Lumbs dale 

Afternoon out at this great venue always seems to bring out different photos of the change in seasons 

a photographers world of changing scenes 

old mill workings ,

Well worth a visit 

  thanks for viewing 

 take care 

Ambergate woods 

Amessege from my friend Jim Bell yesterday fancy a hour in Ambergate woods , a great opportunity to get to grips with the OlympusE-M1mk 2, Jim had the same model so it could be be a great chance to learn a bit more about the workings ,

Some great subjects to photograph up there so we soon got to work ,split up and wondered off 

A nice little foot bridge 

Autumn is not far away 

used a 6 stop filter with polariser in fact nether took the polariser off 

another great opportunity to try out the camera 

under the foot bridge

fungi where showing as well 

 a nice show of fungi

had a great time up there ,plenty to see and the colours are changing 

out and about round Belper

Had a ride out and about around Belper this afternoon , First stop Crich lane woods one of my old stamping grounds when i was a young lad and always a great place for some good photos when Autumn is about 

A nice path down to the bottom 

looking up from the bottom to where i took the photo above 

slope leading up to Crich lane 

Looking over to Belper lane and mount pleasant and beyond 

Next stop bottom  of Crich lane below the memorial gardens , a view of Belper Strutts mill 

then up to Farnah green over looking down to Belper 

Path leading up to the mid shires way on the Chevin

  Had a great time up there met a old friend from when i used to work on the post office at Belper ,Small world from 40 odd years ago 

     have a great week end all ,

 And take care

Straws Bridge , near Ilkeston, 

Went up to Straws bridge to try the 40-150 .5.6 Zuiko lens out for the Olympus to get some practice in ,Second time i had used it and wanted to get some action shots of the gulls and ducks 

it had to rain while i was there but sod it can't let the weather stop you 

great these air brakes 

splashing about 

Thought this was a good capture , have you got a light boy , have you got a light 

Think he wanted to get in the picture 

Colourful they where getting fed by a old couple it wasn't bread it was seed he had a load of it in the boot of is car it appears he goes round to the ponds and lakes  feeding the wild life , well done 

  Heads down bottoms up ,get stuck in 

its ok I've got my eye on you 

And me as well ,i can see you 

This chap was falling asleep standing up

As i made my back to the car i looked behind me and spotted the windmill which is a local landmark round here , 

 i was pleased with the lens and the camera as well 

 so it was back home 

 Many thanks for viewing my blog again 

    take care all , till next time 

 Bye all

 

a ride out to local places

Friday afternoon went out to see some places for a friend who wanted to come down and do some photography work down here ,

 so thought i would make a session out of it 

Ambergate wire works a place where i used to work , had some great times there even though it was work , intact my family both sides used to work there , from great grandads , mother, father and there relations i was the last of the family to work there ,redundancies could see what was coming so i took it not long after i left it closed down 

some think about abandon buildings what catches a photographers eye

 Family of the workers used to live in these cottages 

so id had a look round , but seen some think which i think could be interesting so will be back 

Back to the car and up to Alport  for some more photos 

Alport ariels these can be seen for miles around local landmark

Alport stone ,great views over to the Cheshire plains and some times beyond on clear days and great for astro photography when conditions are right 

 

On the way back stopped for a photo of Crich  and the surrounding area 

at the moment Crich stand is having a clean up 

   Thanks all for viewing once more 

           Take care all 

 till the next time