light painting ,what a night 

Had a great night with the group,, focus on friendship ,plenty of fun , laughing ,and some great photos from the group ,looks like this is going to take on , Thanks to Fiona and David for all there work and advice and help

Hers a few of my photos from the night ,but if you want to see any more go on the Focus on friendship site theres more

i think this could come very addictive 

a very enjoyable night ,with great company , 

 thanks all for a great night 

 this was done at the Belper parks wood of the coppice  car park 

       bye for know have a great week end and take care

a walk in the woods

Nice afternoon for a walk in the woods ,so i headed for Waingroves community wood ,Great work from all the people who spend there time keeping the wood in great condition ,Well done all of you 

So a few photos from my walk in great sunshine , birds singing ,and the squirrels being nosy

A lovely spread of leaves 

being watched

, enjoyed my walk round the woods and a place i will visit again 

   thanks to the Waingrove community for such a great wood 

 going to spend a bit more time down there next visit 

         take care all 

  and thanks for viewing 

Having a go at night photography

 Had to try the E-M1.mk11 out doing night photography , must say i enjoyed it its a amazing camera 

So off i went to the Belper Strutts mill and weir 

Really enjoyed trying this 

Courtolds

works across from the mill no longer in use 

a few star trails creeping in to the photo , idea for next time 

looking across the weir basin to the sauce gates , 

 enjoyed the session having a practice so next time will have to try some think else out 

 thanks for viewing ,hope you enjoyed the blog 

  Take care all 

A few days out at local places

Had a couple  of days visiting local places Heage windmill and Belper river gardens ,

Heage windmill it was a looking like a storm was on the way with the clouds

looked out the window at home and thought could get some great cloud photos down at the windmill,

 i was going to go to another place for some shots of the windmill but the clouds wasn't  so good ,

THE NEXT VISIT OUT WAS BELPER RIVER GARDENS 

STRUTTS MILL

 the visit down to the gardens was a chance to try out the Olympus e-m 1 mk11 to see what it would do ,very pleased with it 

Wyver lane cottages from the river gardens 

Top end of the gardens , used to walk under the bridge on the planks to Wyver lane pond when i was a kid for a short cut , and used to go swimming in the river , 

 River Derwent horse shoe weir

trying the ZUIKO40-150 lens out from of the road bridge 

 enjoyable couple of days  visiting  local places near where i live 

 hope you enjoyed the views 

   have a good halloween all, 

 and till next time take care 

autumn on cromford canal

Had a hours walk on the canal,Whatstandwell end of the Cromford canal ,

 Autumn colours where showing lovely time of the year

 then it was off for a coffee at the Family tree , can recommend 

  thanks for viewing 

until next time ,have a great week and take care all

MASSON MILLS

Saturday Afternoon found me at Masson mill between Cromford and Matlock Bath, Been past there but I've nether called in, Me and the grandson had been to Peak rail at Rowsley for a visit , And from there decided to call at Masson mills as he said it a great place Grandad , so there we went and I've got to admit it is worth a visit 

A great building full of history ,

 into the boiler room

the Boilers

 Bobbins every where 

  Can recommend a visit great place and a great cafe with great food ,and shops 

 hope you enjoyed the visit 

  take care all , and thanks for viewing