A trip to Exbury Gardens

This weekend I brought my camera along on another family trip, this time to Exbury Gardens.

I've noticed a few trees round my neighbourhood that are blossoming so I thought that a proper garden would likely have some good blossoms on display, additionally Exbury gardens has a steam railway which will entertain my son significantly.

On arrival there really wasn't much blossoms sadly, it's a dodgy time of year for gardening I imagine and i get the impression that it's tree are probably more interesting in the summer/autumn. There were a few flowers here and there though, some bumble bees sneaking out and the Daffodil meadow put on a good display.

Here's what I managed to shoot.

Photograph of the week #47

"When not scribbling away in a sketch book or dabbling on a Wacom tablet i'm invariably fiddling around with exposure settings on my Nikon D90 trying to capture moments in aesthetically pleasing ways.
So here we have "Photograph of the week" a (mostly) weekly feature showcasing my favourite photo of the week."


A quick macro shot from my garden og some morning dew formed on a weed(I think) that has now been removed.

Photograph of the Week #042

"When not scribbling away in a sketch book or dabbling on a Wacom tablet i'm invariably fiddling around with exposure settings on my Nikon D90 trying to capture moments in aesthetically pleasing ways.
So here we have "Photograph of the week" a (mostly) weekly feature showcasing my favourite photo of the week."

Because i'm currently moving house my camera equipment is more than a little buried under packed boxes and other miscellaneous mess. As such this weeks photo is an old photo, from my archive that happened to jump out at me, probably in thumbnail form.

Photograph of the Week #0037

"When not scribbling away in a sketch book or dabbling on a Wacom tablet i'm invariably fiddling around with exposure settings on my Nikon D90 trying to capture moments in aesthetically pleasing ways.
So here we have "Photograph of the week"

Photograph of the Week #0036

"When not scribbling away in a sketch book or dabbling on a Wacom tablet i'm invariably fiddling around with exposure settings on my Nikon D90 trying to capture moments in aesthetically pleasing ways.
So here we have "Photograph of the week" a (mostly) weekly feature showcasing my favourite photo of the week."

This shot is from my grandmother's garden.
It's just a nice basic, textured, colourful macro-shot.

Photograph of the Week #0033

 "When not scribbling away in a sketch book or dabbling on a Wacom tablet i'm invariably fiddling around with exposure settings on my Nikon D90 trying to capture moments in aesthetically pleasing ways.
So here we have "Photograph of the week" a (mostly) weekly feature showcasing my favourite photo of the week."
The Bluebells have raised their heads for spring time and I made a point of grabbing some shots of them. I tried travelling to some good spots i've been to in previous years (without a camera), where I thoguht there would be a good bluebell display but for some reason they were a total no show... I'm either too late or too early, i'm not sure yet, so i've had to make do with a small patch that I found by the side of the road.

 

Down by the river...

This afternoon I went for a quick trip down to the river Stour near where I live. One side of the river is a lot more accessable than the other so I went to the quieter side, it's late winter at the moment so whilst the sun wasn't setting, as such, it was pretty low in the sky, dragging out shadows and giving some nice orangey tones to the scenery depending on whether a cloud slipped in the way or not.

It wasn't a terribly warm day and it was a little windy. All the plants were mostly dead and withered but the sky was fairly dramatic, the river was partly flooded and there was great textures, shapes and colours to try and photograph. I also wanted to make sure i captured a bit of winter before spring starts and I try my hand at getting blossom and all those springtime things which I usually don't get round to.

Photograph of the week #018

When not scribbling away in a sketch book or dabbling on a Wacom tablet i'm invariably fiddling around with exposure settings on my Nikon D90 trying to capture moments in aesthetically pleasing ways.
So here we have "Photograph of the week" a weekly feature showcasing my favourite photo of the week.

Today I nipped out to a bay near my place of work(day-job) to see what photo oppurtunities might be available. I only had half an hour but I once i opened my eyes a little several potential shots started to present themselves.
I came away with a small selection of shots several of which i'm quite happy with, I may post them all later* but for now here is my choice for PotW

* But not as PotW's ofcourse as that would be cheating

Photograph of the Week #008

Photograph of the Week #002

This weeks photograph is of one of the flowers my dear Fiance grows in our back garden.