A Sussex Lane

Rural England in all its pastoral glory.

A wonderful old thatched cottage at Runcton near North Mundham in West Sussex.

 

A Sussex Twilight

An evening walk brought this line of trees before the camera.

 

My Old Mate Ron

We were friends at Birmingham College of Art in the early 60s and have known each for sixty years. Ron carved a successful career as a picture restorer and also, in recent years has started to make a name for himself as a very fine landscape painter.

Ron Moore is based in Herefordshire, England.

 

Hayling Island

A view from Hayling Island in West Sussex as the day draws to a close.

 

The Castle on the Dee

The remains of Threave Castle in The Stewartry of Dumfries & Galloway stands on an island in the river Dee. There’s a ferry which you can summon with a bell and which takes you across the water. Perhaps, one day I might actually ring that bell with intent. Until then it will have to be seen from afar.

 

Edge of the Bay

The bay in question is Whitemill Bay, more familiar to us as The Dhoon which borders Kirkcudbright Bay as it narrows into the Dee Estuary in Dumfries & Galloway.

 

Antique Arundel

A beautiful Georgian shop front in Arundel, West Sussex.

 

Going Loco

This was an attempt to make a more abstract interpretation of the wheels and motion of a steam locomotive that resides in the Glasgow Riverside Museum of Transport.

Glasgow built steam engines for many world railways.

 

The Open Road – Late Summer

I came across these red poppies while driving from Rangemore to Stafford in Staffordshire in August.

As I was photographing the flowers a vintage car from the 1930s sailed past.

Tut! My first photo of it was blurred. Ah well, at least I got one that wasn’t!

 

Harbour Sunset

This is Kirkcudbright Harbour and my home town. Up to 15 fishing boats can be drawn up at the harbour wall at the point where Kirkcudbright Bay becomes the River Dee.

I took 3 exposures in order to capture the contrasting range of light, so this is a combination image that deals with the high dynamic range of the light.