There and Back

This post was originaly made in August 2020 but I was not able to go inside the church due to the dreaded Covid. Now, some five years later, I was able to go inside. So, same post with some interior images added! On the River Deben in Suffolk sits the tiny village of Ramsholt, a place I had never visited. From a book of photographic walks by local photographer Gill Moon , we picked this one for a walk with our cameras, on a very bright sunny day. I took a Nikon lens with a circular polarising filter, as I thought it would help with the bright sky. However, having not used the filter for some time, I had forgotten that I have ruined a number of images using a polariser, as the filter often made the sky far too dark. I almost managed the same today! However, it did help on some images. What a position to sit and have your evening meal! By the time we had finished our walk, the front terrace was getting quite full. According to the advertising blurb:  "The Ramsholt Arms is a popular ...

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Having walked past the woods some days earlier, I realised that the bluebells were really showing. A few days later and a visit to the Grove with camera was the day`s mission.  From the road, these are the first two images I took - this was before we even entered the woods!   Walking down the side of the wood to reach the only pathway through, we disturbed a deer! Once in the wood, these images were taken from the pathway. Absulutely beautiful! Every year I think the same - I never tire of nature`s beauty. Besides bluebells there was other forms of life of course. This being, so my wife informs me, a Cleopatra Beetle. Then a couple of images of a Small White. Not forgetting the image at the top of this post of the deer we disturbed as we arrived on scene! Overall,  a beautiful area to spend time in.    Index of posts