathland. There is some planting of hardwood going on, and a constant battle against the invasive rhododendron, but with an army of volunteers (of which I am one) we are slowly and surely getting there.

Worker in the Field

August 16, 2014cranburyatticphotography

I feel a bit guilty about this. Having spent the morning in the New Forest taking photos, I arrived back at Mottisfont to find the other volunteers pretty much dead on their feet having started clearing out a ditch ready for re-fencing. I continued to take photos…..

Resuscitare

September 8, 2013September 8, 2013cranburyatticphotography

‘Resuscitare’ is a new sculptural installation at Mottisfont House and Gardens in Hampshire by Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva. These are five trunks that have been in the woods on the Mottisfont estate for some time, and have been extracted from the woods, cleaned, patterned with gold gilding, and then buried in the ground in a circle (within an existing beach tree circle) with the roots at the top. My contribution was digging the holes to put the trunks into! This is my slightly different view of the installation. Terrific work, with the help of Mottisfont staff and volunteers, and well worth a trip up to Mottisfont to see it.

Eastleigh Sky

September 1, 2013cranburyatticphotography2 Comments

There have been loads of shots of the sky over the UK tonight appearing on Facebook etc.

Here’s my shot from out of my attic window.

The Huss

June 29, 2013cranburyatticphotography

I finally got the chance to take photos of a local band, “The Huss” during a practice evening.

I finished out with a nice portfolio of pictures, which I’m deciding what to do with, but here’s one of them for now.

Mini Kiln

June 15, 2013cranburyatticphotographyLeave a comment

Wow…. Having a go with my wide angle lens (10mm on a D7000) has made the kiln look tiny.

This was a good burn with the kiln running as it should. The three chimneys were equally spaced and all smoking. I was finished by 4 in the afternoon, rather then by 6.30 which is what normally happens. I’ll put this down to getting the starting fires going quickly, plus drier wood, and less wind.