Slop stone is curious.
Yes, wonderful sky in the last two.
Slop stone is curious.
Yes, wonderful sky in the last two.
That sounds incredible! A true feat of engineering.
A different kind of Italian church
Orkney! The Italian Chapel on Orkney is a fascinating piece of history. Built by Italian prisoners of war using a couple of nissen huts, spare concrete, plasterboard and paint.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Chapel
Facade doesn't show everything..
Interesting building, magnificent decorations.
Bobbio II
The main reason for my visit to Bobbio, was to see the medieval mosaics in the Abbazia di San Colombano. The abbey was founded by Columbanus, an Irish monk.
With 50 cents you can illuminate the mosaics, for a good while. The only downside is that we see them upside down.
Impressive mosaics. All the bad actors are deceipted...
Great Hill - Again!
What do you know, I don't go up to Great Hill for ages and then twice in a couple of weeks. Just like buses, or something. Anyway, nothing much to report from this walk, just your bog standard 5ish mile White Coppice to Great Hill and back on a hot and initially sunny evening that went a bit hazy later on. I didn't stick around for sunset, although, by the time I got back to the car I might as well have!
All images taken with the Fujifilm X-T50 and Sigma 18-50 f/2.8 or Fuji 55-200 (making a rare appearance outside of "lens drawer hell"). Processed from individual raw files in Capture One Pro 23. EXIF will say X-T5, but that's because I've hacked the RAF files with EXIFTool to get my version of C1P to load them.
I'm really enjoying this little camera, but I've still got my doubts about the Sigma 18-50. Certainly it doesn't bear comparison to my Nikon S series or Fuji GF zooms and I think it falls short when compared to the first party XF lenses I own too. Distant details don't look particularly, er, detailed. They're not blurred as such, just lacking crispness and resolution, which is not the case when I stick one of the little XF primes on the camera. With that said, it's not awful and it's light and it's tiny, which is it's main selling point, particularly for me at the moment, plus it's a lot more convenient than a bag of primes, but I don't think I'd recommend it.
Foxgloves
Drinkwater's Plantation
This tree stands at the South / West corner of the small plantation adjacent to the Drinkwater's ruin and was backlit by the late evening sun. The plantation is curiously fenced off with a waist high wire fence. I often wonder if this is to keep people out or to keep something else in.
Like this shot, BW works really well.
Great Hill - Again!
What do you know, I don't go up to Great Hill for ages and then twice in a couple of weeks. Just like buses, or something. Anyway, nothing much to report from this walk, just your bog standard 5ish mile White Coppice to Great Hill and back on a hot and initially sunny evening that went a bit hazy later on. I didn't stick around for sunset, although, by the time I got back to the car I might as well have!
All images taken with the Fujifilm X-T50 and Sigma 18-50 f/2.8 or Fuji 55-200 (making a rare appearance outside of "lens drawer hell"). Processed from individual raw files in Capture One Pro 23. EXIF will say X-T5, but that's because I've hacked the RAF files with EXIFTool to get my version of C1P to load them.
I'm really enjoying this little camera, but I've still got my doubts about the Sigma 18-50. Certainly it doesn't bear comparison to my Nikon S series or Fuji GF zooms and I think it falls short when compared to the first party XF lenses I own too. Distant details don't look particularly, er, detailed. They're not blurred as such, just lacking crispness and resolution, which is not the case when I stick one of the little XF primes on the camera. With that said, it's not awful and it's light and it's tiny, which is it's main selling point, particularly for me at the moment, plus it's a lot more convenient than a bag of primes, but I don't think I'd recommend it.
The Slop Stone
Talking of ruins, hidden amongst the rubble at Coppice Stile is an intact slop stone. I'd have to check my records, but I'm sure this used to be a lot more hidden and looks like its been uncovered a bit recently.
A lovely set as usual. The pictures of the ruins hold the most fascination for me.
This is quite magical
@ChrisOly has written:High density
Massive residential development is happening in downtown Toronto recently.
Nice play of light and shade you've caught here. Have you considered cutting the bottom bit off below the walkway? I think it distracts a bit from the wonderful lines and curves in the upper part.
Yes, indeed such a crop works well. It makes the image less busy but it still retains loads of those shapes to consider and enjoy
Continuing theme du jour.
I love such shots where the light breaks through a tree canopy onto the mist below and makes those rays shine out.
Here is almost creates a darker Teepee in the middle of all that light :-)