VirtuallyGreyPhotoBlog

First entries for over a year in my "Whilst Out and About" gallery! Two new knees has cramped my style for the last 15 months. Excuses, excuses!
All images linked here.

A few days ago I was awarded an ARPS for a Landscape portfolio all taken at Mewslade Bay. Linked here.

And after far too long I've added a few images to "Whilst Out and About". Linked here.

On a 2 hour walk in the middle of the day in blazing sunshine it's a challenge to find images. Perhaps the best way is to just accept that the sun is asking to be included ...

A warm sunny Tuesday morning walk with 3 photo-friends to Beckford Coppice which at this time of the year is carpeted by bluebells. Although I took a few bluebell images, none worked well ... but I did find some other subject matter whilst there.

An afternoon photo-walk on Bredon Hill on a very warm (17˚C) day a few days before the end of winter. Bright sunlight is often a challenge - but can be very productive.

Light snow this morning added interest to my daily walk.

This image was taken a short distance from home whilst out for a short stroll before dark. Bredon Hill in the distance looks as if it is an erupting volcano. Thankfully my iPhone was at the ready!

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A very enjoyable afternoon's photo-walk a couple of days ago with a photography friend along the southern end of The Malverns.

I've added a new gallery devoted to ad hoc iPhone photographs. Linked here.

My waterways photo-walk is now complete. I've added a Gallery to my website: linked here.

A sunny (again) morning walk completed my both ways photo-walk round the canals and river loop. 42 miles in all. An altogether enjoyable project giving rise to my making an average of 4 to 5 photographs per day with which I'm pleased. I'll add a gallery of photographs from the walk - in due course.

The River Severn is now at its normal level, the waters having subsided from their dramatic height of a few weeks ago. No images of the river, but several from nearby - including the installed loo and flush bucket!!!

Another productive walk - ten down, two to go. The final two days will be along the River Severn.

The National Police Chiefs Council's official guidance relating to Covid-19 and lockdown states that:

"Driving to countryside and walking (where far more time is spent walking than driving) - is likely to be reasonable. It is lawful to drive for exercise".

So, I resumed my waterways walk yesterday with a 25 minutes each way drive and a 3 hour walk. Warm bright sun was a challenge for photography, but I found a few images that worked.

My last waterways walk was over 6 weeks ago. The severe flooding along the River Severn then prevented my continuing hiking and photography (the Severn's footpath being under several feet of water) and then the coronovirus lock-down has made any further hiking off limits ... for the time being. I will complete the project ... eventually.

However, photographs can turn up anywhere and anytime, viz. above my home at midday yesterday. These beautiful clouds were crying out to be photographed.

Another excellent afternoon's stroll with my camera. Almost all of today's successful images were taken under bridges.

A dull grey day that yielded several potentially interesting images of patterns and flowing water. Hiking along the River Severn will have to wait (for several weeks?) until the waters have subsided and the path has dried out.

A very productive afternoon's stroll at the end of the Worcester Canal and along a short stretch of the Severn.

... just for a change.