Title: Ready For Harvest
Location: Great Baddow
Camera: Canon EOS 30D / 24-105mm EF f/4 L IS USM
Notes: Managed to catch a bit of sunshine this evening during a quick trip out to Great Baddow for some pictures. The puddle added a little bit of interest in the foreground.
Title: A Brooding Sky
Location: Margaretting Tye
Camera: Canon EOS 30D / 24-105mm EF f/4 L IS USM
Notes: It was another changeable day with blustery showers and brief patches of sun. I managed to nip out during one of the rare sunny periods, and took a little drive to Margaretting Tye and Stock. This was on the road between the two.
Title: After The Storm
Location: Little Cambridge, near Great Dunmow
Camera: Canon EOS 30D / 24-105mm EF f/4 L IS USM
Notes: I had an all-day meeting in Saffron Waldon today, and on the way back, the heavens opened and the rain poured down so hard I had to stop a couple of times – I couldn’t see out of the windscreen, even with extra-fast wipe running. The roads were awash with flash floods, and the driving was really difficult. However, further along the road, it was virtually bone dry and the clouds parted briefly to reveal the sun. This was the scene at Little Cambridge, a few miles north of Great Dunmow on the B184.
Title: Summer Meadow
Location: Near Royston, Herts
Camera: Canon EOS 30D / 24-105mm EF f/4 L IS USM
Notes: I stayed near Cambridge with friends last night, and decided to cut across country on the way home to see if I could find any pictures. As I was motoring down the A10 just south of Royston, I saw this meadow from the road. I was just cursing the lack of places to stop when a lay-by hove into view. A few yards back, I found a convenient gap in the hedge, but had to negotiate a steep ditch and a patch of stinging nettles – rueing the decision to wear cropped trousers – before I was able to get into the field. But it was worth it as this vista opened up.
Title: Saturday Cricket
Location: Mountnessing
Camera: Canon EOS 30D / 24-105mm EF f/4 L IS USM
Notes: Despite dire predictions for today’s weather, it was actually a lovely day. The big fluffy clouds, against the blue sky would make a perfect backdrop for a picture of Mountnessing Windmill, so that’s where I visited around lunchtime. I took a few pictures just of the mill, and then noticed they were gearing up for a cricket match. I haven’t photographed cricket for ages, so I hung around for a while at the boundary and took some action shots, as well as this wider setting.
Title: Stand Out From The Crowd
Location: Ingatestone
Camera: Canon EOS 30D / 24-105mm EF f/4 L IS USM
Notes: Exploring the fields around Ingatestone for today’s picture, I liked the way this ear of corn did its own thing, and really stood out from its neighbours.
Title: The Cowparsley Path
Location: Galleywood
Camera: Canon EOS 30D / 24-105mm EF f/4 L IS USM
Notes: Spent all day working hard finishing off client work, as well as putting the finishing touches to my own revamped photo website. As the light was fading, I went out to get a takeaway – making a detour via this scene – a reprise of Easter Sunday, a rather different view this time.
