July Review
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008I’ve been a bit lax at keeping up with this bit of the blog, but I’m hoping to catch up shortly!
July was a very mixed month, weather wise. It seemed to veer between heavy rain and too hot to move, all within a couple of days! Anyway, here are a selection of “nearly made it” images from the month:
This was from a series of images I took in Mountnessing on Day #187. I had originally gone there to photograph the windmill against a deep blue sky with fluffy white clouds. And when I got there, I found they were gearing up for a cricket match in front of the windmill, so I stayed around for a while and took some action shots too. Not sure who Mountnessing were playing, or who won – but there’s nothing to evoke a sense of an English summer like the sight of cricket on the village green!
Next up was the façade of a lovely Art Deco building I found in Soho on Day #206. I’ve been down the road a few times, but never took the time to look up before. Just shows what you miss if you don’t walk around with your seeing eye in gear!
I had a couple of enjoyable days out during the month. First was in London to meet my 366 Flickr Group mates on the South Bank on Day #195. The weather was quite kind to us, and I was intrigued by this splash of colour by the QEII hall. It’s pretty much as it was out of the camera – the grey clouds just added a sense of drama to the whole scene:
[Watch This Space - South Bank]
The local Horticultural Show took place on Day #201. It’s always a colourful affair, and this year we had a marching band from Brentwood, resplendent in their red tunics, black spikey hats and polished brass.
I also enjoyed a day trip to Norwich with a friend on Day #211, somewhere I haven’t visited for about 20 years!
There’s plenty to see in the Market, new buildings around the Forum and olde worldy streets in the Lanes to explore. All in all, rich pickings for photographers.
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