Weekend Wanders

We explored some different paths along our usual route round the Old Hills this morning. The countryside is beautiful and we so often fail to appreciate what’s on our doorstep.

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Callow End Lensbaby Malvern Hills Old Hills Weekend Walks

Velvet 85

In the Lawn

My favourite lens is my Lensbaby Velvet 56. I love the glow it creates, especially when wide open and as its a macro lens it lets me get really close to my subjects. I’ve been playing with the Lensbaby Velvet 85 over the last few weeks. The longer focal length means i don’t have to get so close to get images I love. I spent some time today crouching on the lawn trying to capture the little flowers hidden between the blades of grass.

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Flowers Lensbaby

Macro Velvet 85

In the Greenhouse

I was playing with my Lensbaby Velvet 85 in the greenhouse. The vegetable flowers are so pretty.

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Flowers Lensbaby

Beans Courgettes Peppers Tomatoes Velvet 85

From the Hill Top

I’ve had fun over the last few months exploring new running routes and discovering some of the local footpaths. One takes me from the Old Hills over a hill and down to Jennett Tree Lane. At the top of the hill there are great views of Worcester and the Malvern Hills. Today we had a wander up there with the dogs and my camera. Hope you like the views as much as I do.

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Callow End Lensbaby

Callow End Malvern Old Hills Velvet 85 Worcester

9th April 2020

It was a lovely, sunny morning on Saturday and I chose to put my velvet 56 on my camera to wander round the Old Hills with the dogs. There’s always something to photograph either on the Old Hills or wandering back down Bush Lane. I hope you like the shots below.

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Callow End Lensbaby Old Hills Weekend Walks

Blossom Velvet 56

More Little Things

This week’s prompt for my Definitely Dreaming project 52 is “Little things”. I took my camera with my Lensbaby Velvet 56 on the Old Hills while walking the dogs, hoping to capture something suitable. I found lots.

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Callow End Flowers Lensbaby

Velvet 56

And the Zone Plate Versions

Yesterday when I was playing with the Pin hole optic, I switch to the zone plate and take a photo in the same position. Here are the zone plate versions, plus a few extra which didn’t work with the pin hole optic.

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Callow End Lensbaby Old Hills Photography

Zone plate/pin hole

World Pin Hole Camera Day 2020

I found out by accident that today is World Pin Hole Camera Day. As it was a lovely bright morning I took my Lensbaby Pin Hole/ Zone Plate optic when walking the dogs. It’s an optic I rarely use because the aperture is so small and it needs really bright light, or a tripod.

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Callow End Lensbaby Old Hills Photography

Zone plate/pin hole

Water Everywhere – Lensbaby Blog Circle

This is the third weekend running the UK has had weather warnings for rain and high winds as storms Ciara, Dennis and Jorge sweep by. Much of the local countryside in Worcesershire is sodden and many towns on the banks of the Severn have been flooded. Although not far from the Severn we are safe from the floodwater.

As you can imagine I’ve seen lots of photos of flooded areas on social media and they begin to lose their impact. For this month’s blog I’ve stuck with water as a theme, used my Burnside 35 and had a play with black and white.